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8. Confirm that the network host files have been configured correctly during the

Oracle Solaris 10 installation.

Although the Oracle Solaris 10 software installation creates the client’s network
configuration files, you might need to edit these files to match your specific
networking environment. See

“Configure the Network Host Files (Oracle Solaris

10)” on page 34

for more information about editing these files.

9. Display the configuration information for all datalinks or the specified datalink.

By default, the system is configured to have one datalink for each known network
device.

Related Information

“Create Driver Instance Files (Oracle Solaris 10)” on page 34

“Configure the Network Host Files (Oracle Solaris 10)” on page 34

“Boot Options” on page 35

“Boot Over the Network (PXE)” on page 36

“Boot Over a 10 GbE Network (Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux)” on page 36

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speed: 0

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duplex: half

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link: down

speed: 0

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speed: 0

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Summary of Contents for E25544-02

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Page 3: ...ndows 5 Understanding the Adapter 7 Shipping Kit Contents 8 Product Description 8 Configuration Options 9 Front Panel Connectors and LEDs 11 Physical Characteristics 13 Performance Specifications 14 Power and Environmental Requirements 14 OS Patches and Updates 15 Installing the Driver 17 Verify the Driver Version Oracle Solaris 10 18 Verify the Driver Version Oracle Solaris 11 19 Remove the Drive...

Page 4: ...nstance Files Oracle Solaris 10 34 Configure the Network Host Files Oracle Solaris 10 34 Boot Options 35 Boot Over the Network PXE 36 Boot Over a 10 GbE Network Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux 36 Install Oracle Solaris 10 Over a Network Oracle SPARC 38 Administering Driver Parameters and Jumbo Frames 43 Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS 44 Set Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS 45 Driver Parameter...

Page 5: ...10 53 Delete Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 54 Configuring VLANs 57 VLAN Overview 58 VLAN Configuration 61 VLAN Naming Format 61 Configure Static VLANs Oracle Solaris 10 62 Configure VLANs Linux 63 Configure VLANs Windows 64 Troubleshooting the Adapter 67 Analyze Why the Device Link Is Missing 68 Analyze a Port Hang 69 Analyze Slow Network Performance 69 Glossary 71 Index 77 ...

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Page 7: ...uct name might still appear in the product and document The product name change does not indicate any change in product features or functionality 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 Product Notes on page vii Related Documentation on page viii Feedback on page viii...

Page 8: ...le products http www oracle com documentation Sun Dual Port 10GBase T Adapter http www oracle com pls topic lookup ctx SDP_10GbE PCIe2 0 LPA_BASE T Oracle Solaris 10 OS http docs oracle com cd E23823_01 index html Oracle Solaris 11 OS http docs oracle com cd E23824_01 index html Oracle Solaris OS and systems software library http www oracle com technetwork indexes documen tation index html sys_sw ...

Page 9: ...ption Links Access electronic support through My Oracle Support http support oracle com For hearing impaired http www oracle com accessibility support html Learn about Oracle s commitment to accessibility http www oracle com us corporate accessibility index html ...

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Page 11: ...olaris 11 on page 3 Installation Overview Linux on page 4 Installation Overview Windows on page 5 Related Information Understanding the Adapter on page 7 Installing the Driver on page 17 Installing the Adapter on page 25 Configuring the Network on page 33 Administering Driver Parameters and Jumbo Frames on page 43 Configuring Link Aggregation on page 51 Configuring VLANs on page 57 Troubleshooting...

Page 12: ...ris 10 on page 34 6 Configure the driver parameters Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 Set Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 45 7 Optional Boot over the network Boot Over the Network PXE on page 36 Boot Over a 10 GbE Network Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux on page 36 8 Optional Install the OS over the network Install Oracle Solaris 10 Over a Network Oracle SPARC on page 38 9 Opt...

Page 13: ...lation Refer to Adding and Updating Oracle Solaris 11 Software Packages 5 Configure the network Refer to Creating and Administering Boot Environments After Installation 6 Configure the driver parameters Administering Driver Parameters and Jumbo Frames on page 43 7 Optional Boot over the network Refer to Creating and Administering Boot Environments After Installation 8 Optional Install the OS over ...

Page 14: ...all the Adapter Install the Adapter on page 26 4 Verify the Adapter installation Verify the Installation Linux on page 31 5 Boot over the network Boot Over a 10 GbE Network Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux on page 36 6 Configure the driver parameters Driver Parameters Linux on page 46 Set Driver Parameters Linux on page 47 7 Optional Configure jumbo frames Configure Jumbo Frames Linux on page 50 8 Opt...

Page 15: ...nd the Adapter Understanding the Adapter on page 7 2 Install the driver Download and Install the Driver Windows on page 22 3 Install the Adapter Install the Adapter on page 26 4 Verify the Adapter installation Verify the Installation Windows on page 31 5 Optional Configure VLANs VLAN Overview on page 58 VLAN Configuration on page 61 Configure VLANs Windows on page 64 ...

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Page 17: ...Ns on page 57 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Description Links Understand the Adapter Shipping Kit Contents on page 8 Product Description on page 8 Front Panel Connectors and LEDs on page 11 Physical Characteristics on page 13 Performance Specifications on page 14 Power and Environmental Requirements on page 14 Understand the hardware and software requirements For lists of supported platfo...

Page 18: ...page 11 Physical Characteristics on page 13 Performance Specifications on page 14 Power and Environmental Requirements on page 14 OS Patches and Updates on page 15 Product Description The Sun Dual Port 10GBase T Adapter is a 10 GbE NIC for PCIe systems The adapter offers a high density mutli port design for Sun racks and blade servers This adapter addresses the multi port network connectivity need...

Page 19: ...n page 13 Performance Specifications on page 14 Power and Environmental Requirements on page 14 OS Patches and Updates on page 15 Configuration Options You can use these networking cards in various server system configurations such as Rackmounted or pedestal servers Blade servers Add on NIC or LOM design Switch add on cards and network applications ...

Page 20: ...ion Shipping Kit Contents on page 8 Configuration Options on page 9 Front Panel Connectors and LEDs on page 11 Physical Characteristics on page 13 Figure Legend 1 PCIe 2 0 5 Gbps 8 RX FIFO 2 NC SI 9 GbE MAC 3 SMBus 10 SerDes 4 PCIe 11 PHY 5 Mangement 12 SerDes SGMII 6 Queue management and DMA 13 1000BASE T 7 TX FIFO ...

Page 21: ...4 Power and Environmental Requirements on page 14 OS Patches and Updates on page 15 Front Panel Connectors and LEDs On the front panel there is one LED dedicated to signal the port speed state and activity The following figure and table explain the meaning of the LED ...

Page 22: ...12 Sun Dual Port 10GBase T Adapter User s Guide July 2012 FIGURE Front Face of the Adapter Figure Legend 1 Port 0 2 Port 1 3 OVERTEMP LED unused 4 Speed LED 5 LNK ACT link activity ...

Page 23: ...ts on page 8 Product Description on page 8 Front Panel Connectors and LEDs on page 11 Performance Specifications on page 14 Power and Environmental Requirements on page 14 OS Patches and Updates on page 15 LED Color State Meaning Speed None Off Link is down Green Steady on 1 GbE Yellow Steady on 10 GbE Link activity None Off Link is down Green Steady on Link is up Green Blinking Activity on the li...

Page 24: ...ture Specification Data rate supported per port 10 Gbps 1 Gbps 100 Mbps Bus type PCIe V2 0 5 0 GTps Bus width x8 lane PCIe Conforms to Ethernet standard 802 3 Boot ROM 4 Mb SPI Flash EMI FCC Class A Specification Operation Storage Typical power consumption 25 W Main host power supply 12V 15 Temperature 5 C to 55 C 5 C to 131 F noncondensing 40 C to 70 C 40 F to 158 F noncondensing Humidity 10 to 9...

Page 25: ... should update the entire OS image if possible on the client system For JumpStart environments ensure that you update the entire OS on the JumpStart server If you cannot update the entire OS image download the latest patch that contains the software driver http support oracle com Altitude 3 302 meters 10 833 3 feet at 35 C 95 F ambient 12 000 meters 39 370 1 feet Vibration 0 20 G in all axes 5 500...

Page 26: ...page at http www oracle com goto sun dual port pcie 20 gigabit Related Information Shipping Kit Contents on page 8 Product Description on page 8 Front Panel Connectors and LEDs on page 11 Physical Characteristics on page 13 Performance Specifications on page 14 Power and Environmental Requirements on page 14 ...

Page 27: ... Understanding the Installation Process on page 1 Understanding the Adapter on page 7 Installing the Adapter on page 25 Configuring the Network on page 33 Administering Driver Parameters and Jumbo Frames on page 43 Configuring Link Aggregation on page 51 Configuring VLANs on page 57 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Description Links Verify or remove the driver on an Oracle Solaris platform V...

Page 28: ...ber is not at least 1 0 1 you must install the latest driver or you can reinstall the OS See OS Patches and Updates on page 15 Note If the ixgbe 7D driver is not listed the driver might not be loaded You can use the modload 1M command to load the driver if needed 2 Manually load the module where arch is amd64 for 64 bit Intel systems or sparcv9 for Oracle SPARC systems Related Information Verify t...

Page 29: ...to load the driver if needed 2 Manually load the module where arch is amd64 for 64 bit Intel systems or sparcv9 for Oracle SPARC systems Related Information Verify the Driver Version Oracle Solaris 10 on page 18 Remove the Driver Oracle Solaris OS on page 19 Remove the Driver Oracle Solaris OS It is not necessary to remove a driver when its associated device is removed from a system However if you...

Page 30: ... Linux operating system you must download the ixgbe device driver to install it 1 Log in to your system 2 In a browser go to this location http www intel com p en_US support highlights network ecna x 540 t2 3 Select this option Downloads and Drivers 4 Select Linux as the operating system 5 Select the following driver Network Adapter Driver for PCI E 10 Gigabit Network Connections under Linux 6 Sel...

Page 31: ...amed ixgbe 1 2 3 4 tar gz The actual file might have different version or subversion numbers 7 Review and accept the software license agreement 8 Copy the file containing the driver from Desktop to temp 9 Uncompress and untar the file 10 Go to the newly created src directory 11 Compile the driver source file 12 Load the ixgbe 7D driver 13 Verify that the ixgbe 7D driver has been successfully insta...

Page 32: ... you can easily remove a driver Use the rmmod command Related Information Download and Install the Driver Linux on page 20 Download and Install the Driver Windows If your system uses the Windows Server 2003 or 2008 operating system perform the following procedure to download and install the device driver 1 Log in to your system modinfo ixgbe grep ver filename lib modules 2 6 18 53 el5 kernel drive...

Page 33: ... bit driver Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition Windows Server 2008 Standard 5 Select the latest driver 6 Click the Download button next to the appropriate file for your system 7 Review and accept the software license agreement 8 Click on the exe files to install the driver 9 Follow the instructions in the installation wizard 10 If the Found New Hardware Wizard screen is displayed click Cancel Th...

Page 34: ...ed from a system However if you want to clean up your file systems or conserve space you can easily remove a driver 1 From the Control Panel double click Add Remove Programs 2 Select Intel PRO Network Connections Drivers 3 Click Add Remove 4 When the confirmation dialog displays click OK Related Information Download and Install the Driver Windows on page 22 ...

Page 35: ...umbo Frames on page 43 Configuring Link Aggregation on page 51 Configuring VLANs on page 57 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Description Links Understand the connectors Front Panel Connectors and LEDs on page 11 Install the Adapter Install the Adapter on page 26 Verify the Adapter installation Verify the Installation Oracle SPARC on page 27 Verify the Installation Oracle Solaris x86 on page ...

Page 36: ...f your system 2 Power off all of the peripherals connected to your system 3 Open the system unit 4 Attach an antistatic wrist strap to the chassis of the server 5 Remove the slot cover from the chassis 6 Holding the Adapter by the edges align the card edge connector with the PCIe slot 7 Slide the Adapter face plate into the small slot at the end of the PCIe opening 8 Applying even pressure at both...

Page 37: ...on page 30 Verify the Installation Linux on page 31 Verify the Installation Windows on page 31 Verify the Installation Oracle SPARC Note Verification is not required if your system supports DR 1 Power on the system 2 When the banner appears press the Stop A key sequence to interrupt the boot process and display the OpenBoot ok prompt 3 List the network devices on your system ok show nets a niu 480...

Page 38: ...es output for each device is the surest way to identify the device 4 Check the properties output for each device The following examples assume that pci 400 pci 2 pci 0 pci a network 0 1 is a port on the Adapter a Move to the device directory ok cd pci 400 pci 2 pci 0 pci a network 0 1 ...

Page 39: ... 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000020 430f0020 00000000 00000000 00000000 00004000 020f0030 00000000 00000000 00000000 00080000 local mac address a0 36 9f 01 2e a0 version Sun Dual Port 10GBase T Adapter FCode version 3 11 2 25 12 phy type xgc board model 701 4776 model ATO 701 4777 PTO 7011 4773 compatible pciex8086 1528 108e 7b15 1 pciex8086 1528 108e 7b15 pciex8086 1528 1 pciex8086 1528 pciexcla...

Page 40: ... version If the version number is not at least 1 0 1 you must install the latest driver patch See OS Patches and Updates on page 15 3 Check to see if the Adapter is properly installed and recognized by the OS If the Adapter is properly installed you should see output similar to the following Related Information Install the Adapter on page 26 ok device end modinfo grep ixgbe 173 7b762000 17998 100 ...

Page 41: ...the Ethernet adapter interfaces labeled as Intel R I450 10 Gigabit Dual Port Network Connection will be displayed at the Network Connection screen 3 In the Administration Tool click Computer Management Device Manager and Network Adapter 4 Check the driver version The minimum Windows Server 2003 and 2008 driver version is 14 3 Related Information Install the Adapter on page 26 ifconfig a grep eth e...

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Page 43: ...figuring Link Aggregation on page 51 Configuring VLANs on page 57 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Description Links Configure the network for an Oracle Solaris system Create Driver Instance Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Configure the Network Host Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Boot over the network Boot Options on page 35 Boot Over the Network PXE on page 36 Boot Over a 10 GbE Netw...

Page 44: ... Configure the Network Host Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Boot Options on page 35 Boot Over the Network PXE on page 36 Boot Over a 10 GbE Network Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux on page 36 Install Oracle Solaris 10 Over a Network Oracle SPARC on page 38 Configure the Network Host Files Oracle Solaris 10 Use this procedure to configure the network host files dynamically on the command line At reb...

Page 45: ...options UEFI with PXE with option ROM Oracle x86 x64 UEFI with iSCSI with option ROM Oracle x86 x64 and Oracle SPARC OpenBoot PROM bootp with PF Oracle SPARC systems supporting LDOMs The Oracle Solaris Advanced Installation Guide includes more information about boot options and describes how to create a boot server Related Information Create Driver Instance Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Confi...

Page 46: ...ions in the Oracle Solaris 10 Installation Guide Network Based Installations for more information at http docs oracle com cd E23823_01 index html Related Information Create Driver Instance Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Configure the Network Host Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Boot Options on page 35 Boot Over a 10 GbE Network Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux on page 36 Install Oracle Solaris ...

Page 47: ...your platform does not support the F12 key you might need to boot from the BIOS 9 Install the ixgbe 7D driver and configure the Adapter Intel R Boot Agent GE v1 3 31 Copyright C 1997 2009 Intel Corporation Initializing and establishing link Please select boot device HDD P1 SEAGATE ST95001NSSUN500G 111 PXE Slot1 F0 IBA XE Slot 0700 v2193 PXE Slot1 F1 IBA XE Slot 0701 v2193 PXE Slot0 F0 IBA XE Slot ...

Page 48: ...ed Installation Guide describes the full procedure for installing the Oracle Solaris 10 OS over the network 1 Prepare an installation server and a client system for installing the Oracle Solaris 10 OS over the network a Create an installation server that contains the image of the Oracle Solaris 10 CD b Set up the client system to be installed over the network The Solaris Advanced Installation Guid...

Page 49: ...Network 39 3 Check the properties output for each device The following examples assume that pci 7c0 pci 0 pci 9 network 0 1 is a port on the Adapter a Move to the device directory ok cd pci 7c0 pci 0 pci 9 network 0 1 ...

Page 50: ...0200000 010f0018 00000000 00000000 00000000 00000020 430f0020 00000000 00000000 00000000 00004000 020f0030 00000000 00000000 00000000 00080000 local mac address a0 36 9f 01 2e a0 version Sun Dual Port 10GBase T Adapter FCode version 3 11 2 25 12 phy type xgc board model 701 4776 model ATO 701 4777 PTO 7011 4773 compatible pciex8086 1528 108e 7b15 1 pciex8086 1528 108e 7b15 pciex8086 1528 1 pciex80...

Page 51: ... The software installed in Step 5 is required to boot the client system over the 10 GbE interface You now must install the software in order for the operating system to use the client s 10 GbE interfaces in normal operation Before installing the SUNWixgbe driver ensure that the client system does not already have the driver installed If the software is installed this command will return the packag...

Page 52: ...e configuration information for all datalinks or the specified datalink By default the system is configured to have one datalink for each known network device Related Information Create Driver Instance Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Configure the Network Host Files Oracle Solaris 10 on page 34 Boot Options on page 35 Boot Over the Network PXE on page 36 Boot Over a 10 GbE Network Oracle Solari...

Page 53: ...ver on page 17 Installing the Adapter on page 25 Configuring the Network on page 33 Configuring Link Aggregation on page 51 Configuring VLANs on page 57 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Description Links Administrate driver parameters in the Oracle Solaris OS Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 Set Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 45 Administrate driver parameters in Li...

Page 54: ...00 to 15500 default 1500 Flow control flow_control Ethernet flow control Allowed values 0 Disable default in Oracle Solaris 11 OS 1 Receive only 2 Transmit only 3 Receive and transmit default in Oracle Solaris 10 OS 4 Use NVROM programmed factory default setting Transmit queues tx_queue_number 1 to 16 default 8 Transmit queue size tx_ring_size Number of the transmit descriptors per transmit queue ...

Page 55: ...ver name Note To identify a PCIe device unambiguously in the ixgbe conf file use the name parent name and unit address for the device In the example the name is pci108e 7b15 the parent is pci 0 0 pci8086 3c0a 3 2 and the unit address is 0 Refer to the pci 4 man page for more information about the PCIe device specification 2 Set the parameters for the ixgbe 7D devices in the kernel drv ixgbe conf f...

Page 56: ... from the EEPROM If EEPROM is not detected default is 3 This parameter controls the automatic generation TX and response RX to Ethernet PAUSE frames RxDescriptiors 64 to 4096 512 This value is the number of receive descriptors allocated by the driver Increasing this value allows the driver to buffer more incoming packets Each descriptor is 16 bytes A receive buffer is also allocated for each descr...

Page 57: ...e CPU efficiency if properly tuned for specific network traffic Increasing this 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 might be set too high causing the driver to run out of available receive descriptors TxDescriptors 80 to 4096 256 This value is the number of transmit descriptors al...

Page 58: ...e desired frame size value can range from 1500 to 15500 2 Reboot the server Related Information Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 Set Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 45 Change the MTU Temporarily Oracle Solaris 10 on page 48 Change the MTU Temporarily Oracle Solaris 11 on page 49 Change the MTU Temporarily Oracle Solaris 10 Use the ifconfig 1M command to increase MTUs to a...

Page 59: ...cle Solaris 11 Use the dladm 1M command to increase MTUs to allow transmission of jumbo frames For example where the device name is ixgbe0 the following command increases MTUs to the maximum The temporary setting lasts only until the next reboot of the server Related Information Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 44 Set Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS on page 45 Change the MTU Permane...

Page 60: ...value is 1500 MTU Use the ifconfig 1M command to increase MTUs to allow transmission of jumbo frames For example where the IP address for eth7 is 192 1 1 200 the following command increases MTUs to the maximum Related Information Driver Parameters Linux on page 46 Set Driver Parameters Linux on page 47 ifconfig eth7 192 1 1 200 mtu 15500 up ...

Page 61: ...on page 1 Understanding the Adapter on page 7 Installing the Driver on page 17 Installing the Adapter on page 25 Configuring the Network on page 33 Administering Driver Parameters and Jumbo Frames on page 43 Configuring VLANs on page 57 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Description Links Understand link aggregation Link Aggregation Overview on page 52 Manage link aggregations in the Oracle So...

Page 62: ...id configuration and reconfiguration Deterministic behavior Low risk of duplication or misordering Support of existing IEEE 802 3ad MAC clients Single port failover Related Information Configure Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 52 Display Information About Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 53 Delete Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 54 Configure Link Aggregations Ora...

Page 63: ...ut Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 53 Delete Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 54 Display Information About Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 The ifconfig 1M and dladm 1M commands provide different details about link aggregations as in the following examples Use the appropriate command to obtain the desired results Use the ifconfig 1M command to examine the details about a ...

Page 64: ... Overview on page 52 Configure Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 52 Delete Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 54 Delete Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 1 Use the ifconfig 1M command to unplumb each link aggregation you want to delete For example ifconfig aggr1 aggr1 flags 1000843 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST IPv4 mtu 1500 index 32 inet 192 2 2 84 netmask ffffff00 broadcast...

Page 65: ... each unwanted link aggregation For example Related Information Link Aggregation Overview on page 52 Configure Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 52 Display Information About Link Aggregations Oracle Solaris 10 on page 53 dladm delete aggr 1 dladm delete aggr 2 ...

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Page 67: ...boot you might experience configuration problems Related Information Understanding the Installation Process on page 1 Understanding the Adapter on page 7 Installing the Driver on page 17 Installing the Adapter on page 25 Configuring the Network on page 33 Administering Driver Parameters and Jumbo Frames on page 43 Configuring Link Aggregation on page 51 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Descr...

Page 68: ... efficiency and flexibility of your network VLANs are commonly used to separate groups of network users into manageable broadcast domains to create logical segmentation of workgroups and to enforce security policies among each logical segment Each defined VLAN behaves as its own separate network with its traffic and broadcasts isolated from the others increasing the bandwidth efficiency within eac...

Page 69: ...counting server VLAN 3 5 Main server with GbE tagged adapter all VLANs 6 Shared media segment 7 PC 1 Software development VLAN 2 8 PC 2 Software development VLAN 2 9 PC 3 Engineering VLAN 1 10 PC 4 Accounting VLAN 3 11 PC 5 Software development and engineering with GbE tagged adapter VLAN 1 and VLAN 2 ...

Page 70: ...l three IP subnets in this network but continues to maintain broadcast separation between all of those subnets The network contains the following components The Accounting Server is available to only VLAN 3 The Accounting Server is isolated from all traffic on VLANs 1 and 2 The switch port connected to the server has tagging turned off Clients 1 and 2 are attached to a shared media hub that is the...

Page 71: ...MAC address and the source MAC address The tag header consists of two bytes of Ethernet Tag Protocol identifier TPID 0x8100 and two bytes of TCP The TCI consists of a user priority the CFI and the VID By default a single VLAN is configured for every port which groups all ports into the same broadcast domain just as if there were no VLANs at all This means that VLAN tagging for the switch port is t...

Page 72: ...cle Solaris 10 on page 62 Configure Static VLANs Oracle Solaris 10 1 Create one etc hostname ixgbe file for each VLAN that will be configured for each Adapter on the server See VLAN Naming Format on page 61 2 Use the ifconfig 1M command to configure each VLAN virtual device Include the IP address in the command you type For example if the IP address is 192 2 2 84 type 3 Use the ifconfig a command ...

Page 73: ...it IP address is not set Refer to the documentation that came with your switch for specific instructions for setting VLAN tagging and ports Related Information VLAN Overview on page 58 VLAN Configuration on page 61 VLAN Naming Format on page 61 Configure VLANs Linux 1 Ensure that the ixgbe module is loaded 2 Plumb the Adapter s interface where xxx xxx xx xxx is the IP address of the interface 3 Ad...

Page 74: ...e folder icon from the sub manual bar 4 Right click the Sun Dual Port 10GBase T Adapter port then select Properties 5 Click Configure 6 Click VLAN then click New 7 Type VLAN with ID for example type VLAN10 8 Click OK 9 Open the Local Connections for VLAN window from the Network Connections window Control Panel Network Internet Network Connections 10 Right click the Properties button and select the...

Page 75: ... through Step 10 until all the network ports are VLAN configured Note Ensure that the firewall is configured to allow VLAN traffic Otherwise the VLAN might not operate properly Related Information VLAN Overview on page 58 VLAN Configuration on page 61 ...

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Page 77: ...formation Understanding the Installation Process on page 1 Understanding the Adapter on page 7 Installing the Driver on page 17 Installing the Adapter on page 25 Troubleshooting the Adapter on page 67 Configuring Link Aggregation on page 51 Configuring VLANs on page 57 Description Links Troubleshoot ifconfig 1M issues Analyze Why the Device Link Is Missing on page 68 Troubleshoot outages Analyze a...

Page 78: ...tconf 1M or scanpci 1M command to ensure that the device is installed 4 If the device exists check the etc driver_aliases file to ensure that the file contains an ixgbe entry that corresponds to the name for the device 5 If the entry exists check the etc path_to_inst file to ensure that the file contains an ixgbe entry Removing a device and reseating it in another slot does not always clean up the...

Page 79: ...rd hang or a panic file a CR at Oracle Support Attach the last page of the dtrace 1M output or the crash dump file to the CR Related Information Analyze Why the Device Link Is Missing on page 68 Analyze Slow Network Performance on page 69 Analyze Slow Network Performance The Adapter supports several driver parameters that affect the performance of the ports See Driver Parameters Oracle Solaris OS ...

Page 80: ...nd the mpstat 1M commands to check that none of the following conditions exist CPU is pegged CPU is receiving too many interrupts Memory is low Page faults are occurring Contention for resources causes too many spins on mutex smtx If the performance issue points to the driver try to profile the call stack for ixgbe 7D by using the DTrace script For more information about the DTrace script go to ht...

Page 81: ...In this guide the term BIOS refers to the BIOS software on the client or server system C CFI canonical format indicator A 1 bit field in the Ethernet header CR change request D DHCP Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol Part of the application layer in the Internet protocol suite DMA direct memory access ...

Page 82: ...es within a domain or from one domain to another domain E EEE energy efficient Ethernet EEPROM electronically erasable programmable read only memory EMI electromagnetic interference The interference caused by the magnetic fields of electronic components F FCC Federal Communications Commission FIFO first in first out G GB gigabyte GbE Gigabit Ethernet Gbps gigabits per second GT gigabit transfer GT...

Page 83: ... kilobytes L LACP Link Aggregation Control Protocol Enables several physical ports to be bundled into a single logical channel LAN local area network Two or more devices connected to each other either physically or logically LED light emitting diode LFM linear feet per minute LNK link Indicates that the network link is up and running LOM LAN on motherboard A LAN design Adapter low profile adapter ...

Page 84: ...Connects clients and servers to a LAN WAN or VLAN NIS network information service Originally known as Yellow Pages NIS is a protocol for distributed system configuration data NVM nonvolitive memory P PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect PCIe PCI Express PF page fault PHY physical layer Controls the physical analog signal access to a link PPA physical point of attachment Used in constructing VLAN ...

Page 85: ...pheral interface A type of flash memory SRC source code The SRC RPM is used in Linux to build the driver kernel files SUSE Stanford University School of Education T TCI tag control information Part of the Ethernet header TCP Transmission Control Protocol Part of the transport layer of the Internet protocol suite TCP IP Transmission Control Protocol and Internet Protocol In this guide TCP IP refers...

Page 86: ...en the two protocols which are on different layers of the IP suite UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Manages the operations between hardware firmware and the OS during the boot time V VID VLAN identifier A 12 bit identifier in an Ethernet header VLAN virtual LAN Splits the physical LAN into logical subparts Multiple VLANs are supported on a single port enabling a server with a single adap...

Page 87: ... 70 crash dump 69 creating a boot server 38 D device link missing 68 device tree cleaning 68 DHCP 36 displaying datalinks 42 driver instances 35 driver downloading and installing Linux 20 Windows 22 removing Linux 22 Oracle Solaris 10 OS 19 Windows 24 verifying version Oracle Solaris 10 OS 18 driver parameters Linux 46 Oracle Solaris 10 44 setting in Linux 47 setting in Oracle Solaris 10 45 driver...

Page 88: ...uting outages 69 networking interfaces 44 O OS patches and updates 15 P page faults 70 panic system 69 patches patch clusters 15 security patches 15 performance bottlenecks 70 network 69 performance specifications 14 physical LAN 60 PPA 61 physical characteristic 13 plumbing devices 35 port hang hard 69 soft 69 power and environmental requirements 14 power consumption 14 product description 8 R re...

Page 89: ...9 memory outages 70 page faults 70 port hang 69 resource contention 70 V virtual device 62 VLAN configuration 61 configuring Linux 63 Oracle Solaris 10 OS 62 Windows 64 naming format 61 overview 58 VLAN ID 61 ...

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