Manuale d’uso / di manutenzione del prodotto Ethernet PCI-X Adapter del fabbricante Sun Microsystems
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iii Contents Preface xiii 1. Product Overview 1 Product Description 1 Hardware and Software Requirements 2 Features 3 2. Installing the Adapter 5 Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration.
iv Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter V alues and Def initions 20 Flow Control Parameters 20 Interrupt Paramet.
Contents v B. Diagnostic Software 45 SunVTS Diagnostic Software 45 Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 46 ▼ T o Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 46 Using the SunVTS netlbtest 47 ▼ T o Use the netlbtest 47 C. Installing the Software Manually 49 ▼ T o Install the Driver Softwar e Manually 49 D.
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vii T ables T ABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements for Sun SPARC Servers 2 T ABLE 3-1 ixge Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions 20 T ABLE 3-2 Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions .
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ix Figur es FIGURE 1-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter with Optical Transceiver Installed 2 FIGURE 1-2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels 3 FIGURE 4-1 Example of Servers .
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xi Declaration of Conformity EMC USA—FCC Class A This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This equipment may not cause harmful interference. 2. This equipment must accept any interference that may cause undesir ed operation.
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xiii Pr eface The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide provides installation instructions for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter .
xiv Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Using UNIX Commands This document might not contain information on basic UNIX ® commands and procedur es such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.
Preface xv T ypographic Conventions Accessing Sun Documentation Y ou can view , print, or purchase a br oad selection of Sun documentation, including localized versions, at: http://www.sun.com/documentation Thir d-Party W eb Sites Sun is not responsible for the availability of third-party web sites mentioned in this document.
xvi Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Contacting Sun T echnical Support If you have technical questions about this product that are not answered in this document, go to: http://www.
1 CHAPTER 1 Pr oduct Overview This chapter contains an overview of the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter , including: ■ “Product Description” on page 1 ■ “Hardwar e and Software Requir e.
2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 FIGURE 1-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter with Optical T ransceiver Installed Har dware and Softwar e Requir ements Before installing the adapter , make sure your system meets the requir ed hardwar e and software.
Chapter 1 Product Overview 3 FIGURE 1-2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels Featur es The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter addresses the following requir ements and provide.
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5 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Adapter This chapter describes how to install the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter in your system and verify that it has been installed correctly . The chapter then describes how to install the driver software using the automated script.
6 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ▼ T o Install the Adapter The following instructions describe the basic tasks requir ed to install the adapter . Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed PCI adapter installation instructions.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 7 ▼ T o Install the Optical T ransceiver The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter requires an optical transceiver to create and Ethernet connection. The optical transceiver Part Number: 135-1 172-01 is available from Sun Micr osystems.
8 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 4. Push the handle closed to lock the optical transceiver in place. 5. Detach the wrist strap. Caution – If you pull the locking handle down when the optical transceiver is installed, remove the optical transceiver entirely and r einstall it.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 9 ▼ T o V erify the Hardwar e Installation After you have installed the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter , but before you boot your system, perform the following tasks to verify the installation. Refer to the your Solaris documentation for the detailed instructions.
10 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 4. V iew the .properties f ile for a list of device properties. The . properties command displays the specific information about the installed adapter . If you are using the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter , your output will be similar to the following: 5.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 11 Installing the Adapter W ith Dynamic Reconf iguration If you have a Sun Enterprise™ system that supports dynamic reconfiguration (DR), you do not have to reboot your system after installing the adapter .
12 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ■ If your system is running Sun Enterprise V olume Manager™, it should automatically mount the CD-ROM to the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory .
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 13 *** Checking for correct version of 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Packages... *** Checking for correct version of VLAN Utility Driver Packages.
14 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 5. Reboot the system to load the driver: 6. V erify the installation to ensure that the driver installed and loaded properly .
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 15 Conf iguring the Network Host Files After installing the driver software, you must cr eate a hostname.ixge number file where number = the instance number of the ixge interface.) for the adapter ’s Ethernet interface.
16 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 On Linux operating systems, use the following commands: Where number corr esponds to the device instance of the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter you plan to configure.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 17 3. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts f ile for each active ixge interface. For example: # cat /etc/hosts # # Internet host table # 127.
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19 CHAPTER 3 Conf iguring Driver Parameters This chapter describes how to configur e the driver parameters used by the Sun 10- Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter .
20 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter V alues and Def initions T ABLE 3-1 describes the parameters and settings for the ixge device driver .
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 21 T ABLE 3-2 provides f low control keywords and describes their function. Interrupt Parameters T ABLE 3-3 describes the receive interrupt blanking values.
22 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Jumbo Frames The variable accept-jumbo enables the driver to instruct the upper layers that the driver is operating in Jumbo-frame mode. Refer to the documentation that came with your switch for exact commands to configur e jumbo frames support.
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 23 ▼ T o Conf igure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Envir onment 1. Ensure that the ixge software is installed. 2. Plumb the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X interface: where xxx.xxx.xx.xxx = the IP addr ess of the interface.
24 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ▼ T o Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility Before you use the ndd utility to get or set a parameter for a ixge device, you must specify the device instance for the utility .
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 25 ● T o modify a parameter value, use the -set option. If you invoke the ndd utility with the -set option, the utility passes value , which must be specifi.
26 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ● T o list all the parameters supported by the ixge driver , type ? . See T ABLE 3-1 through T ABLE 3-6 for parameter descriptions. Note – By default, autonegotiation is set to off .
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 27 ▼ T o Set Driver Parameters Using a ixge.conf File 1. Obtain the hardware path names for the ixge devices in the device tree. a. Check the /etc/driver_aliases f ile to identify the name associated with a particular device: Note – ixge "pci8086,1048.
28 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 In this example: ■ The first part within the double quotes specif ies the hardwar e node name in the device tree. ■ The number not enclosed in quotes is the instance number (shown in bold italics).
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 29 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics These statistics are part of the statistics pr esented by the k stat command. T ABLE 3-5 describes the read-only Media Independent Interface (MII) capabilities.
30 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 T able describes the read-only ixge device capabilities. T ABLE 3-6 describes the kstat ixge:1 r eceive a nd .
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 31 rx_new_pages Number of pages that got replaced during reception. rx_no_buf Number of times the hardwar e cannot receive data because ther e is no more r eceive buffer space. rx_nocanput Number of packets dropped due to full STREAMS message queue.
32 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ▼ T o Check Link Partner Settings T ype the kstat command as superuser: xcvr_id GMII/MII physical layer device Identification Decimal copy of MII registers 2 and 3.
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 33 multircv 0 multixmt 0 norcvbuf 0 noxmtbuf 0 obytes 0 obytes64 0 oerrors 0 opackets 0 opackets64 0 pci_bad_ack_err 0 pci_bus_speed 100 pci_dmarz_err 0 pci_d.
34 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ▼ T o Discover Device Capabilities ● Use the kstat command to discover device capabilities.
Chapter 3 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 35 ▼ T o Discover Link Settings ● Use the kstat command to discover link settings. Conf iguration Checking The jumbo frame configuration checking occurs at Layer 2 or Layer 3, depending on the configuration method.
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37 CHAPTER 4 Conf iguring VLANs This chapter explains V irtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) in detail and provides configuration instructions and examples.
38 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Although VLANs are commonly used to create individual br oadcast domains and/or separate IP subnets, it can be useful for a server to have a presence on more than one VLAN simultaneously .
Chapter 4 Configuring VLANs 39 ■ VLAN 2 includes the Main Server , Clients 1 and 2 by means of a shared media segment, and Client 5. This is a software development group. ■ VLAN 3 includes the Main Server , the Accounting Server and Client 4. This is an accounting group.
40 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 subnets when setting up a VLAN network interface. This means that each VID assigned to a VLAN interface of a physical network interface will belong to different subnets.
Chapter 4 Configuring VLANs 41 2. Use the ifconfig(1M) to conf igure a VLAN virtual device, for example: The output of ifconfig -a on a system having VLAN devices ixge123000 and ixge224000 : 3. On the switch, set VLAN tagging and set VLAN ports to coincide with the VLANs you’ve set up on the server .
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43 APPENDIX A Specif ications This appendix provides specifications for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter . ■ “Performance Specifications” on page 43 ■ “Physical Characteristics” o.
44 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Physical Characteristics Power Requir ements T ABLE A-2 Physical Characteristics Dimension Measurement Length 6.6 inches (167.64 mm) W idth 2.536 inches (64.61 mm) Height Height on component side: 0.
45 APPENDIX B Diagnostic Softwar e This appendix provides an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic application and instructions for updating the SunVTS software to r ecognize the adapter .
46 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hardware/docs/Software /system_administration/tools/testing_valid/sunvts/index.html Select the document for the Solaris release on your system.
Appendix B Diagnostic Software 47 Using the SunVTS netlbtest Y ou must have the Ethernet card and the device driver installed, a loopback connector in place, and Intervention mode enabled before running netlbtest .
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49 APPENDIX C Installing the Softwar e Manually This appendix describes how to install the driver software manually . The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD contains the driver software requir ed to operate the adapter .
50 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ■ If your system is not running V olume Manager , mount the CD-ROM as follows: Y ou will see the following .
Appendix C Installing the Software Manually 51 4. Install the patch: 5. Check to see if vlan drivers are installed on the system: ■ If you are using a Solaris SP ARC system: ■ If you do not see the previous output, the VLAN Utility software is not installed on your system.
52 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ■ If your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software type the following: A menu similar to the following displays: 7.
53 APPENDIX D Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms This appendix explains how to install the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X device driver in a Linux environment.
54 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 2. Build the man pages (optional): 3. Change to the rpm directory: ■ For RedHat, use the following command: ■ For SuSe Linux Enterprise Server , use the following command: 4.
Appendix D Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ether net Device Driver on Lin ux Platforms 55 7. V erify that the driver is loaded. In the following example, the ixge driver is shown in bold italic . On your system the driver will be indistinguishable from the other modules.
56 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 10. Use the ethtool command to check the parameter conf igurations that apply to the ixge driver . Setting Driver Parameters in a Linux Envir onment In a Linux operating system, the driver parameters can only be set at the time the driver is loaded.
Appendix D Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ether net Device Driver on Lin ux Platforms 57 ▼ T o Set ixge Parameters in a Linux Envir onment 1. Remove the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X device driver , if it is already loaded.
58 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 T ABLE D-1 lists the tunable ixge driver parameters for Linux operating systems, and describes their function.
Appendix D Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ether net Device Driver on Lin ux Platforms 59 ▼ T o Conf igure VLANs in a Linux Envir onment 1. Ensure that the ixge module is loaded: 2. Plumb the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X interface: where xxx.xxx.xx.xxx = the IP addr ess of the interface.
60 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ▼ T o Conf igure Bonding for Multiple ixge Interfaces 1. Modify /etc/modules.conf f ile by adding these lines: Where: bond0 is the bonding device. max_bonds is the number of bond interfaces to be created.
61 Index Symbols /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file 16 A assigning an IP address 15 autonegotiation setting disabling 26 C configuring device driver parameters 19 configuring the driver parameters 19 confi.
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