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Sun Dual 10GbE XFP
PCI Express Card
User’s Guide
Part No. 820-0184-14
May 2010, Revision A
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Copyright © 2009, 2010, Oracle and/or its affiliates. All rights reserved. This software and related documentation are provided under a license agreement containing restrictions on use and disclosure and are protected by intellectual property laws. Except as expressly permitted in your license agreement or allowed by law, you may not use, copy, reproduce, translate, broadcast, modify, license, transmit, distribute, exhibit, perform, publish, or display any part, in any form, or by any means. Reve
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Contents Using This Documentation vii 1. Product Overview 1 Components 1 Product Description 1 Hardware and Software Requirements 3 Features 3 Declaration of Conformity 5 2. Installing and Setting Up the Driver 7 Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform 7 ▼ To Download the Driver on a Solaris Platform 7 ▼ To Remove the Driver from a Solaris Platform 9 Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform 10 ▼ To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform 12 3. In
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Verifying the Hardware Installation 20 ▼ To Verify the Hardware Installation 20 Rebooting the System 22 4. Network Configuration 23 Configuring the Network Host Files 23 Setting Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System 25 ▼ To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client 26 Installing the Solaris Operating System Over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network 27 ▼ To Install the Solaris Operating System Over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network 27 Booting Over the 10-Gigabit Ethernet
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Setting Parameters on a Linux Platform 44 ▼ To Set Parameters Using theethtool Utility 44 ▼ To Set Parameters Using the Bundledconfigtool Utility 48 Tuning for Maximum Performance on a Linux Platform 49 6. Configuring the Jumbo Frames Feature 51 Jumbo Frames Overview 51 Checking Jumbo Frames Configurations 51 ▼ To Show the Driver Statistics in a Solaris Environment 52 Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Solaris Environment 53 ▼ To Enable Jumbo Frames in a Solaris Environment Usingnxge.conf 53 ▼ To Check
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A. Specifications 67 Connectors 67 Performance Specifications 68 Physical Characteristics 69 Power Requirements 69 B. Diagnostic Software 71 SunVTS Diagnostic Software 71 Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 72 ▼ To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 72 Using the SunVTSnetlbtest 73 ▼ To Use thenetlbtest 73 Index 75 vi Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide • May 2010
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Using This Documentation This guide provides instructions for installing both the hardware and software for the Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express card from Oracle. This manual also describes how to configure the nxge driver, which controls the card. These instructions are designed for enterprise system administrators with experience installing network hardware and software. Note – In this document the term x86 refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD
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Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine-name% C shell superuser machine-name# Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser # viii Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide • May 2010
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Related Documentation The documents listed as online are available at: http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/prod/dual.xfpsr2.pci Application Title Part Number Format Location Release Notes Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFP Low 820-0185 PDF Online Profile Adapter Release Notes HTML Safety information Important Safety Information for Sun Hardware 816-7190 or Printed In Systems 821-1590 shipment Documentation, Support, and Training These web sites provide additional resources: Sun Function URL Do
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CHAPTER 1 Product Overview This chapter provides an overview of the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter, including: ■ “Components” on page 1 ■ “Product Description” on page 1 ■ “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 3 ■ “Features” on page 3 Components The carton in which your Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter was shipped should contain the following items: ■ Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile A
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FIGURE 1-1 shows the adapter. FIGURE 1-1 Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter Hardware and Software Requirements Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the hardware and software requirements. TABLE 1-1 lists the supported hardware and software. TABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements for Sun SPARC and X64 Servers Requirements Hardware or Software Hardware Sun Fire™ T1000, Sun Fire T2000, Sun Fire V445, Sun Fire V245, Sun Fire V215, Sun Fi
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Features The Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter provides the following features: ■ Two full-duplex 10 gigabit Ethernet interface that use a 10 gigabit Ethernet small form factor pluggable (XFP), optical transceiver with duplex LC fiber connector ■ IEEE 802.3ae 2002 compliant ■ Uses Sun’s own ASIC and software for innovative throughput networking design ■ Networking I/O virtualization supporting Solaris LDOM 1.0. (VMware support planned for mid 07) ■ Hardware-ba
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Declaration of Conformity Compliance Model Number: ATLS2XGF Product Family Name: Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter 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 undesired operation. European Union This equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC D
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/S/ /S/ Dennis P. Symanski DATE Donald Cameron Worldwide Compliance Engineering DATE Sun Microsystems, Inc. Program Manager/Customer Quality 4150 Network Circle, MPK15-102 Sun Microsystems Scotland, Limited Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. Blackness Road, Phase I, Main Bldg. Tel: 650-786-3255 Springfield, EH49 7LR Fax: 650-786-3723 Scotland, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1 506 672 539 Fax: +44 1 506 670 011 Chapter 1 Product Overview 5
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CHAPTER 2 Installing and Setting Up the Driver This chapter explains how to download and install thenxge driver. The nxge gigabit Ethernet driver (nxge(7D)) is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver. The nxge driver is managed by the dladm(1M) command line utility, which allows VLANs to be defined on top of nxge instances and for nxge instances to be aggregated. See the dladm(1M) man page for more details on configuring the data-link interfaces and link aggregations. This
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2. Uncompress the gzipped tar file: # gunzip nxge.tar.gz 3. Unpack the tar file: # tar xvf nxge.tar a. For SPARC systems, change to the following directory: # cd 10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_10/sparc/Packages b. For x86 systems: # cd 10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_10/i386/Packages 4. For SPARC systems, determine which architecture your system is running: # uname -m a. For sun4v systems, install the software packages by typing the following at the command line: # /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d SUNWnxge.v SUNWnxge
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6. Select the packages you want to install: ■ Press Return or type all to accept the default and install all packages. ■ Type the specific numbers, separated by a space, if you prefer not to install any optional packages. 7. Verify that the nxge driver is installed on the system: Sun PCI-E 10G/1G Ethernet Adapter Driver(i386) 1.0,REV=2006.12.05.10.0 Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. ## Executing checkinstall script. Using as the packag
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Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform 1. Login to your system. 2. Download the driver RPM for your operating system: http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=44eb1efd For example: nxge-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm 3. Discover the network interfaces before adding the package by using the ifconfig -a command: # ifconfig -a |grep eth eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:20:F1:DC eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:20:F1:DD eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:
