This chapter contains an overview of the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter, including:
Description
The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter is a 133 MHz PCI-X 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter that uses the Intel 82597EX PCI-X MAC controller with XFP-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet optics. The Intel 10 Gigabit controller incorporates both MAC and PHY functions and provides 10 Gigabit (fiber) Ethernet operation on the SR and LR connectors.
FIGURE 1-1 shows the adapter with the optical transceiver inserted.
| Note - The adapter must be inserted into the system first. Then insert the optical transceiver into the adapter.
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FIGURE 1-1 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter With Optical Transceiver Installed
Product documentation Web site:
http://docs.sun.com/app/docs/coll/10-gbe-pcix
New ixgb (x86/x64 Only) Driver Bundled With Solaris 10 and Later
With the introduction of Solaris 10, ixgb is the bundled driver for the adapter. ixgb supports x86/x64 platforms only.
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Caution - The ixgedriver is required for SPARC platforms. The ixgedriver is not bundled with the Solaris OS. You must download and install the ixgedriver for SPARC platforms if you upgrade to Solaris 10 or later.
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Go to the following URL to download and install the ixge driver for SPARC platforms. See Chapter 2 for installation details.
http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/10gigabitethernet/support.xml
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Hardware and Software Requirements
The following table lists the hardware and software reqirements. Also refer to: http://wikis.sun.com/display/PlatformIoSupport/KirkwoodSingle10GbE
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Requirements
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Hardware
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SPARC Servers:
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- Sun Fire V215 - Not Supported
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- Sun Fire V240 - Not Supported
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- Sun Fire V245 - Not Supported
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- Sun Fire V250 - Not Supported
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- Sun Fire T1000 - Not Supported
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- Sun Fire E2900 - 2 per domain
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- Sun Fire 4800 - 2 per domain
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- Sun Fire E4900 - 2 per domain
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- Sun Fire 6800 - 2 per domain
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- Sun Fire E6900 - 2 per domain
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- SPARC Enterprise M4000 - Not Supported
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- SPARC Enterprise M5000 - Not Supported
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- SPARC Enterprise M8000 - Not Supported
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- SPARC Enterprise M9000 - Not Supported
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- Sun Fire E20K - 2 per domain
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- Sun Fire E25K - 2 per domain
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x64 Servers
- Sun Fire V20z - Not Supported
- Sun Fire V40Z - 2 cards
- Sun Fire X2100 - Not Supported
- Sun Fire X2100 - M2 1 card
- Sun Fire X2200 - M2 Not Supported
- Sun Fire X4100 - 1 card
- Sun Fire X4200 - 1 card
- Sun Fire X4100 M2 - 1 card
- Sun Fire X4200 M2 - 1 card
- Sun Fire X4600 M2 - 2 cards
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NEBS Servers
- Netra T2000 - Not Supported
- Netra 4200 M2 - Not Supported
- Netra 240 - Not Supported
- Netra 440 - 1 card
- Netra 1280 - 1 card
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Operating Systems
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SPARC platforms: Solaris 9 Update 4 OS and later
x86/x64 platforms: Solaris 10 Update 3 OS and later
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.0
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Drivers
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SPARC Platforms
x86 or x64 Platforms
- As of Solaris 10, the bundled ixgb driver is required for all x86 or x64 platforms.
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FIGURE 1-2 Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Fiber Optic Channels
Features
The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter addresses the following requirements and provides additional features and benefits:
- One full-duplex 10 gigabit Ethernet interface that uses a small form factor pluggable (XFP) optical transceiver duplex LC fiber connector
- PCI-X -133MHz compatible and PCI-66 MHz compliant
- Uses the Intel 82597EX PCI-X MAC controller
- Uses XAUI to XFI Serdes
- Dynamic reconfiguration (DR) and redundancy/failover support
- kstat and snoop support
- Support for promiscuous and multicast modes
- Jumbo frames support up to 8170 bytes
- Low profile 64-bit PCI-X plug-in card
- PCI Local Bus Rev 2.3-compliant (6.6-inch x 2.536-inch short card)
- Implements PCI-X addendum to PCI Local Bus specifications, Revision 1.0A
- IPv4, IPv6, and IPMP support
- TCP, UDP, and IP hardware checksum offload
- 802.1Q VLAN support
- IEEE 802.3ad link aggregation (trunking)
- NDD physical layer management configuration capability
| Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User’s Guide
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819-0938-13
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