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Preface
This user’s guide provides hardware and software installation instructions for the
Sun™ Dual 10GbE SFP+ PCIe Express Module. This document also describes how to
configure the driver software for the
ixgbe
driver for Linux operating systems and
Microsoft Windows Server 2003.
These instructions are designed for enterprise system administrators with experience
installing network hardware and software.
Note –
In this document the term x86 refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems
manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64, Intel® Xeon®, or Intel
Pentium product families.
How This Document Is Organized
Chapter 1
describes the Sun 10GbE XFP SR PCI Express Card hardware and
software.
Chapter 2
explains how to download, install, and verify the
ixgbe
device driver
software on Linux and Microsoft Windows systems.
Chapter 3
describes how to install the Ethernet adapter in your system and verify
that it has been installed correctly.
Chapter 4
describes how to edit the network host files after the Ethernet adapter has
been installed on your system.
Chapter 5
describes how to configure the
ixgbe
driver parameters.
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