Nxge Driver Fails To Attach If 10Gbe Nem Phy Is Not Present; Downloading And Installing The Windows Os Drivers - Sun Microsystems Dual Release Notes

nxge Driver Fails to Attach If 10GbE NEM PHY is
Not Present
If the nxge driver is loaded on the Sun Blade X6250 Server Module with the Sun
Blade 6000 10GbE Multi-fabric Network Express Module (10GbE NEM) missing
from either port, that port fails to attach. The driver should attach, but the link
should be reported as down.
Once the 10GbE NEM PHY is present, the driver attaches and any further removal
or insertion of the 10GbE NEM is handled correctly.
Downloading and Installing the
Windows OS Drivers
The Sun Dual 10GbE Fabric Expansion Module supports the Windows Server 2008
Enterprise Edition miniport driver. For additional Windows driver release
information, refer to the Sun Multithreaded 10GbE and QGC Networking Cards
Specification for Windows xxx Drivers document.
Note – Installing the Windows OS driver changes the hot-swapping procedure for
the Sun Blade 6000 10 GbE Multi-Fabric Network Expansion Module. See "Hot-
Swapping a Sun Blade 6000 10GbE Multi-Fabric NEM With Windows OS Driver
Installed" on page 6.
The Sun Dual 10GbE Fabric Expansion Module must be installed before you install
the Windows Server 2008 Enterprise Edition miniport driver. Without the Sun Dual
10GbE Fabric Expansion Module installed, the Windows OS driver will not install
correctly.
To download the Windows OS driver and documentation, go to:
https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_SMI-
Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=Sunx8Exp-
EAD-1.0-G-F@CDS-CDS_SMI
The zip file looks similar to the following:
sun_10_Gigabit_Ethernet_driver_update_xx.zip
Sun Dual 10GbE Fabric Expansion Module Release Notes 5