Installation and User’s Guide
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter
Sun Microsystems, Inc
June 2006, Revision A
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Contents
1. Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
2. Installing the Adapter
3. Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters
4. Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
5. Configuring VLANs
Contents
A. Specifications
B. Diagnostic Software
Index
To Configure Bonding for Multiple e1000 Interfaces
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Preface
How This Document Is Organized
Using UNIX Commands
Typographic Conventions
Shell Prompts
machine-name%
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“Patches and Updates” on page
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
Hardware Overview
“Hardware Overview” on page
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF Low-Profile Adapter
LED Displays on the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
TABLE 1-1 Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Low-Profile Adapter
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet UTP Low-Profile Adapter
Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Low-Profile Adapter Continued
Low-Profile Hardware and Software Requirements
LED Displays on the UTP Low-Profile Adapter
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF ExpressModule Adapter
Chapter 1 Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview
LED Displays on the MMF ExpressModule Adapter
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet UTP ExpressModule Adapter
TABLE 1-4 Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF ExpressModule Adapter
LED Displays on the UTP ExpressModule Adapter
TABLE 1-5 Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP ExpressModule Adapter
ExpressModule Hardware and Software Requirements
http//developer.intel.com/design/network/products/lan/controlle
rs/82571eb.htm
Patches and Updates
Features of the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF Low-Profile
Adapter
http//sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patchpage
Features of the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet UTP Low-Profile
Adapter
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Installing the Adapter
Installing the Low-Profile Adapter
To Install the Low-Profile Adapter
“Installing the Low-Profile Adapter” on page
To Verify the Installation
7. Detach the wrist strap and close the system unit
8. Connect the cables
3. View the device that you installed
2. List the network devices on your system
4. View the.properties file for a list of device properties
ok show-nets
Your output will be similar to the following example
ok cd /pci@7c0/pci@0/pci@8/network@0,1
ok .properties
ok device-end
Setting the local-mac-address Property
Installing the ExpressModule Adapter
Rebooting the System
To Install the ExpressModule Adapter With Power Off
To Install the ExpressModule Adapter Using Hot-Plug
To Verify the ExpressModule Installation
1. Use the cfgadm command to verify the ExpressModule installation
2. Use the dladm show-dev command to verify that the link is up
3. Press the Attention button
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Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters
“Setting ipge Driver Parameters” on page
Hardware and Software Overview
“Hardware and Software Overview” on page
Setting ipge Driver Parameters
Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility
Noninteractive and Interactive Modes
2. Use the instance number to select the device
To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode
To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode
1. To modify a parameter value, use the -set option
Setting the Autonegotiation Mode
To Disable Autonegotiation Mode
Setting Parameters Using the ipge.conf File
2. Set the adv-autoneg-cap parameter to
To Set Driver Parameters Using an ipge.conf File
b. Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers in the
Link Partner Parameters
2. Set the parameters for the ipge devices in the
3. Save the ipge.conf file
TABLE 3-1 Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities Continued
To Discover Link Settings
Checking Configurations
Use the kstat command to discover link partner capabilities
Use the kstat command to discover link settings
To Check Layer 2 Configuration
Use the following command to get the information
To Check Layer 3 Configuration
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics
device Capabilities
kstat Statistics
TABLE 3-3 describes the kstat transmit and receive parameters
device Capabilities Continued
TABLE 3-3 Transmit and Receive Parameters
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver Parameters
TABLE 3-3 Transmit and Receive Parameters Continued
ipge Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
Operational Mode Parameters
TABLE 3-5 Operational Mode Parameters
Flow Control Parameters
Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls
Interpacket Gap Parameters
TABLE 3-8 defines the enableipg0 and ipg0 parameters
Interrupt Parameters
Jumbo Frames
# ifconfig ipge mtu
To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd
To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment
1. Ensure that the e1000 software is installed
1. Shut down and unplumb the interface 2. Set the instance number
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Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
“Setting e1000g Driver Parameters” on page
Hardware and Software Overview
“Hardware and Software Overview” on page
Setting e1000g Driver Parameters
To Set Driver Parameters Using the e1000g.conf File
Chapter 4 Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters
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3. Save the e1000g.conf file 4. Reboot for the change to take effect
Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
# reboot
# ndd -get /dev/e1000g0 ?
To Check Link Partner Settings
Type the kstat command
$ kstat e1000g0
Jumbo Rx Frame
Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet e1000g Driver Parameters
Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
TbiCompatibilityEnable
TxInterruptDelay
TABLE 4-2 e1000g Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Continued
FlowControl
Configurable Operational Mode Parameters
TABLE 4-3 Operational Mode Parameters
TABLE 4-3 Operational Mode Parameters Continued
TbiCompatibilityEnable
Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters
TABLE 4-4 Nonconfigurable Operational Mode Parameters
Jumbo Frames
To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Solaris x86 Environment
3. Reboot for the change to take effect
2. Modify the MaxFrameSize value
4. Plumb
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Configuring VLANs
“Overview of VLANs” on page “Configuring VLANs” on page
Overview of VLANs
FIGURE 5-1 shows an example network that uses VLANs
Configuring VLANs
Chapter 5 Configuring VLANs
To Configure Static VLANs
2. Use the ifconfig1M to configure a VLAN virtual device, for example
# ifconfig ipge123000 plumb up # ifconfig ipge4000 plumb up
# ifconfig -a
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Specifications
Connectors
“Connectors” on page “Low-Profile Performance Specifications” on page
“Low-Profile Performance Specifications” on page
TABLE A-2 Cat-5 Connector Link Characteristics
Low-Profile Performance Specifications
Low-Profile Physical Characteristics
TABLE A-4 ExpressModule Connector Link Characteristics
TABLE A-5 Low-Profile Performance Specifications
Low-Profile Power Requirements
ExpressModule Performance Specifications
TABLE A-7 Low-Profile Power Requirements
TABLE A-8 ExpressModule Performance Specifications
ExpressModule Physical Characteristics
ExpressModule Power Requirements
ExpressModule Environmental Requirements
ExpressModule Physical Characteristics
TABLE A-11 ExpressModule Environmental Requirements
Altitude
Diagnostic Software
SunVTS Diagnostic Software
“SunVTS Diagnostic Software” on page
“Using the SunVTS netlbtest” on page
To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Low-Profile Adapter
Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter
1. Connect a loopback cable
Describes the SunVTS diagnostic environment
Using the SunVTS netlbtest
To Update SunVTS to Recognize the ExpressModule Adapter
3. Unplumb the interface from the system, using the ifconfig command
To Use the netlbtest
Using the OpenBoot PROM FCode Self- Test
To Run the FCode Self-Test Diagnostic
5. Reset the system to activate these parameter changes
where
If all of the tests pass, you will see these messages
10. Reset and reboot the system
ok setenv auto-boot? true
ok reset-all
Setting Up the Driver on a Linux Platform
To Set Up the Driver on a Linux Platform
“Setting Up the Driver on a Linux Platform” on page
“Tuning for Maximum Performance” on page
2. Build the man pages optional
3. Change to the rpm directory
6. Load e1000 driver for all instances
7. Verify that the driver is loaded
# lsmod
e1000
122220
Tuning for Maximum Performance
# dmesg
alias 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
2. Load the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet device driver
# rmmod e1000
# modprobe e1000 option=VAL1, VAL2
TABLE C-1 Tunable e1000 Driver Parameters for Linux Operating Systems
To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment
5. Configure the e1000 VLAN eth2 in this example
1. Ensure that the e1000 module is loaded
3. Insert the VLAN module
To Configure Bonding for Multiple e1000 Interfaces
3. Configure bond0 interface
2. Load the bonding driver
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