Installing the ixge Driver Software Manually

A P P E N D I X C

Installing the ixge Driver Software Manually

This appendix describes how to install the ixge driver software manually.

The Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD contains the ixge driver software required to operate the adapter. When you update your Solaris operating system, refer to the documentation that shipped with the Solaris Supplement CD-ROM for a listing of the available network drivers. Install the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet driver for your updated version of the Solaris Operating System.

To Install the `ixge` Driver Software Manually

1. Become superuser.

2. Insert the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter CD into a CD-ROM drive that is connected to your system.

If your system is running Sun Enterprise Volume Manager, the system should automatically mount the CD-ROM to the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory.

If your system is not running Volume Manager, mount the CD-ROM as follows:

# mkdir /cdrom
# mkdir /cdrom/cdrom0
# mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom/cdrom0

You will see the following files and directories in the
/cdrom/sun_10-gigabit_ethernet_driver directory or the
/cdrom/cdrom0 directory, depending on how you mounted the CD-ROM.

TABLE C-1 Files and Directories on the CD-ROM
File or Directory	Contents
`Copyright`	U.S. copyright file
`FR_Copyright`	French copyright file
`10_GigabitEthernet/Linux/SRPM/`	Contains the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet software source rpm applicable to Linux operating systems: sun-10-gigabit-kernel-1.0.version-1.src.rpm
`10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_OS-VER /ARCH/Packages/`	Contains the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet software packages applicable to SPARC architecture software: SUNWixgea--adb macros SUNWixged.u--adapter driver SUNWixgedu--adapter driver header files
	The optional VLAN packages: SUNWvld--VLAN utility routines SUNWvldx--VLAN utility routines (64-bit, s9) SUNWvldu--VLAN utility headers

Note - If you intend to use VLAN, you must install VLAN packages when you install the software packages.

3. To use the optional VLAN Utility with the 10-Gigabit Ethernet driver on the Solaris 9 Operating System, verify the proper patch revision using the following command:

# showrev -p | grep 114600

If the patch version is less then 114600-04, update the VLAN Utility software by installing the 114600-04 patch.

4. Install the patch:

# patchadd 10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_9/sparc/Patches/114600-04

5. Check to see if vlan drivers are installed on the system:

If you are using a Solaris SPARC system:

# /usr/bin/pkginfo SUNWvld SUNWvldx
system      SUNWvld        Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines
system      SUNWvldx       Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines (64-bit)

If you do not see the previous output, the VLAN Utility software is not installed on your system. You may install the optional VLAN packages if desired in the following step.

If you do see the previous output, do not reinstall the VLAN Utility software. Select only the Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Driver packages.

6. Install the software packages by typing the following at the command line, replacing the OS_VER with your version of the Solaris operating system:

If your system is running Solaris 9 or 10 software type the following:

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d /cdrom/cdrom0/10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_OS_VER/ARCH/Packages/

where OS_VER is 9 or 10 and ARCH is sparc.

For example, if your system is running the Solaris 9 SPARC operating system, you would type the following:

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d /cdrom/cdrom0/10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_9/sparc/Packages/

If your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software type the following:

# pkgadd -d /Solaris_9/i386/Packages/

A menu similar to the following displays:

 The following packages are available:
  1  SUNWixgea       Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver adb Macros
                     (sparc) 1.0,REV=2004.12.01.
  2  SUNWixged.u     Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver
                     (sparc.sun4u) 1.0,REV=2004.12.01.
  3  SUNWixgedu      Sun 10 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Driver Headers
                     (sparc) 1.0,REV=2004.12.01.
  4  SUNWvld         Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines
                     (sparc) 1.0,REV=2001.09.19.9.0
  5  SUNWvldu        Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Headers
                     (sparc) 1.0,REV=2001.09.19.9.0
  6  SUNWvldx        Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines (64-bit)
                     (sparc) 1.0,REV=2001.09.19.9.0
  
Select package(s) you wish to process (or 'all' to process
all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

7. Select the packages you want to install:

Press Return or type all to accept the default and install all packages (if neither the 10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver nor VLAN Utility packages are installed).

Type the numbers of all but the optional packages if you prefer not to install them.

Note - Do not install VLAN packages if you previously determined that they are already present on your system.

See TABLE C-1 to identify the optional packages.

To Install the ixge Driver Software Manually

To Install the `ixge` Driver Software Manually