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Sun Microsystems Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation And User Manual

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  • Page 1 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X ™ Adapter Installation and User’s Guide Sun Microsystems, Inc. www.sun.com Part No. 819-0938-12 December 2005, Revision A Submit comments about this document at: http://www.sun.com/hwdocs/feedback...
  • Page 2 Copyright 2005 Sun Microsystems, Inc., 4150 Network Circle, Santa Clara, Californie 95054, Etats-Unis. Tous droits réservés. Sun Microsystems, Inc. a les droits de propriété intellectuels relatants à la technologie qui est décrit dans ce document. En particulier, et sans la limitation, ces droits de propriété...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface xiii Product Overview 1 Product Description 1 Hardware and Software Requirements 2 Features 3 Installing the Adapter 5 Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration 5 To Install the Adapter 6 To Install the Optical Transceiver 7 To Verify the Hardware Installation 9 Rebooting the System 10 Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration 11 Using the Installation Script 11...
  • Page 4 Configuration Checking 35 Configuring VLANs 37 Overview of VLANs 37 Configuring VLANs 39 To Configure Static VLANs 40 Specifications 43 Performance Specifications 43 Physical Characteristics 44 Power Requirements 44 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 5 Diagnostic Software 45 SunVTS Diagnostic Software 45 Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 46 To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 46 Using the SunVTS netlbtest 47 To Use the netlbtest 47 Installing the Software Manually 49 To Install the Driver Software Manually 49 Installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver on Linux Platforms 53 Setting Up the Driver in a Linux Platform 53 To Set Up the Driver in a Linux Platform 53...
  • Page 6 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 7 Tables Hardware and Software Requirements for Sun SPARC Servers 2 TABLE 1-1 ixge Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions 20 TABLE 3-1 Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions 21 TABLE 3-2 RX Blanking Register for Alias Read 21 TABLE 3-3 accept-jumbo Parameters 22 TABLE 3-4 Read-Only ixge Device Capabilities 29 TABLE 3-5...
  • Page 8 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 9 Figures Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter with Optical Transceiver Installed 2 FIGURE 1-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels 3 FIGURE 1-2 Example of Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs With Tagging Adapters 38 FIGURE 4-1 Ethernet Tag Header Format 40...
  • Page 10 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 11: Declaration Of Conformity

    TÜV Rheinland Certificate No. xxxxxxxxxxxx CB Scheme Certificate No. xxxxxxxxxxxx File: File: DATE Pamela J. Dullaghan Quality Program Manager Sun Microsystems Scotland, Limited Springfield, Linlithgow West Lothian, EH49 7LR Scotland, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1 506 672 395 Vol. Sec.
  • Page 12 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 13: How This Book Is Organized

    Preface 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. This document also describes how to configure the driver software. These instructions are designed for enterprise system administrators with experience installing network hardware and software.

  • Page 14: Shell Prompts

    Solaris™ Operating System documentation, which is at: http://docs.sun.com Shell Prompts Shell C shell C shell superuser Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser xiv Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 ® commands and Prompt machine-name% machine-name#...

  • Page 15: Typographic Conventions

    Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning The names of commands, files, AaBbCc123 and directories; on-screen computer output What you type, when contrasted AaBbCc123 with on-screen computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values. * The settings on your browser might differ from these settings.

  • Page 16: Contacting Sun Technical Support

    Please include the title and part number of your document with your feedback: Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide, part number 8xx- xxxx-xx xvi Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 17: Product Overview

    “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 2 “Features” on page 3 Product Description The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter is a low profile 133 MHz 10 gigabit Ethernet card utilizing the Intel 82597EX PCI-X MAC controller with XFP-based 10- gigabit Ethernet optics.

  • Page 18: Hardware And Software Requirements

    Note – The preceding information is up-to-date as of the printing of this manual. Visit Sun on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com/ for the latest information. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 lists the supported hardware and software for Sun SPARC TABLE 1-1 Hardware or Software Sun Fire™...

  • Page 19: Features

    Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels FIGURE 1-2 Features The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter addresses the following requirements and provides additional features and benefits: One full-duplex 10 gigabit Ethernet interface that uses a small form factor pluggable (XFP) optical transceiver duplex LC fiber connector...
  • Page 20 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 21: Installing The Adapter

    “Verifying the Software Installation” on page 14 “Configuring the Network Host Files” on page 15 Note – If you are installing the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter in a machine running the Solaris x86 Operating System Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) is not supported.

  • Page 22: To Install The Adapter

    9. Secure the adapter to the PCI slot using the screw you removed in Step 6. 10. Close the system. Note – Green LEDs do not light until the correct driver is installed. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 23: To Install The Optical Transceiver

    The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter requires an optical transceiver to create and Ethernet connection. The optical transceiver Part Number: 135-1172-01 is available from Sun Microsystems. 1. Pull the white locking handle into the full horizontal position. You will feel the handle click into position when it is fully opened.
  • Page 24 The handle operates an internal lock. Pulling the handle down can disconnect the optical transceiver, even though it might appear to be connected. 6. Connect the Ethernet cable. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 25: To Verify The Hardware Installation

    To Verify the Hardware 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. Note – Verification is not required if your system supports dynamic reconfiguration (DR).

  • Page 26: Rebooting The System

    After verifying the adapter installation, use the boot -r command to perform a reconfiguration boot on your system. ok boot -r Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 83000810 00000000 00100000 00000000 00008000 81000820 00000000 00000300 00000000 00000020...

  • Page 27: Installing The Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration

    Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration If you have a Sun Enterprise™ system that supports dynamic reconfiguration (DR), you do not have to reboot your system after installing the adapter. The process of adding and configuring an adapter with DR involves connecting the attachment point and configuring its occupant.
  • Page 28 CODE EXAMPLE 2-1 # ./install 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver for sparc Installation. Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Use is subject to license terms. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Typical Install Script Output All rights reserved.
  • Page 29 Patch packages installed: SUNWvld SUNWvldu SUNWvldx *** Installing Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc. Use is subject to license terms. System configuration files modified but ixge driver not loaded or attached. Installation of <SUNWixged> was successful. Copyright 2004 Sun Microsystems, Inc.

  • Page 30: Verifying The Software Installation

    If you type grep IXGE, using uppercase letters, you will get only the specific driver information: # modinfo | grep IXGE 1331c11 11e0e 271 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Typical Install Script Output (Continued) ixge (IXGE 10Gb Ethernet Driver v1.30) 114600-04. It...

  • Page 31: Configuring The Network Host Files

    Configuring the Network Host Files After installing the driver software, you must create a hostname.ixgenumber file where number = the instance number of the ixge interface.) for the adapter’s Ethernet interface. You must also create both an IP address and a host name for its Ethernet interface in the /etc/hosts file.
  • Page 32 The following example shows the /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file required for a system called zardoz that has a Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter (zardoz-11). # cat /etc/hostname.hme0 zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.ixge0 zardoz-11 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 number down number...
  • Page 33 3. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active ixge interface. For example: # cat /etc/hosts # Internet host table 127.0.0.1 localhost 129.144.10.57 zardoz loghost 129.144.11.83 zardoz-11 Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter...
  • Page 34 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 35: Configuring Driver Parameters

    The ixge device driver controls the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter. The ixge driver is attached to the UNIX pci name property pci8086,1048 for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter (8086 is the vendor ID and 1048 is the PCI device ID).

  • Page 36: 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Parameter Values And Definitions

    By default, the driver advertises both transmit and receive pause capability during autonegotiation. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Status Description...

  • Page 37: Interrupt Parameters

    provides flow control keywords and describes their function. TABLE 3-2 Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions TABLE 3-2 Keyword Description The adapter supports asymmetric pause, which means it adv_asmpause_cap can pause only in one direction. 0=Off (default) 1=On This parameter has two meanings, each depending on the adv_pause_cap value of adv_asmpause_cap.

  • Page 38: Jumbo Frames

    % ndd -set /dev/ixge accept-jumbo 1 5. Plumb the interface up: % ifconfig ixge0 plumb xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up where xxx.xxx.xx.xxx Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Values Description Enables Jumbo-frame mode and sets MTU to greater than 1500.

  • Page 39: To Configure Jumbo Frames In A Linux Environment

    To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment 1. Ensure that the ixge software is installed. 2. Plumb the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X interface: # modprobe ixge # ifconfig eth2 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up # ifconfig eth2 mtu 8170 where = the IP address of the interface. xxx.xxx.xx.xxx Setting ixge Driver Parameters You can set the ixge device driver parameters in two ways:...

  • Page 40: To Specify Device Instances For The Ndd Utility

    Refer to the ndd(1M) man page for more information. To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode This section describes how to modify and display parameter values. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 41: To Use The Ndd Utility In Interactive Mode

    To 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 specified, down to the named /dev/ixge driver instance, and assigns the value to the parameter: # ndd -set /dev/ixge parameter value When you change any parameter, a message similar to the following appears: ixge0: xcvr addr:0x01 - link up 10000 Mbps full duplex...

  • Page 42: Setting Parameters Using The Ixge.conf File

    To access any man page, type the man command plus the name of the man page. For example, to access man pages for prtconf(1M), type: % man prtconf Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 through for parameter descriptions.

  • Page 43: To Set Driver Parameters Using A Ixge.conf File

    To 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 file to identify the name associated with a particular device: # grep ixge /etc/driver_aliases ixge "pci8086,1048.108e.7036"...
  • Page 44 "0" accept-jumbo=1; Note – If you omit the name=, parent=, and unit-address= definitions, the settings become global to all Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet instances. 3. Save the ixge.conf file. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 45: 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics

    10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics These statistics are part of the statistics presented by the kstat command. describes the read-only Media Independent Interface (MII) capabilities. TABLE 3-5 These parameters define the capabilities of the hardware. The Gigabit Media Independent Interface (GMII) supports all of the following capabilities. Read-Only ixge Device Capabilities TABLE 3-5 Parameter...
  • Page 46 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Description (Local interface Capabilities) Local interface half-duplex capability 0 = Not 10 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable 1 = 10 Mbit/sec half-duplex capable Local interface flow control capability...
  • Page 47 Receive and Transmit Parameters TABLE 3-6 Parameter Description Number of pages that got replaced during reception. rx_new_pages Number of times the hardware cannot receive data because there rx_no_buf is no more receive buffer space. Number of packets dropped due to full STREAMS message rx_nocanput queue.

  • Page 48: To Check Link Partner Settings

    Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Description GMII/MII physical layer device Identification Decimal copy of MII registers 2 and 3. Number of physical layer re-initializations incremented each time link parameters are changed using NDD.
  • Page 49 Output from kstat Command (Continued) CODE EXAMPLE 3-1 multircv multixmt norcvbuf noxmtbuf obytes obytes64 oerrors opackets opackets64 pci_bad_ack_err pci_bus_speed pci_dmarz_err pci_dmawz_err pci_drto_err pci_err pci_parity_err pci_rma_err pci_rta_err pcix_bus_mode promisc qos_mode rbytes rbytes64 remote_faults rev_id rx_allocb_fail rx_hdr_drops rx_hdr_pkts rx_inits rx_jumbo_pkts rx_len_mm rx_msgdup_fail rx_mtu_drops rx_mtu_pkts rx_new_hdr_pgs...

  • Page 50: To Discover Device Capabilities

    Use the kstat command to discover device capabilities. # kstat ixge:1 | grep cap_ cap_1000fdx cap_1000hdx cap_100fdx cap_100hdx cap_100T4 cap_10fdx cap_10gfdx cap_10ghdx cap_10hdx cap_asmpause cap_autoneg cap_pause Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Output from kstat Command (Continued) 7883.09014984...

  • Page 51: To Discover Link Settings

    To Discover Link Settings Use the kstat command to discover link settings. # kstat ixge:1 | grep link link_asmpause link_duplex link_pause link_speed link_T4 link_up Configuration Checking The jumbo frame configuration checking occurs at Layer 2 or Layer 3, depending on the configuration method.
  • Page 52 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 53: Configuring Vlans

    C H A P T E R Configuring VLANs This chapter explains Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) in detail and provides configuration instructions and examples. It contains the following sections: “Overview of VLANs” on page 37 “Configuring VLANs” on page 39 With multiple VLANs on an adapter, a server with a single adapter can have a logical presence on multiple IP subnets.
  • Page 54 LAN is logically organized into three different VLANs, each representing a different IP subnet. VLAN 1 is an IP subnet consisting of the Main Server, Client 3, and Client 5. This represents an engineering group. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Main Server Accounting Adapter...

  • Page 55: Configuring Vlans

    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.

  • Page 56: To Configure Static Vlans

    0, belonging to a member of two VLANs, with VID 123 and 224, you would use ixge123000 and ixge224000, respectively, as the two VLAN PPAs. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Octet...
  • Page 57 2. Use the ifconfig(1M) to configure a VLAN virtual device, for example: # ifconfig ixge123000 plumb up # ifconfig ixge4000 plumb up The output of ifconfig -a on a system having VLAN devices ixge123000 and ixge224000: # ifconfig -a lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000 hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4>...
  • Page 58 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 59: Specifications

    A P P E N D I X Specifications This appendix provides specifications for the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter. “Performance Specifications” on page 43 “Physical Characteristics” on page 44 “Power Requirements” on page 44 Performance Specifications Performance Specifications TABLE A-1...

  • Page 60: Physical Characteristics

    Power Requirements TABLE A-3 Specification Maximum power consumption Voltage Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Measurement 6.6 inches (167.64 mm) 2.536 inches (64.61 mm) Height on component side: 0.57 inches (14.48 mm) Height on back side :0.105 inches (2.67 mm)

  • Page 61: Diagnostic Software

    A P P E N D I X Diagnostic Software This appendix provides an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic application and instructions for updating the SunVTS software to recognize the adapter. This appendix contains the following sections: “SunVTS Diagnostic Software” on page 45 “Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter”...

  • Page 62: Updating Sunvts To Recognize The Adapter

    3. Add the following lines to the /opt/SUNWvts/lib/conf/netlbtest.conf and /opt/SUNWvts/lib/conf/nettest.conf files: ixge ixge Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Description Describes the SunVTS diagnostic environment Describes each SunVTS test (including the nettest) and describes the various test options and...

  • Page 63: Using The Sunvts Netlbtest

    Using the SunVTS netlbtest You must have the Ethernet card and the device driver installed, a loopback connector in place, and Intervention mode enabled before running netlbtest. netlbtest cannot run if the network interface is connected to a live network, and requires that the Ethernet device be configured offline before running the test.
  • Page 64 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...

  • Page 65: Installing The Software Manually

    A P P E N D I X Installing the Software Manually This appendix describes how to install the driver software manually. The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD contains the driver software required to operate the adapter. When you update your Solaris operating system, refer to the documentation that shipped with the Solaris Supplement CD-ROM for a listing of the available network drivers.

  • Page 66: Table C-1 Files And Directories On The Cd-Rom

    # showrev -p | grep 114600 If the patch version is less then 114600-04, update the VLAN Utility software by installing the 114600-04 patch. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Contents U.S. copyright file...
  • Page 67 4. Install the patch: # patchadd 10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_9/sparc/Patches/114600-04 5. Check to see if vlan drivers are installed on the system: If you are using a Solaris SPARC system: # /usr/bin/pkginfo SUNWvld SUNWvldx system SUNWvld system SUNWvldx If you do not see the previous output, the VLAN Utility software is not installed on your system.
  • Page 68 Note – Do not install VLAN packages if you previously determined that they are already present on your system. TABLE C-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 to accept the default and install all packages (if neither to identify the optional packages.

  • Page 69: Installing The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver On Linux Platforms

    A P P E N D I X 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. This appendix contains the following sections: “Setting Up the Driver in a Linux Platform”...
  • Page 70 # rpm -ivh sun-10-gigabit-kernel-1.0.version.arch.rpm 5. Use the depmod command to register the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet module: # depmod 6. Load ixge driver for all instances: # modprobe ixge Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005...
  • Page 71 7. Verify 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. # lsmod Module ixge ide-cd ipv6 sr_mod cdrom joydev evdev input usb-ohci...

  • Page 72: Setting Driver Parameters In A Linux Environment

    If you have already loaded the driver and have not set the parameters at the same time. Remove the driver and reinstall it. Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Not reported...

  • Page 73: To Set Ixge Parameters In A Linux Environment

    To Set ixge Parameters in a Linux Environment 1. Remove the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X device driver, if it is already loaded. # rmmod ixge 2. Load the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X device driver: option=VAL1, V AL2, . . . # modprobe ixge or you can use the insmod command: option=VAL1, VAL2, .

  • Page 74: Table D-1 Tunable Ixge Driver Parameters For Linux Operating Systems

    FlowControl RxDescriptiors RxIntDelay TxDescriptors XsumRX Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 Description Valid Range: 0-3 (0=none, 1=Rx only, 2=Tx only, 3=Rx&Tx) Default: Read from the EEPROM If EEPROM is not detected, default is 3.

  • Page 75: To Configure Vlans In A Linux Environment

    To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment 1. Ensure that the ixge module is loaded: # modprobe ixge 2. Plumb the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X interface: # ifconfig eth2 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up where = the IP address of the interface. xxx.xxx.xx.xxx 3.

  • Page 76: To Configure Bonding For Multiple Ixge Interfaces

    In this example, bond0 is the master of the two interfaces eth2 and eth3. # ip addr add 192.12.38.64/24 brd + dev bond0 # ip link set dev bond0 up # ifenslave Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • December 2005 bond0 eth2 eth3...

  • Page 77: Index

    Index Symbols /etc/hostname.ixgenumber file 16 assigning an IP address 15 autonegotiation setting disabling 26 configuring device driver parameters 19 configuring the driver parameters 19 configuring the network host files 15 configuring VLANs 39 documentation SunVTS 46 Dynamic Reconfiguration 5 dynamic reconfiguration 11 Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) 11 editing the network host files 5 files and directories on the CD-ROM 50...
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