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Sun Microsystems, Inc Please Recycle Contents Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters Installing the Adapter Configuring VLANs Configuring e1000g Driver Parameters Diagnostic Software Specifications Index Page FCC Class a Notice Regulatory Compliance StatementsFCC Class B Notice ICES-003 Class B Notice Avis NMB-003, Classe B ICES-003 Class a Notice Avis NMB-003, Classe a CCC Class a Notice Bsmi Class a Notice GOST-R Certiﬁcation Mark Safety Precautions Safety Agency Compliance Statement System Unit Cover Battery WarningRack System Warning Mesures de sécurité Conformité aux normes de sécuritéLaser Compliance Notice CD and DVD Devices Connexion du cordon d’alimentation SymbolesModification du matériel Positionnement d’un produit Sun Conformité Selv Mise en garde relative au système en rack Mise en garde relative aux batteries Couvercle de lunité Einhaltung sicherheitsbehördlicher Vorschriften Warnung bezüglich Batterien Aufstellung von Sun-GerätenSELV-Konformität Anschluss des Netzkabels Normativas de seguridad Cumplimiento de la normativa para instalaciones Selv SímbolosModificaciones en el equipo Colocación de un producto Sun Cubierta de la unidad del sistema Advertencia sobre las bateríasAdvertencia sobre el sistema en bastidor Danmark Nordic Lithium Battery CautionsDispositivos de CD y DVD Norge SverigePage European Union USA-FCC Class BPage Xxvii Page How This Document Is Organized Preface Using Unix Commands Shell Prompts Typographic Conventions Documentation, Support, and Training Related DocumentationThird-Party Web Sites Sun Welcomes Your Comments Page 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 Requirements2Front 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 Page Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Overview Page To Install the Low-Profile Adapter Installing the Low-Profile Adapter To Verify the Installation Ok show-nets View the device that you installedList 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 AdapterRebooting the System To Install the ExpressModule Adapter With Power Off # cfgadm To Verify the ExpressModule InstallationUse the dladm show-devcommand to verify that the link is up Press the Attention buttonPage 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 UtilityNoninteractive 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 ModeTo modify a parameter value, use the -setoption To Disable Autonegotiation Mode Setting the Autonegotiation Mode Man prtconf Setting Parameters Using the ipge.conf FileSet 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 ParametersSet 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 SettingsChecking Configurations Reporting Link Partner Capabilities # kstat ipge0 grep macmtu To Check Layer 2 ConfigurationUse 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 Parameters6Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions Interpacket Gap Parameters 7Forced Mode Parameters 8Parameters Defining enableipg0 and ipg0 Jumbo Frames Interrupt Parameters10RX Blanking Register for Alias Read To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment To Configure Jumbo Frames Using nddPage 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 valuePage 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 upPage 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 SpecificationsLow-Profile Physical Characteristics Table A-4ExpressModule Connector Link Characteristics Table A-8ExpressModule Performance Specifications Low-Profile Power RequirementsExpressModule Performance Specifications Table A-7Low-Profile Power Requirements ExpressModule Power Requirements ExpressModule Physical CharacteristicsExpressModule 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 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 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 optionalLoad 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 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 Insert the Vlan module To Configure VLANs in a Linux EnvironmentConfigure the e1000 Vlan eth2 in this example Ensure that the e1000 module is loaded # modprobe bonding To Configure Bonding for Multiple e1000 InterfacesConfigure bond0 interface Load the bonding driver Index Symbols