Sun Microsystems Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter instruction

12 Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2006

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Sun Microsystems Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter manual

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Sun Microsystems, Inc Please Recycle Contents Installing the Adapter Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters Configuring VLANs Specifications Diagnostic Software Index Page FCC Class a Notice Regulatory Compliance StatementsFCC Class B Notice ICES-003 Class a Notice Avis NMB-003, Classe a ICES-003 Class B Notice Avis NMB-003, Classe B Bsmi Class a Notice CCC Class a Notice GOST-R Certiﬁcation Mark Safety Agency Compliance Statement Safety Precautions System Unit Cover Battery WarningRack System Warning CD and DVD Devices Conformité aux normes de sécuritéLaser Compliance Notice Mesures de sécurité Positionnement d’un produit Sun Conformité Selv SymbolesModification du matériel Connexion du cordon d’alimentation Mise en garde relative aux batteries Couvercle de lunité Mise en garde relative au système en rack Einhaltung sicherheitsbehördlicher Vorschriften Anschluss des Netzkabels Aufstellung von Sun-GerätenSELV-Konformität Warnung bezüglich Batterien Normativas de seguridad Colocación de un producto Sun SímbolosModificaciones en el equipo Cumplimiento de la normativa para instalaciones Selv Cubierta de la unidad del sistema Advertencia sobre las bateríasAdvertencia sobre el sistema en bastidor Norge Sverige Nordic Lithium Battery CautionsDispositivos de CD y DVD DanmarkPage USA-FCC Class B European UnionPage Xxvii Page Preface How This Document Is Organized Using Unix Commands Typographic Conventions Shell Prompts Documentation, Support, and Training Related DocumentationThird-Party Web Sites Sun Welcomes Your Comments Page Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview Hardware Overview LED Displays on the MMF Low-Profile Adapter 1Front Panel Display LEDs for 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 Requirements2Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP Low-Profile Adapter Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview LED Displays on the MMF ExpressModule Adapter 4Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF ExpressModule Adapter LED Displays on the UTP ExpressModule Adapter 5Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP ExpressModule Adapter ExpressModule Hardware and Software Requirements Patches and Updates Page Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview Page Installing the Low-Profile Adapter To Install the Low-Profile Adapter To Verify the Installation View the.properties file for a list of device properties View the device that you installedList the network devices on your system Ok show-nets Your output will be similar to the following example Setting the local-mac-addressProperty Ok setenv local-mac-address? true To Install the ExpressModule Adapter With Power Off Installing the ExpressModule AdapterRebooting the System To Install the ExpressModule Adapter Using Hot-Plug Press the Attention button To Verify the ExpressModule InstallationUse the dladm show-devcommand to verify that the link is up # cfgadmPage Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters Hardware and Software Overview Setting ipge Driver Parameters Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility Use the instance number to select the device To Specify Device Instances for the ndd UtilityNoninteractive and Interactive Modes # ndd -set /dev/ipge instance To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive ModeTo modify a parameter value, use the -setoption Setting the Autonegotiation Mode To Disable Autonegotiation Mode # ndd -set /dev/ipge adv-autoneg-cap Setting Parameters Using the ipge.conf FileSet the adv-autoneg-capparameter to Man prtconf To Set Driver Parameters Using an ipge.conf File Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers Save the ipge.conf file Link Partner ParametersSet the parameters for the ipge devices 1Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities = No 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex transmission Reporting Link Partner Capabilities To Discover Link SettingsChecking Configurations To Discover Link Partner Capabilities Ifconfig ipge123000 To Check Layer 2 ConfigurationUse the following command to get the information # kstat ipge0 grep macmtu Device Capabilities Kstat Statistics 3Transmit and Receive Parameters Txmaxpend rxhdrpkts rxmtupkts Rxsplitpkts rxnocompwb Rxnobuf Ipge Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Operational Mode Parameters 5Operational Mode Parameters Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls Flow Control Parameters6Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions 7Forced Mode Parameters Interpacket Gap Parameters 8Parameters Defining enableipg0 and ipg0 Jumbo Frames Interrupt Parameters10RX Blanking Register for Alias Read To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux EnvironmentPage 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 # reboot # ndd -get /dev/e1000g0 ? 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 Configurable Operational Mode Parameters 3Operational Mode Parameters Upper limit on the maximum MTU size the driver allows Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters 4Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters Modify the MaxFrameSize value To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Solaris x86 Environment# ifconfig eth2 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up # ifconfig eth2 mtu PlumbPage Configuring VLANs Overview of VLANs 1shows an example network that uses VLANs Configuring VLANs To Configure Static VLANs 2Ethernet Tag Header Format # ifconfig ipge123000 plumb up # ifconfig ipge4000 plumb up # ifconfig -aPage Connectors Table A-1LC Connector Link Characteristics Ieee P802.3z Table A-2Cat-5 Connector Link Characteristics Table A-3Connector Link Characteristics Ieee P802.3z Table A-4ExpressModule Connector Link Characteristics Low-Profile Performance SpecificationsLow-Profile Physical Characteristics Table A-5Low-Profile Performance Specifications Table A-7Low-Profile Power Requirements Low-Profile Power RequirementsExpressModule Performance Specifications Table A-8ExpressModule Performance Specifications ExpressModule Power Requirements ExpressModule Physical CharacteristicsExpressModule Environmental Requirements Table A-11ExpressModule Environmental Requirements Diagnostic Software SunVTS Diagnostic Software Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Low-Profile AdapterTable B-1SunVTS Documentation To Update SunVTS to Recognize the ExpressModule Adapter Using the SunVTS netlbtestTo Use the netlbtest To Run the FCode Self-Test Diagnostic Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Self- TestOk setenv auto-boot? false Ok setenv diag-switch? true Reset the system to activate these parameter changesOk reset-all Where Ok setenv diag-switch? false If all of the tests pass, you will see these messages Reset and reboot the system Ok setenv auto-boot? true Setting Up the Driver on a Linux Platform To Set Up the Driver on a Linux Platform Change to the rpm directory Build the man pages optionalLoad e1000 driver for all instances Verify that the driver is loaded # lsmod Alias eth2 e1000 Alias eth3 e1000 Tuning for Maximum Performance# dmesg # ethtool eth3 Sysctl -p ./sysctle1000.conf Net.ipv4.tcpsack = Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux EnvironmentNet.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 Ensure that the e1000 module is loaded To Configure VLANs in a Linux EnvironmentConfigure the e1000 Vlan eth2 in this example Insert the Vlan module Load the bonding driver To Configure Bonding for Multiple e1000 InterfacesConfigure bond0 interface # modprobe bonding Symbols Index