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Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters
Installing the Adapter
Configuring VLANs
Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
Diagnostic Software
Specifications
Index
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How This Document Is Organized
Preface
Using Unix Commands
Shell Prompts
Typographic Conventions
Documentation, Support, and Training
Related Documentation
Third-Party Web Sites
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Hardware Overview
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
1Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
LED Displays on the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
LED Displays on the UTP Low-Profile Adapter
Low-Profile Hardware and Software Requirements
2Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP Low-Profile Adapter
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
4Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF ExpressModule Adapter
LED Displays on the MMF ExpressModule Adapter
5Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP ExpressModule Adapter
LED Displays on the UTP ExpressModule Adapter
ExpressModule Hardware and Software Requirements
Patches and Updates
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Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
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To Install the Low-Profile Adapter
Installing the Low-Profile Adapter
To Verify the Installation
Ok show-nets
View the device that you installed
List the network devices on your system
View the.properties file for a list of device properties
Your output will be similar to the following example
Ok setenv local-mac-address? true
Setting the local-mac-addressProperty
To Install the ExpressModule Adapter Using Hot-Plug
Installing the ExpressModule Adapter
Rebooting the System
To Install the ExpressModule Adapter With Power Off
# cfgadm
To Verify the ExpressModule Installation
Use the dladm show-devcommand to verify that the link is up
Press the Attention button
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Hardware and Software Overview
Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters
Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
Setting ipge Driver Parameters
# ndd -set /dev/ipge instance
To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility
Noninteractive and Interactive Modes
Use the instance number to select the device
To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode
To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode
To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption
To Disable Autonegotiation Mode
Setting the Autonegotiation Mode
Man prtconf
Setting Parameters Using the ipge.conf File
Set the adv-autoneg-capparameter to
# ndd -set /dev/ipge adv-autoneg-cap
Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers
To Set Driver Parameters Using an ipge.conf File
1Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities
Link Partner Parameters
Set the parameters for the ipge devices
Save the ipge.conf file
= No 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex transmission
To Discover Link Partner Capabilities
To Discover Link Settings
Checking Configurations
Reporting Link Partner Capabilities
# kstat ipge0 grep macmtu
To Check Layer 2 Configuration
Use the following command to get the information
Ifconfig ipge123000
Device Capabilities
3Transmit and Receive Parameters
Kstat Statistics
Txmaxpend rxhdrpkts rxmtupkts Rxsplitpkts rxnocompwb Rxnobuf
Ipge Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
5Operational Mode Parameters
Operational Mode Parameters
Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls
Flow Control Parameters
6Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions
Interpacket Gap Parameters
7Forced Mode Parameters
8Parameters Defining enableipg0 and ipg0
Jumbo Frames
Interrupt Parameters
10RX Blanking Register for Alias Read
To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment
To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd
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Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
To Set Driver Parameters Using the e1000g.conf File
Setting e1000g Driver Parameters
# vi /kernel/drv/e1000g.conf
Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
Modify the desired parameter using -3for available settings
# ndd -get /dev/e1000g0 ?
# reboot
Type the kstat command
To Check Link Partner Settings
$ kstat e1000g0
Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
2e1000g Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
3Operational Mode Parameters
Configurable Operational Mode Parameters
Upper limit on the maximum MTU size the driver allows
4Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters
Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters
Plumb
To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Solaris x86 Environment
# ifconfig eth2 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up # ifconfig eth2 mtu
Modify the MaxFrameSize value
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Overview of VLANs
Configuring VLANs
1shows an example network that uses VLANs
Configuring VLANs
2Ethernet Tag Header Format
To Configure Static VLANs
# ifconfig -a
# ifconfig ipge123000 plumb up # ifconfig ipge4000 plumb up
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Table A-1LC Connector Link Characteristics Ieee P802.3z
Connectors
Table A-3Connector Link Characteristics Ieee P802.3z
Table A-2Cat-5 Connector Link Characteristics
Table A-5Low-Profile Performance Specifications
Low-Profile Performance Specifications
Low-Profile Physical Characteristics
Table A-4ExpressModule Connector Link Characteristics
Table A-8ExpressModule Performance Specifications
Low-Profile Power Requirements
ExpressModule Performance Specifications
Table A-7Low-Profile Power Requirements
ExpressModule Power Requirements
ExpressModule Physical Characteristics
ExpressModule Environmental Requirements
Table A-11ExpressModule Environmental Requirements
SunVTS Diagnostic Software
Diagnostic Software
Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter
To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Low-Profile Adapter
Table B-1SunVTS Documentation
To Update SunVTS to Recognize the ExpressModule Adapter
Using the SunVTS netlbtest
To Use the netlbtest
To Run the FCode Self-Test Diagnostic
Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Self- Test
Ok setenv auto-boot? false
Ok setenv diag-switch? true
Reset the system to activate these parameter changes
Ok reset-all
Where
If all of the tests pass, you will see these messages
Ok setenv diag-switch? false
Ok setenv auto-boot? true
Reset and reboot the system
To Set Up the Driver on a Linux Platform
Setting Up the Driver on a Linux Platform
Change to the rpm directory
Build the man pages optional
Load e1000 driver for all instances
# lsmod
Verify that the driver is loaded
# ethtool eth3
Tuning for Maximum Performance
# dmesg
Alias eth2 e1000 Alias eth3 e1000
Sysctl -p ./sysctle1000.conf
Net.ipv4.tcpsack =
Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment
Net.core.netdevmaxbacklog =
# rmmod e1000
To Set e1000 Parameters in a Linux Environment
# modprobe e1000 option=VAL1, VAL2
Valid Range 0-3 0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx
Insert the Vlan module
To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment
Configure the e1000 Vlan eth2 in this example
Ensure that the e1000 module is loaded
# modprobe bonding
To Configure Bonding for Multiple e1000 Interfaces
Configure bond0 interface
Load the bonding driver
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