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