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Preface

Introduction

Device and Network Interfaces

1394(7D)

aac(7D)

adpu320(7D)

afe(7D)

agpgart_io(7I)

AH(7P)

ahci(7D)

allkmem(7D)

amd8111s(7D)

arcmsr(7D)

arn(7D)

ARP(7P)

arp(7P)

ast(7D)

asy(7D)

ata(7D)

atge(7D)

ath(7D)

atu(7D)

audio1575(7D)

audio(7D)

audio(7I)

audio810(7D)

audiocmi(7D)

audiocs(7D)

audioemu10k(7D)

audioens(7D)

audiohd(7D)

audioixp(7D)

audiols(7D)

audiop16x(7D)

audiopci(7D)

audiosolo(7D)

audiots(7D)

audiovia823x(7D)

av1394(7D)

balloon(7D)

bbc_beep(7D)

bcm_sata(7D)

bfe(7D)

bge(7D)

blkdev(7D)

bmc(7D)

bnx(7D)

bnxe(7D)

bpf(7D)

bscbus(7D)

bscv(7D)

bufmod(7M)

cdio(7I)

chxge(7D)

cmdk(7D)

connld(7M)

console(7D)

cpqary3(7D)

cpr(7)

cpuid(7D)

ctfs(7FS)

cxge(7D)

dad(7D)

daplt(7D)

dca(7D)

dcam1394(7D)

dcfs(7FS)

dev(7FS)

devchassis(7FS)

devfs(7FS)

devinfo(7D)

dkio(7I)

dlcosmk(7ipp)

dlpi(7P)

dm2s(7D)

dmfe(7D)

dnet(7D)

dr(7d)

drmach(7d)

dscpmk(7ipp)

dsp(7I)

dtrace(7D)

e1000(7D)

e1000g(7D)

ecpp(7D)

efb(7D)

ehci(7D)

eibnx(7D)

elxl(7D)

emlxs(7D)

eoib(7D)

eri(7D)

ESP(7P)

evb(7P)

fas(7D)

fasttrap(7D)

fbio(7I)

fbt(7D)

fcip(7D)

fcoe(7D)

fcoei(7D)

fcoet(7D)

fcp(7D)

fctl(7D)

fipe(7D)

firewire(7D)

flowacct(7ipp)

fp(7d)

FSS(7)

gld(7D)

glm(7D)

hci1394(7D)

hdio(7I)

heci(7D)

hermon(7D)

hid(7D)

hme(7D)

hsfs(7FS)

hubd(7D)

hwa1480_fw(7D)

hwahc(7D)

hwarc(7D)

hxge(7D)

i2bsc(7D)

i915(7d)

ib(7D)

ibcm(7D)

ibdm(7D)

ibdma(7D)

ibmf(7)

ibp(7D)

ibtl(7D)

icmp6(7P)

ICMP(7P)

icmp(7P)

iec61883(7I)

ieee1394(7D)

if(7P)

ifp(7D)

if_tcp(7P)

igb(7D)

igbvf(7D)

ii(7D)

imraid_sas(7D)

inet6(7P)

inet(7P)

ip6(7P)

IP(7P)

ip(7P)

ipgpc(7ipp)

ipmi(7D)

ipnat(7I)

ipnet(7D)

ipqos(7ipp)

iprb(7D)

ipsec(7P)

ipsecah(7P)

ipsecesp(7P)

ipw(7D)

iscsi(7D)

isdnio(7I)

iser(7D)

isp(7D)

iwh(7D)

iwi(7D)

iwk(7D)

iwp(7D)

ixgb(7d)

ixgbe(7D)

ixgbevf(7D)

kb(7M)

kdmouse(7D)

kmdb(7d)

kmem(7D)

kstat(7D)

ksyms(7D)

ldterm(7M)

llc1(7D)

llc2(7D)

lo0(7D)

lockstat(7D)

lofi(7D)

lofs(7FS)

log(7D)

lsc(7D)

marvell88sx(7D)

mc-opl(7D)

mcxe(7D)

md(7D)

mediator(7D)

mega_sas(7D)

mem(7D)

mga(7D)

mhd(7i)

mixer(7I)

mpt(7D)

mpt_sas(7D)

mr_sas(7D)

msglog(7D)

mt(7D)

mtio(7I)

mwl(7D)

mxfe(7D)

myri10ge(7D)

n2cp(7d)

n2rng(7d)

nca(7d)

ncp(7D)

ngdr(7d)

ngdrmach(7d)

nge(7D)

npe(7D)

ntwdt(7D)

ntxn(7D)

null(7D)

nulldriver(7D)

nv_sata(7D)

nxge(7D)

objfs(7FS)

oce(7D)

ohci(7D)

openprom(7D)

oplkmdrv(7D)

oplmsu(7D)

oplpanel(7D)

packet(7P)

pcan(7D)

pcata(7D)

pcfs(7FS)

pcic(7D)

pcicmu(7D)

pcie_pci(7D)

pckt(7M)

pcmcia(7D)

pcn(7D)

pcser(7D)

pcwl(7D)

pf_key(7P)

pfmod(7M)

PF_PACKET(7P)

physmem(7D)

pipemod(7M)

pm(7D)

poll(7d)

prnio(7I)

profile(7D)

ptem(7M)

ptm(7D)

pts(7D)

pty(7D)

qfe(7d)

qlc(7D)

qlcnic(7D)

qlge(7D)

quotactl(7I)

radeon(7d)

ral(7D)

ramdisk(7D)

random(7D)

RARP(7P)

rarp(7P)

rge(7D)

route(7P)

routing(7P)

rtls(7D)

rtw(7D)

rum(7D)

rwd(7D)

rwn(7D)

sad(7D)

sata(7D)

scfd(7D)

scsa1394(7D)

scsa2usb(7D)

scsi_vhci(7D)

SCTP(7P)

sctp(7P)

scu(7D)

sd(7D)

sda(7D)

SDC(7)

sdcard(7D)

sdhost(7D)

sdp(7D)

sdt(7D)

se(7D)

se_hdlc(7D)

ses(7D)

sesio(7I)

sf(7D)

sfe(7D)

sgen(7D)

sharefs(7FS)

si3124(7D)

sip(7P)

slp(7P)

smbfs(7FS)

smbios(7D)

smbus(7D)

smp(7D)

snca(7d)

socal(7D)

sockio(7I)

sol_ofs(7D)

sol_ucma(7D)

sol_umad(7D)

sol_uverbs(7D)

sppptun(7M)

srpt(7D)

ssd(7D)

st(7D)

streamio(7I)

su(7D)

sv(7D)

sxge(7D)

sysmsg(7D)

systrace(7D)

TCP(7P)

tcp(7P)

termio(7I)

termiox(7I)

ticlts(7D)

ticots(7D)

ticotsord(7D)

timod(7M)

tirdwr(7M)

tmpfs(7FS)

todopl(7D)

tokenmt(7ipp)

tsalarm(7D)

tswtclmt(7ipp)

ttcompat(7M)

tty(7D)

ttymux(7D)

tzmon(7d)

uata(7D)

uath(7D)

udfs(7FS)

UDP(7P)

udp(7P)

ufs(7FS)

ugen(7D)

uhci(7D)

ural(7D)

urandom(7D)

urtw(7D)

usb(7D)

usba(7D)

usb_ac(7D)

usb_ah(7M)

usb_as(7D)

usbecm(7D)

usbftdi(7D)

usb_ia(7D)

usbkbm(7M)

usb_mid(7D)

usbms(7M)

usbprn(7D)

usbsacm(7D)

usbser_edge(7D)

usbsksp(7D)

usbsprl(7D)

usbvc(7D)

usbwcm(7M)

uscsi(7I)

usmp(7I)

uvfs(7FS)

uwb(7D)

uwba(7D)

virtualkm(7D)

visual_io(7I)

vni(7d)

vr(7D)

vt(7I)

vuid2ps2(7M)

vuid3ps2(7M)

vuidm3p(7M)

vuidm4p(7M)

vuidm5p(7M)

vuidmice(7M)

vxge(7D)

wpi(7D)

wscons(7D)

wusb_ca(7D)

wusb_df(7D)

xge(7D)

xhci(7D)

yge(7D)

zcons(7D)

zero(7D)

zfs(7FS)

zs(7D)

zsh(7D)

zyd(7D)

eoib

, eibnx

- Ethernet over Infiniband drivers

SYNOPSIS

/dev/eoib*

Description

The Ethernet over Infiniband (eoib) driver is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider Interface, dlpi(7P), over all IB ports on a system that are connected to a Sun Network QDR InfiniBand Gateway switch. The driver uses the IBA Unreliable Datagram mode to provide initialization, gateway handshake, heartbeat management, frame transmit and receive functions, multicast support and statistics reporting.

The eoib driver expects certain configuration of the IBA fabric prior to operation (which also implies that the IB Subnet Manager must be active and managing the fabric). The gateway must be configured using the gateway manager with a Virtual IO Adapter (vIOA) for a local IB port on the server where this driver runs.

The Ethernet over Infiniband Nexus (eibnx) driver is loaded by the IB framework during initialization. This nexus driver is responsible for discovering the gateways that are accessible on the HCA IB ports on the host. For each gateway that the nexus driver discovers, it invokes an instance of eoib to bind to that gateway.

Application Programming Interface

The cloning, character-special device /dev/eoib is used to access all eoib devices installed within the system.

The eoib driver is managed by the dladm(1M) command line utility, which allows VLANs to be defined on top of eoib instances. The driver currently does not allow for eoib instances to be aggregated.

The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response to the DL_INFO_REQ are as follows:

Configuration

Currently, the virtual-wire speed and mode for an eoib instance are always reported as 10000 Mbps, full-duplex. There are no parameters for eoib that are configurable via a config file or dladm(1M). All supported public properties can be obtained using the show-linkprop subcommand of dladm(1M).

While the parameters that are reported for eoib and the functionality supported are similar to other ethernet drivers, there are a few key differences:

Files

/dev/eoib*

Character special device

/kernel/drv/eibnx.conf

Configuration file to start eoib nexus driver

/kernel/drv/sparcv9/eoib

64-bit SPARC eoib device driver

/kernel/drv/sparcv9/eibnx

64-bit SPARC eoib nexus module

/kernel/drv/amd64/eoib

64-bit x86 eoib device driver

/kernel/drv/amd64/eibnx

64-bit x86 eoib nexus module

See Also

dladm(1M), ifconfig(1M), syslogd(1M), attributes(5), dlpi(7P), gld(7D), ib(7D), kstat(7D), streamio(7I)

Notes

The EoIB protocol allows for traffic to continue even when the external port associated with a gateway (eport) is down. However, the state of this gateway external port can be of use to administrators, so this is currently reported using a private property called _eib_eport_state. This property is only available for diagnostics purposes and is subject to change or removal without notice.