Sun Microsystems Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter instruction

62 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 Regulatory Compliance Statements FCC Class a NoticeFCC 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 Battery Warning System Unit CoverRack System Warning Conformité aux normes de sécurité Laser Compliance NoticeCD and DVD Devices Mesures de sécurité Symboles Modification du matérielPositionnement d’un produit Sun Conformité Selv 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 Aufstellung von Sun-Geräten SELV-KonformitätAnschluss des Netzkabels Warnung bezüglich Batterien Normativas de seguridad Símbolos Modificaciones en el equipoColocación de un producto Sun Cumplimiento de la normativa para instalaciones Selv Advertencia sobre las baterías Cubierta de la unidad del sistemaAdvertencia sobre el sistema en bastidor Nordic Lithium Battery Cautions Dispositivos de CD y DVDNorge Sverige DanmarkPage USA-FCC Class B European UnionPage Xxvii Page Preface How This Document Is Organized Using Unix Commands Typographic Conventions Shell Prompts Related Documentation Documentation, Support, and TrainingThird-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 Low-Profile Hardware and Software Requirements LED Displays on the UTP Low-Profile Adapter2Front 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 device that you installed List the network devices on your systemView the.properties file for a list of device properties Ok show-nets Your output will be similar to the following example Setting the local-mac-addressProperty Ok setenv local-mac-address? true Installing the ExpressModule Adapter Rebooting the SystemTo Install the ExpressModule Adapter With Power Off To Install the ExpressModule Adapter Using Hot-Plug To Verify the ExpressModule Installation Use the dladm show-devcommand to verify that the link is upPress the Attention button # cfgadmPage Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters Hardware and Software Overview Setting ipge Driver Parameters Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility Noninteractive and Interactive ModesUse the instance number to select the device # ndd -set /dev/ipge instance To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive ModeTo modify a parameter value, use the -setoption Setting the Autonegotiation Mode To Disable Autonegotiation Mode Setting Parameters Using the ipge.conf File Set the adv-autoneg-capparameter to# ndd -set /dev/ipge adv-autoneg-cap Man prtconf To Set Driver Parameters Using an ipge.conf File Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers Link Partner Parameters Set the parameters for the ipge devicesSave the ipge.conf file 1Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities = No 100 Mbit/sec half-duplex transmission To Discover Link Settings Checking ConfigurationsReporting Link Partner Capabilities To Discover Link Partner Capabilities To Check Layer 2 Configuration Use the following command to get the informationIfconfig ipge123000 # 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 Flow Control Parameters Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls6Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions 7Forced Mode Parameters Interpacket Gap Parameters 8Parameters Defining enableipg0 and ipg0 Interrupt Parameters Jumbo Frames10RX Blanking Register for Alias Read To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux EnvironmentPage Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters Setting e1000g Driver Parameters To Set Driver Parameters Using the e1000g.conf File# vi /kernel/drv/e1000g.conf Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters Modify the desired parameter using -3for available settings # reboot # ndd -get /dev/e1000g0 ? To Check Link Partner Settings Type the kstat command$ 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 To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Solaris x86 Environment # ifconfig eth2 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up # ifconfig eth2 mtuModify the MaxFrameSize value 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 Low-Profile Performance Specifications Low-Profile Physical CharacteristicsTable A-4ExpressModule Connector Link Characteristics Table A-5Low-Profile Performance Specifications Low-Profile Power Requirements ExpressModule Performance SpecificationsTable A-7Low-Profile Power Requirements Table A-8ExpressModule Performance Specifications ExpressModule Physical Characteristics ExpressModule Power RequirementsExpressModule Environmental Requirements Table A-11ExpressModule Environmental Requirements Diagnostic Software SunVTS Diagnostic Software To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Low-Profile Adapter Updating SunVTS to Recognize the AdapterTable B-1SunVTS Documentation Using the SunVTS netlbtest To Update SunVTS to Recognize the ExpressModule AdapterTo Use the netlbtest Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Self- Test To Run the FCode Self-Test DiagnosticOk setenv auto-boot? false Reset the system to activate these parameter changes Ok setenv diag-switch? trueOk 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 Build the man pages optional Change to the rpm directoryLoad e1000 driver for all instances Verify that the driver is loaded # lsmod Tuning for Maximum Performance # dmesgAlias eth2 e1000 Alias eth3 e1000 # ethtool eth3 Sysctl -p ./sysctle1000.conf Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Environment Net.ipv4.tcpsack =Net.core.netdevmaxbacklog = To Set e1000 Parameters in a Linux Environment # rmmod e1000# modprobe e1000 option=VAL1, VAL2 Valid Range 0-3 0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment Configure the e1000 Vlan eth2 in this exampleEnsure that the e1000 module is loaded Insert the Vlan module To Configure Bonding for Multiple e1000 Interfaces Configure bond0 interfaceLoad the bonding driver # modprobe bonding Symbols Index