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Telum GE-QT User’s Guide

 

Chapter 5: Linux Driver Implementation

Prerequisites for Installation  ........................................................................................................35
Build and Installation  ...................................................................................................................35
Command Line Parameters .........................................................................................................37
Speed and Duplex Configuration .................................................................................................40
Additional Configurations .............................................................................................................41

Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions  ....................................................................41
Viewing Link Messages  ..........................................................................................................41
Jumbo Frames  .......................................................................................................................41
Ethtool ....................................................................................................................................42
NAPI .......................................................................................................................................42

Known Issues  ..............................................................................................................................43

Driver Compilation  ..................................................................................................................43
Jumbo Frames System Requirement  .....................................................................................43
Performance Degradation with Jumbo Frames  ......................................................................43
Jumbo frames on Foundry BigIron 8000 switch  .....................................................................43
Multiple Interfaces on Same Ethernet Broadcast Network  .....................................................43

Support ........................................................................................................................................44

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Summary of Contents for Telum GE-QT

Page 1: ...Telum GE QT 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet AdvancedMC Module User s Guide SBS Technologies Inc Part Number 89006710 Revision 1 0 TM...

Page 2: ...e of this product The purchaser may have other rights that vary from state to state N O T E Changes or modifications to this unit not expressly approved by SBS Technologies Inc could void the user s a...

Page 3: ...cription Hardware Overview 17 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 18 PCI Express Switch 18 IPMI Controller 18 Module Management Controller 18 RJ 45 Connectors 23 AMC Connector 24 Front Panel LEDs 27 Chapter 3...

Page 4: ...ditional Configurations 41 Configuring the Driver on Different Distributions 41 Viewing Link Messages 41 Jumbo Frames 41 Ethtool 42 NAPI 42 Known Issues 43 Driver Compilation 43 Jumbo Frames System Re...

Page 5: ...Voltage Sensors 20 Table 4 Threshold Values for Temperature Sensors 20 Table 5 FRU Header Area and Product Area Information 21 Table 6 FRU MultiRecord Area 22 Table 7 AMC Link Descriptors 22 Table 8 P...

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Page 7: ...11 Figure 2 Telum GE QT Block Diagram 17 Figure 3 MMC Communications 19 Figure 4 RJ 45 Connector 23 Figure 5 Telum GE QT Faceplate 27 Figure 6 MAC Address Label 29 Figure 7 Latch Handle on Telum GE QT...

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Page 9: ...ems local and metropolitan area networks specific requirements Supplement to Carrier Sense Multiple Access with Collision Detection CSMA CD access method and physical layer specifications physical lay...

Page 10: ...ad the Linux driver This manual also contains a glossary and an index Notation Conventions This manual uses the following notation conventions Italics emphasizes words in text or documentation or chap...

Page 11: ...ains a x4 PCI Express bus that complies with the AMC 1 specification The Telum GE QT provides a fast standards based cost effective reliable data pipe with speeds up to one billion bits per second To...

Page 12: ...o dual port Gigabit Ethernet controllers The Telum GE QTcontains an intelligent platform management interface IPMI that complies with industry standard to provide an always available module that suppo...

Page 13: ...card Power Requirements Consumption 12V 0 96A 3 3V 25mA Total watts 11 74W Compliance CE Mark Yes Emissions See the following section entitled Emission Compliance Notice for more information FCC 47 C...

Page 14: ...anada This Class A digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES 003 Cet appareil numerique de la class A est conforrme a la norme NMB 003 du Canade FCC Part 15 United States of America N O T E The ha...

Page 15: ...1245 Phone 651 905 4700 FAX 651 905 4701 Email info commercial sbs com Customer Technical Support SBS dedicated team of Customer Technical Support Engineers is committed to providing quality support t...

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Page 17: ...e register set and implements 64 bit address mode The Telum GE QT contains the following components as shown in Figure 2 Dual Gigabit Ethernet Controller PCI Express Switch IPMI Controller with module...

Page 18: ...Management interface IPMI to communicate with the AdvancedTCA Shelf Manager inside the shelf The Telum GE QT complies with AMC 0 industry standard to provide an always available module that supports...

Page 19: ...ensors are sent if the sensor readings transition above or below the sensor threshold listed in Table 2 through Table 4 Table 2 Voltage and Event Sensors Sensor Number Signal Type Sensor Type Signal M...

Page 20: ...QT FRU multi records shown in Table 6 are read by the shelf at initialization as part of the E keying process They are used to determine compatibility with the shelf The Telum GE QT also uses two AMC...

Page 21: ...iples of 8 bytes Board Information Area Board Area Format Version 1 Board Area Length 9h in multiples of 8 bytes Language Code 0 Mfg Date Time Number Determined at manufacture time Board Manufacturer...

Page 22: ...facturer ID 00315Ah PICMG Record ID 19h Record Format Version 00h OEM GUID Count 0 Record Type 80h AMC Channel Descriptor Count 1 AMC Channel Descriptor A4h 98h F3h Lane 3 Port Number 7 Lane 2 Port Nu...

Page 23: ...r RJ 45 connectors at the same time Each connector can send and receive signals concurrently with the other connectors Additionally the controller automatically swaps the connectors when necessary The...

Page 24: ...Assignment Pin Number Signal Name Pin Number Signal Name 1 GND 164 GND 2 12V 169 TDI 3 PS1 168 TDO 4 3 3V MP 167 TRST 5 GA0 166 TMS 6 Reserved 165 TCK 7 GND 164 GND 8 Reserved 163 9 12V 162 10 GND 161...

Page 25: ...136 36 135 37 GND 134 GND 38 133 39 132 40 GND 131 GND 41 ENABLE 130 42 12V 129 43 GND 128 GND 44 PCIe TX0 127 45 PCIe TXO 126 46 GND 125 GND 47 PCIe RX0 124 48 PCIe RXO 123 49 GND 122 GND 50 PCIe TX...

Page 26: ...ND 110 GND 62 PCIe RX2 109 63 PCIe RX2 108 64 GND 107 GND 65 PCIe TX3 106 66 PCIe TX3 105 67 GND 104 GND 68 PCIe RX3 103 69 PCIe RX3 102 70 GND 101 GND 71 IPMB L Data 100 72 12V 99 73 GND 98 GND 74 97...

Page 27: ...mpty LED positions that are reserved for future use and not functional at this time Figure 5 Telum GE QT Faceplate Table 10 Status LEDs LED Color State Description HS Blue Off No power to module or th...

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Page 29: ...readable label attached to the Port 1 RJ 45 connector shown in Figure 6 Each subsequent port s MAC Address is incremented from the preceding port by one Figure 6 MAC Address Label PCI Compatible Confi...

Page 30: ...ase Address Register 20h I O Base Address Register 24h Reserved Base Address Register 28h Cardbus CIS Pointer 2Ch Subsystem ID 6003h Subsystem Vendor ID 1775h 30h Expansion ROM Base Address Register 3...

Page 31: ...Inc component take the necessary precautions to prevent electrostatic discharge ESD which can damage the module Use the following precautions to prevent ESD when removing the module from the antistati...

Page 32: ...swapping the Telum GE QT The module handle can be used in three positions as shown in Figure 7 When the handle is pushed in all the way closed the carrier delivers power to the Telum GE QT To de acti...

Page 33: ...3 Grasping the Telum GE QT by the faceplate or the edges align the module with the bay guide rails of the appropriate bay opening on the carrier shelf as shown in Figure 8 Figure 8 Installing the Tel...

Page 34: ...n Figure 7 Extending the handle only 3 mm requests the IPMI to disengage the module from the shelf for hot swap extraction Wait for the faceplate blue HS LED to turn on 2 When the blue HS LED turns on...

Page 35: ...experience in C under Linux Prerequisites for Installation To perform the installation you need the following Telum GE QT module Linux drivers and utilities which can be found on the software CD ROM...

Page 36: ...s where IP_address is the IP address for another machine on the same subnet as the interface that is being tested 1 Move the base driver files to the directory of your choice For example home username...

Page 37: ...ork applnots ap450 htm A descriptor describes a data buffer and attributes related to the data buffer This information is accessed by the hardware AutoNeg modules using copper connections only Valid R...

Page 38: ...value adds extra latency to frame reception and can end up decreasing the throughput of TCP traffic If the system is reporting dropped receives this value may be set too high causing the driver to ru...

Page 39: ...f 1 024 microseconds Transmit interrupt reduction can improve CPU efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic If the system is reporting dropped transmits this value may be set too high...

Page 40: ...d and duplex combinations are advertised during the auto negotiation process The parameter may be specified as either a decimal or hexidecimal value as determined by the bitmap below Examples of using...

Page 41: ...1000 modules eth0 and eth1 and set the speed and duplex to 10full and 100half add the following to modules conf alias eth0 e1000sbs alias eth1 e1000sbs options e1000sbs Speed 10 100 Duplex 2 1 Viewing...

Page 42: ...ersion 1 6 or later is required for this functionality The latest release of ethtool can be found from http sf net projects gkernel N O T E Ethtool 1 6 only supports a limited set of ethtool options S...

Page 43: ...ation manual and usr src linux Documentation networking ip sysctl txt for more details Jumbo frames on Foundry BigIron 8000 switch There is a known issue using Jumbo frames when connected to a Foundry...

Page 44: ...t website at http www SBS com If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel with a supported module email the specific information related to the issue to linux nics...

Page 45: ...ezzanine cards AdvancedTCA or ATCA Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture is a series of industry standard specifications for the communications equipment Bay A single AMC slot on an AMC carrier BIOS...

Page 46: ...EE 802 3 A local area network protocol suite commonly known as Ethernet IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface MAC Media Access Control Mbps Megabits per second MDI MDIX MDI MDIX is a type of...

Page 47: ...the module 33 Intelligent Platform Management interface See IPMI Internet Protocol IP 11 IPMI 12 E keying 20 temperature and voltage 19 L Latch Mechanism 32 LEDs blue hot swap 32 CSU 32 Linux driver...

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Page 49: ...Back cover...

Page 50: ...1284 Corporate Center Drive St Paul MN 55121 1245 Telephone 651 905 4700 Fax 651 905 4701 Web Site Address www sbs com Document No 89006710 Revision 1 0 Copyright 2005 SBS Technologies Inc...

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