About this Guide
Scope of this Guide
This guide is written to facilitate installation of the adapter and does not cover
detailed points of network configuration. It contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, "Features and Capabilities of the SGI 10-Gbit Ethernet Network
Adapter", summarizes features, cabling, configuration limits, and tools.
• Chapter 2, "Connecting the Adapter to a Network", shows you how to connect the
adapter to your network.
• Chapter 3, "Operating the Adapter", explains how to verify installation of the
adapter and software, how to reset the adapter, how to set parameters to improve
performance, and how to set configuration parameters.
Related Publications
This guide is part of a document set that fully supports the installation, operation,
and service of the adapter. For more information about installing and servicing the
adapter, see the user’s guide for the system in which the adapter is installed.
Also see the following:
•
IRIX Admin: Networking and Mail
•
Linux Configuration and Operations Guide
•
The Network Administrators’ Guide
• The Intel Corporation
10 Gigabit Ethernet Technology Overview
white paper:
http://www.intel.com/network/connectivity/resources/doc_library/white_papers/pro10gbe_lr_sa_wp.pdf
• IRIX man pages that are part of the 10-Gbit Ethernet product:
–
xg
(7M)
–
xgcmd
(1M)
• Standard Linux man pages that are useful for any Ethernet device:
–
ethtool
(8)
–
ifconfig
(8)
xii
007–4669–002
