Oracle Audio Technologies SunDual 10GbE XFP User Manual

Sun Dual 10GbE XFP

PCI Express Card

User’s Guide

Part No. 820-0184-14 May 2010, Revision A

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Using This Documentation vii

1. Product Overview 1

Components 1

Product Description 1

Hardware and Software Requirements 3

Features 3

Declaration of Conformity 5

2. Installing and Setting Up the Driver 7

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform 7

▼ To Download the Driver on a Solaris Platform 7

▼ To Remove the Driver from a Solaris Platform 9

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform 10

▼ To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform 12

3. Installing the Adapter 13

Installing the Adapter 13

▼ To Install the Adapter 14

Installing an Optical Transceiver 17

▼ To Install an Optical Transceiver 18

iii

Verifying the Hardware Installation 20

▼ To Verify the Hardware Installation 20

Rebooting the System 22

4. Network Configuration 23

Configuring the Network Host Files 23

Setting Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System 25

▼ To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client 26

Installing the Solaris Operating System Over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network 27

▼ To Install the Solaris Operating System Over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet

Network 27

Booting Over the 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network for Solaris x86 and Linux

Systems 30

▼ To Boot Over the Network on Solaris x86 and Linux Systems 30

5. Configuring the nxge Device Driver Parameters 33

nxge Hardware and Software Overview 33

Setting nxge Driver Parameters on a Solaris Platform 34

Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility 34

Noninteractive and Interactive Modes 34

▼ To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility 35

▼ To Specify Parameter Values Using the ndd Utility 35

▼ To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode 35

Setting Parameters Using the nxge.conf File 36

▼ To Set Driver Parameters Using an nxge.conf File 37

Tuning for Maximum Performance on a Solaris Platform 41

▼ To Improve Performance on an UltraSPARC CPU Based Sun Platform 41

▼ To Improve Performance on an AMD CPU Based Sun Platform 42

▼ To Obtain Higher Throughput Using the Generic Tunables for the Solaris

TCP/IP Stack 43

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Setting Parameters on a Linux Platform 44

▼ To Set Parameters Using the ethtool Utility 44

▼ To Set Parameters Using the Bundled configtool Utility 48

Tuning for Maximum Performance on a Linux Platform 49

6. Configuring the Jumbo Frames Feature 51

Jumbo Frames Overview 51

Checking Jumbo Frames Configurations 51

▼ To Show the Driver Statistics in a Solaris Environment 52

Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Solaris Environment 53

▼ To Enable Jumbo Frames in a Solaris Environment Using nxge.conf 53

▼ To Check Layer 2 Configuration 53

▼ To Check Layer 3 Configuration 54

Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment 54

▼ To Enable Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment 54

▼ To Show the Driver Statistics in a Linux Environment 55

7. Configuring Link Aggregation 57

Overview of Link Aggregation 57

Configuring Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment 58

▼ To Configure Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment 58

Configuring Link Aggregation in a Linux Environment 60

▼ To Configure Bonding for Multiple nxge Interfaces 60

8. Configuring VLANs 61

Overview of VLANs 61

Configuring VLANs in a Solaris Environment 63

▼ To Configure Static VLANs 64

Configuring VLANs in a Linux Environment 65

▼ To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment 65

Contents v

A. Specifications 67

Connectors 67

Performance Specifications 68

Physical Characteristics 69

Power Requirements 69

B. Diagnostic Software 71

SunVTS Diagnostic Software 71

Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 72

▼ To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 72

Using the SunVTS netlbtest 73

▼ To Use the netlbtest 73

Index 75

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Using This Documentation

This guide provides instructions for installing both the hardware and software for the Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express card from Oracle. This manual also describes how to configure the nxge driver, which controls the card.

These instructions are designed for enterprise system administrators with experience installing network hardware and software.

Note – In this document the term x86 refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems

manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris Hardware Compatibility Guide.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information about basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

■ Software documentation that you received with your system

■ Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at:

http://docs.sun.com

vii

Shell Prompts

Shell Prompt

C shell machine-name%

C shell superuser machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell $

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser #

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Product Overview

This chapter provides an overview of the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter, including:

■ “Components” on page 1

■ “Product Description” on page 1

■ “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 3

■ “Features” on page 3

Components

The carton in which your Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter was shipped should contain the following items:

■ Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter with a

low profile bracket attached.

■ Standard height bracket

■ Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter Getting

Started Guide.

Product Description

The Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter is a low profile x8 lane PCI-Express 10 gigabit Ethernet card utilizing the Sun ASIC with XFP-based 10-gigabit Ethernet optics. The Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter requires an optical transceiver.

FIGURE 1-1 shows the adapter.

FIGURE 1-1 Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the hardware and software requirements.

TABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements for Sun SPARC and X64 Servers

Requirements Hardware or Software

Hardware Sun Fire™ T1000, Sun Fire T2000, Sun Fire V445, Sun Fire V245, Sun Fire

V215, Sun Fire U45, Sun Fire X4600, Sun Fire X4200, Sun Fire X4100, Sun Fire X2100

Operating System Solaris 10 01/07 Operating System

SuSE Linux Enterprise Server 10, RedHat Enterprise Linux

4.0_u4, RedHat Enterprise Linux 4.0_u3

Optical transceivers X5558A SR (Short Reach) XFP Transceiver for the base board

X5560A-z LR (Long Reach) XFP Transceiver for the base board

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TABLE 1-1 lists the supported hardware and software.

Features

The Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter provides the following features:

■ Two full-duplex 10 gigabit Ethernet interface that use a 10 gigabit Ethernet small

form factor pluggable (XFP), optical transceiver with duplex LC fiber connector

■ IEEE 802.3ae 2002 compliant

■ Uses Sun’s own ASIC and software for innovative throughput networking design

■ Networking I/O virtualization supporting Solaris LDOM 1.0. (VMware support

planned for mid 07)

■ Hardware-based flow classification for extending parallelism and virtualization to

networking

■ Up to 16 Receive DMA channels and up to 24 Transmit DMA channels, multiple

receive and transmit Descriptor Rings and dedicated networking hardware resources (DMA, interrupts, buffer, and more) for each thread or strand

■ CPU/thread affinity and CPU load balancing at L1,L2,L3 and L4

■ Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR)

■ Jumbo frame support (up to 9KBytes)

■ IPv4/IPv6 and IPMP support

■ TCP/UDP/IP checksum and CRC32C support

■ IEEE 802.1Q VLAN support

Chapter 1 Product Overview 3

Declaration of Conformity

Compliance Model Number: ATLS2XGF Product Family Name: Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter

EMC

USA—FCC Class A

This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions:

1. This equipment may not cause harmful interference.

2. This equipment must accept any interference that may cause undesired operation.

European Union

This equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC:

As Information Technology Equipment (ITE) Class A per (as applicable):

EN 55022:1994 +A1:1995 +A2:1997 Class A EN 61000-3-2:2000 Pass EN 61000-3-3:1995 +A1:2000 Pass EN 55024:1998 +A1:2001 +A2:2003 Required Limits:

IEC 61000-4-2 4 kV (Direct), 8kV (Air) IEC 61000-4-3 3 V/m IEC 61000-4-4 1 kV AC Power Lines, 0.5 kV Signal and DC Power Lines IEC 61000-4-5 1 kV AC Line-Line and Outdoor Signal Lines, 2 kV AC Line-Gnd, 0.5 kV DC Power

IEC 61000-4-6 3 V IEC 61000-4-8 1 A/m IEC 61000-4-11 Pass

Lines

Safety

This equipment complies with the following requirements of the Low Voltage Directive 73/23/EEC:

EC Type Examination Certificates:

EN 60950-1:2001, 1st Edition IEC 60950-1:2001, 1st Edition CB Scheme Certificate No. Evaluated to all CB Countries UL and cUL/CSA 60950-1:2001, CSA C22.2 No. 60950-00 File:E138989-A82 Vol. 54 FDA DHHS Accession Number (Monitors Only)

Supplementary Information

This equipment was tested and complies with all the requirements for the CE Mark. This equipment complies with the Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) directive 2002/95/EC.

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/S/ /S/ Dennis P. Symanski DATE

Worldwide Compliance Engineering Sun Microsystems, Inc. 4150 Network Circle, MPK15-102 Santa Clara, CA 95054 U.S.A. Tel: 650-786-3255 Fax: 650-786-3723

Donald Cameron

Program Manager/Customer Quality Sun Microsystems Scotland, Limited Blackness Road, Phase I, Main Bldg. Springfield, EH49 7LR Scotland, United Kingdom Tel: +44 1 506 672 539 Fax: +44 1 506 670 011

DATE

Chapter 1 Product Overview 5

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CHAPTER

Installing and Setting Up the Driver

This chapter explains how to download and install the nxge driver. The nxge gigabit Ethernet driver (nxge(7D)) is a multi-threaded, loadable, clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver. The nxge driver is managed by the dladm(1M) command line utility, which allows VLANs to be defined on top of nxge instances and for nxge instances to be aggregated. See the dladm(1M) man page for more details on configuring the data-link interfaces and link aggregations.

This chapter contains the following sections:

■ “Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform” on

page 7

■ “Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform” on page 10

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform

If your system uses the Solaris SPARC or x86 operating system you will need to download and install the nxge device driver for Solaris platforms.

▼ To Download the Driver on a Solaris Platform

1. Locate and download the nxge device driver software at the following web

site:

http://www.sun.com/products/networking/ethernet/index.html

2. Uncompress the gzipped tar file:

# gunzip nxge.tar.gz

3. Unpack the tar file:

# tar xvf nxge.tar

a. For SPARC systems, change to the following directory:

# cd 10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_10/sparc/Packages

b. For x86 systems:

# cd 10_GigabitEthernet/Solaris_10/i386/Packages

4. For SPARC systems, determine which architecture your system is running:

# uname -m

a. For sun4v systems, install the software packages by typing the following at

the command line:

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d SUNWnxge.v SUNWnxgem

b. For sun4u systems, install the software packages by typing the following at

the command line:

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d SUNWnxge.u SUNWnxgem

5. For x86 systems, install the software packages by typing the following at the command line:

# /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d

A menu similar to the following displays:

The following packages are available:

1 SUNWnxge Sun PCI-E 10G/1G Ethernet Adapter Driver (i386)

1.0,REV=2006.12.05.10.0

Select package(s) you wish to process (or ’all’ to process all packages). (default: all) [?,??,q]:

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6. Select the packages you want to install:

■ Press Return or type all to accept the default and install all packages.

■ Type the specific numbers, separated by a space, if you prefer not to install any

optional packages.

7. Verify that the nxge driver is installed on the system:

Sun PCI-E 10G/1G Ethernet Adapter Driver(i386)

1.0,REV=2006.12.05.10.0 Copyright 2006 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Use is subject to license terms. ## Executing checkinstall script. Using as the package base directory. ## Processing package information. ## Processing system information. 4 package pathnames are already properly installed. ## Verifying package dependencies. ## Verifying disk space requirements. ## Checking for conflicts with packages already installed. ## Checking for setuid/setgid programs. This package contains scripts which will be executed with super-user permission during the process of installing this package.

Do you want to continue with the installation of [y,n,?] y

Installing Sun PCI-E 10G/1G Ethernet Adapter Driver as

## Installing part 1 of 1.

/kernel/drv/amd64/nxge [ verifying class ]

# Executing postinstall script. # Installation of was successful.

▼ To Remove the Driver from a Solaris Platform

1. To discover the driver packages run the pkginfo command:

# pkginfo | grep SUNWnxge SUNWnxge Sun PCI-E 10G/1G Ethernet Adapter Driver

2. To remove the driver packages run the pkgrm command:

# pkgrm SUNWnxge plus any other packages from the previous command

Chapter 2 Installing and Setting Up the Driver 9

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform

1. Login to your system.

2. Download the driver RPM for your operating system:

http://www.sun.com/download/products.xml?id=44eb1efd

For example:

nxge-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm

3. Discover the network interfaces before adding the package by using the

ifconfig -a command:

# ifconfig -a |grep eth eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:20:F1:DC eth1 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:20:F1:DD eth2 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:20:F1:DE eth3 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:20:F1:DF

4. Use the rpm tool to install the driver on SuSe and RedHat Linux.

# rpm -ivh /tmp/RHEL4U4-large/RPMS/x86_64/nxge-1.0-1.x86_64.rpm Preparing... ########################################### 1:nxge ###########################################

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Note – In RHEL5.0 and later releases, the driver is packaged in the kmod driver

binary package format. This packaging allows forward and backward driver binary compatibility within the same flavors of RHEL5 releases. Driver packages nxge version 2.0.0 and later are not compatible with the earlier nxge-1.x-x releases. To upgrade from 1.x-x to 2.x.x rpm package, it is necessary to remove nxge-1.x- x package before installing the 2.x.x package.

The RHEL5 nxge 2.x.x kmod package contains two separate packages: One for the driver and another one for applications like nxge_config. You must install both of the following packages:

kmod-nxge-rhel-2.0-1.x86_64.rpm (driver binary package) nxge-apps-rhel-2.0-1.x86_64.rpm (application package)

To install the complete package, enter the following:

# rpm -ivh nxge-apps-rhel-2.0-1.x86_64.rpm kmod-nxge-rhel-2.0-1.x86_64.rpm

To ensure that the driver is loaded after the rpm installation, enter the following:

# modprobe nxge

5. Verify the new network interface instances corresponding to the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter:

eth4 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:6C:78:E8 eth5 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:14:4F:6C:78:E9

The Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter instances, eth4 and eth5, are shown in

bold italics.

6. Add the nxge interfaces to the /etc/modules.conf file to automatically load the driver after system reboot:

alias eth4 nxge alias eth5 nxge

Chapter 2 Installing and Setting Up the Driver 11

7. Use the ethtool command to check the parameter configurations that apply to the nxge driver.

(For 10G)

# ethtool -i eth4 driver: nxge version: 2.0.1 firmware-version: 2XGF PXE1.47 FCode 3.9 07/04/24 bus-info: 0000:84:00.0

(Equivalent for 1G)

# ethtool -i eth4 driver: nxge version: 2.0.1 firmware-version: QGC PXE1.47 FCode 3.9 07/04/24 bus-info: 0000:02:00.2

▼ To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform

● To remove the driver packages from a Linux Platform use the rpm -e

command:

# rpm -e nxge-1.0-1

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CHAPTER

Installing the Adapter

This chapter describes how to install the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in your system and verify that it has been installed correctly.

This chapter contains the following section:

■ “Installing the Adapter” on page 13

■ “Installing an Optical Transceiver” on page 17

■ “Verifying the Hardware Installation” on page 20

Note – If you are installing the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP

Low Profile Adapter in a machine running either the Solaris x86 Operating System or the Linux x86 Operating System, Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) is not supported.

Installing the Adapter

If you are installing the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter into a machine running Solaris 10, you must install the software before you install the hardware.

The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the adapter. Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed PCI-Express adapter installation instructions, specifically you must check which bracket your server requires (low profile or standard height), and install the standard height bracket if required.

Caution – Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter

mechanical fit limitations: Do not install the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in slot-2 of a Sun Fire T2000 system. The SATA cables from the adjacent card slot prevent the proper installation of an Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in this slot. (Note that this issue does not exist for Sun Fire T2000 that is RoHS compliant.)

Caution – Do not install the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP

Low Profile Adapter in slot-5 of a Sun Fire X4600 system because the heatsink on the adapter will sit against the daughter card of the Sun Fire X4600 system.

Note – When you install the adapter, ensure that the optical transceiver has not been

installed. The optical transceiver must be installed into the adapter when it is in place.

This section contains the following topics:

■ “To Install the Adapter” on page 14

■ “Installing an Optical Transceiver” on page 17

■ “Verifying the Hardware Installation” on page 20

▼ To Install the Adapter

1. Halt and power off your system.

2. Power off all of the peripherals connected to your system.

3. Open the system unit.

4. Attach the adhesive copper strip of the antistatic wrist strap to the metal casing of the power supply. Wrap the other end twice around your wrist, with the adhesive side against your skin.

5. Remove the filler panel from the PCI-E opening.

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Note – These illustrations show the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber

XFP Low Profile Adapter being installed into a Sun Fire T2000, which requires a standard height bracket for the low profile adapter.

6. Open the retaining clip at the edge of the PCI-E opening.

7. Holding the adapter by the edges, align the adapter edge connector with the PCI-E slot. Slide the adapter face plate into the small slot at the end of the PCIE opening.

8. Applying even pressure at both corners of the adapter, push the PCI-Express adapter until it is firmly seated in the slot.

Chapter 3 Installing the Adapter 15

9. Secure the retaining clip

Caution – Do not use excessive force when installing the adapter into the PCI-E

slot. You might damage the adapter ’s PCI connector. If the adapter does not seat properly when you apply even pressure, remove the adapter and carefully reinstall it.

10. Detach the wrist strap and close the system unit.

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Contents

Using This Documentation

Product Overview

Components

Product Description

Hardware and Software Requirements

Features

Declaration of Conformity

Safety

Supplementary Information

Installing and Setting Up the Driver

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform

▼ To Download the Driver on a Solaris Platform

▼ To Remove the Driver from a Solaris Platform

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform

▼ To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform

Installing the Adapter

Installing the Adapter

▼ To Install the Adapter