Sun Microsystems 10GBE XFP User Manual

Sun™Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express

Card User’s Guide

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Part No. 820-0184-13 January 2009, Revision A

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Preface xiii

1. Product Overview 1

Components 1

Product Description 1

Hardware and Software Requirements 2

Features 3

2. Installing and Setting Up the Driver 5

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Solaris SPARC or x86 Platform 5

▼ To Download the Driver on a Solaris Platform 5

▼ To Remove the Driver from a Solaris Platform 8

Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform 9

▼ To Remove the Driver From a Linux Platform 10

3. Installing the Adapter 11

Installing the Adapter 11

▼ To Install the Adapter 12

Installing an Optical Transceiver 15

▼ To Install an Optical Transceiver 16

Verifying the Hardware Installation 18

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▼ To Verify the Hardware Installation 18

Rebooting the System 20

4. Network Configuration 21

Configuring the Network Host Files 21

Setting Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System 23

▼ To Set Up a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client 24

Installing the Solaris Operating System Over a 10-Gigabit Ethernet Network 25

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

Network 25

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

Systems 29

▼ To Boot Over the Network on Solaris x86 and Linux Systems 29

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

Setting Parameters on a Linux Platform 44

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▼ 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 54

▼ To Check Layer 2 Configuration 54

▼ To Check Layer 3 Configuration 55

Enabling Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment 55

▼ To Enable Jumbo Frames in a Linux Environment 55

▼ To Show the Driver Statistics in a Linux Environment 56

7. Configuring Link Aggregation 59

Overview of Link Aggregation 59

Configuring Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment 59

▼ To Configure Link Aggregation in a Solaris Environment 60

Configuring Link Aggregation in a Linux Environment 62

▼ To Configure Bonding for Multiple nxge Interfaces 62

8. Configuring VLANs 65

Overview of VLANs 65

Configuring VLANs in a Solaris Environment 67

▼ To Configure Static VLANs 69

Configuring VLANs in a Linux Environment 70

▼ To Configure VLANs in a Linux Environment 70

Contents v

A. Specifications 71

Connectors 71

Performance Specifications 72

Physical Characteristics 73

Power Requirements 73

B. Diagnostic Software 75

SunVTS Diagnostic Software 75

Updating SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 76

▼ To Update SunVTS to Recognize the Adapter 76

Using the SunVTS netlbtest 77

▼ To Use the netlbtest 77

Index 79

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Tables

TABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements for Sun SPARC and X64 Servers 2

TABLE A-1 XFP Connector Characteristics 72

TABLE A-2 Performance Specifications 72

TABLE A-3 Physical Characteristics 73

TABLE A-4 Low-Profile Power Requirements 73

TABLE B-1 SunVTS Documentation 76

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Figures

FIGURE 1-1 Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter 2

FIGURE 8-1 Example of Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs With Tagging Adapters 68

FIGURE 8-2 Ethernet Tag Header Format 70

FIGURE A-1 Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet XFP Low Profile Adapter Connectors 73

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Preface

This guide provides instructions for installing both the hardware and software for the Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express card. 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.

How This Document Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet

Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter.

Chapter 2 explains how to install the nxge device driver software in a Solaris

SPARC, Solaris x86, or Linux environment.

Chapter 3 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.

Chapter 4 describes how to edit the network host files after the adapter has been

installed on your system.

Chapter 5 explains how to set the nxge device driver parameters to customize each

device in your system.

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Chapter 6 describes how to configure the Jumbo Frame feature.

Chapter 7 describes how to configure link aggregation.

Chapter 8 explains Virtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) in detail and provides

configuration instructions and examples.

Appendix A lists the specifications for the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber

XFP Low Profile Adapter.

Appendix B provides an overview of the SunVTS™ diagnostic application and

instructions for updating the SunVTS software to recognize the adapter.

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

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Shell Prompts

Shell Prompt

C shell machine-name%

C shell superuser machine-name#

Bourne shell and Korn shell $

Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser #

Typographic Conventions

Typeface

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files,

AaBbCc123 What you type, when contrasted

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms,

* The settings on your browser might differ from these settings.

Meaning Examples

and directories; on-screen computer output

with on-screen computer output

words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Edit your.login file. Use ls -a to list all files. % You have mail.

% Password:

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

Yo u must be superuser to do this. To delete a file, type rm filename.

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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 2

■ “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

TABLE 1-1 lists the supported hardware and software.

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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

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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 5

■ “Downloading and Installing the Driver on a Linux Platform” on page 9

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

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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]:

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.

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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

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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

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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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