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- Page 1 Network Adapters AT-2711FX AT-2712FX AT-2812FX AT-2912T AT-2916SX AT-2931SX AT-2972SX Linux User’s Guide 613-001255 Rev. B...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents Preface ....................................5 Safety Symbols Used in this Document..........................6 Where to Find Web-based Guides ............................7 Contacting Allied Telesis ................................8 Online Support ................................8 Email and Telephone Support ............................8 Returning Products................................8 For Sales or Corporate Information ..........................8 Warranty ..................................8 Management Software Updates ............................8 Chapter 1: Enabling LINUX ..............................9... - Page 4 Contents...
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Page 5: Preface
The Preface contains the following sections: “Safety Symbols Used in this Document” on page 6 “Where to Find Web-based Guides” on page 7 “Contacting Allied Telesis” on page 8 “Management Software Updates” on page 8 ... -
Page 6: Safety Symbols Used In This Document
Preface Safety Symbols Used in this Document This document uses the safety symbols defined in Table 1. Table 1. Safety Symbols Symbol Meaning Description Caution Performing or omitting a specific action may result in equipment damage or loss of data. Warning Performing or omitting a specific action may result in electrical shock. -
Page 7: Where To Find Web-Based Guides
Network Adapters Linux User’s Guide Where to Find Web-based Guides The installation and user guides for all Allied Telesis products are available in portable document format (PDF) on our web site at www.alliedtelesis.com. You can view the documents online or download... -
Page 8: Contacting Allied Telesis
Allied Telesis FTP server:ftp://ftp.alliedtelesis.com If you prefer to download new software from the Allied Telesis FTP server from your workstation’s command prompt, you will need FTP client software and you must log in to the server. Enter “anonymous” for the user... -
Page 9: Chapter 1: Enabling Linux
Chapter 1 Enabling LINUX This chapter describes how to enable the LINUX System on the Allied Telesis adapters. This chapter contains the following sections: “Introduction” on page 10 “Installing the LINUX TG3 File” on page 11 “Unloading and Removing the Driver” on page 16 ... -
Page 10: Introduction
Enabling LINUX Introduction This chapter describes the tg3 Linux driver for the Broadcom NetXtreme- based Allied Telesis PCI/PCI-X/PCI Express Ethernet Network Controllers. The most recent driver is included in the latest 2.6 Linux kernel. Generally, you do not need to download the driver if you are using the latest 2.6 upstream kernel from www.kernel.org or one of the latest vendor kernels... -
Page 11: Installing The Linux Tg3 File
Network Adapters Linux User’s Guide Installing the LINUX TG3 File There are two procedures to install the Linux TG3 file: “Installing the Source RPM Package” on page 11 “Building the Driver from the Source TAR File” on page 12 ... -
Page 12: Building The Driver From The Source Tar File
Enabling LINUX Note The force option may be needed on some Linux distributions if conflicts are reported. Depending on the kernel, the driver is installed in one of the following directories: 2.4.x kernels: /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/ tg3.o 2.6.x kernels: /lib/modules/<kernel_version>/kernel/drivers/net/ tg3.ko 5. To load the driver, enter one of the following commands: insmod tg3.o insmod tg3.ko (on 2.6 kernels) modprobe tg3... -
Page 13: Driver Settings
Network Adapters Linux User’s Guide Enter the following command: make KVER=<kernel_version> where <kernel_version> in the form of 2.x.y-z is the version of another kernel that is installed on the system. 4. Test the driver by loading it. Enter the following commands: insmod tg3.o insmod tg3.ko (on 2.6 kernels) modprobe tg3... -
Page 14: Driver Default Settings
Enabling LINUX On Red Hat distributions, you can specify “ethtool -s” parameters in the ifcfg-ethx scripts using the ETHTOOL_OPTS keyword. The specified ethtool parameters are set up during ifup. For example, go to the following directory: /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Add the following line to the script: ETHTOOL_OPTS=”wol g speed 100 duplex half autoneg off”... - Page 15 Network Adapters Linux User’s Guide Table 3. Linux Driver Settings (Continued) Feature Default Setting 1500 (range 46 - 9000) Rx Ring Size 200 (range 0 - 511) Rx Jumbo Ring Size 100 (range 0 - 255) Tx Ring Size 511 (range (MAX_SKB_FRAGS+1) - 511 Coalesce Rx usecs 20 (range 0 - 1023) Coalesce Rx usecs irq...
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Page 16: Unloading And Removing The Driver
Enabling LINUX Unloading and Removing the Driver To unload the driver, use the ifconfig command to bring down all eth# interfaces opened by the driver. Then enter the following command: rmmod tg3 Note On all 2.6 kernels, you do not need to bring down the eth# interfaces before unloading the driver module. -
Page 17: Driver Messages
Network Adapters Linux User’s Guide Driver Messages The following messages are the most common sample messages that are logged in the /var/log/messages file. Use the dmesg -n<level> command to control the level at which messages appear on the console. Most systems are set to level 6 by default. - Page 18 Enabling LINUX...