| Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide |     |
| Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide | |
Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide
User’s Guide
E22569-02
Contents |
Hardware and Software Requirements
2. Installing and Setting Up the Driver
Downloading and Installing the Driver on Oracle Solaris (SPARC or x86 Platform)
To Download the Driver on an Oracle Solaris Platform
To Remove the Driver from an Oracle Solaris Platform
Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform
To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform
Installing an Optical Transceiver
To Install an Optical Transceiver
Verifying the Hardware Installation
To Verify the Hardware Installation
Configuring the Network Host Files
Setting Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System
To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client
Installing the Oracle Solaris Operating System Over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network
To Install the Oracle Solaris Operating System Over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network
Booting Over the 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network for Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux Systems
To Boot Over the Network on Oracle Solaris x86 and Linux Systems
5. Configuring the nxge Device Driver Parameters
nxge Hardware and Software Overview
Setting nxge Driver Parameters on an Oracle Solaris Platform
Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
Noninteractive and Interactive Modes
To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility
To Specify Parameter Values Using the ndd Utility
To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode
Setting Parameters Using the nxge.conf File
To Set Driver Parameters Using an nxge.conf File
Tuning for Maximum Performance on an Oracle Solaris Platform
To Improve Performance on an UltraSPARC CPU Based Sun Platform
To Improve Performance on an AMD CPU Based Sun Platform
To Obtain Higher Throughput Using the Generic Tunables for the Oracle Solaris TCP/IP Stack
Setting Parameters on a Linux Platform
To Set Parameters Using the ethtool Utility
To Set Parameters Using the Bundled configtool Utility
Tuning for Maximum Performance on a Linux Platform
6. Configuring the Jumbo Frames Feature
Checking Jumbo Frames Configurations
To Show the Driver Statistics in an Oracle Solaris Environment
Enabling Jumbo Frames in an Oracle Solaris Environment
To Enable Jumbo Frames in an Oracle Solaris Environment Using nxge.conf
To Check Layer 2 Configuration
To Check Layer 3 Configuration
Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment
To Enable Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment
To Show the Driver Statistics in a Linux Environment
7. Configuring Link Aggregation
Configuring Link Aggregation in an Oracle Solaris Environment
To Configure Link Aggregation in an Oracle Solaris Environment
Configuring Link Aggregation in a Linux Environment
To Configure Bonding for Multiple nxge Interfaces
Configuring VLANs in an Oracle Solaris Environment
Configuring VLANs in a Linux Environment
To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment
Updating Oracle VTS to Recognize the Adapter
To Update Oracle VTS to Recognize the Adapter
Using the Oracle VTS netlbtest
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