IntraServer Technology ITIpci 5100G/GF manuale d’uso

ITIpci     5100G/GF Gigabit Ethernet Host Adapters for Solaris™ Inst allation and User ’ s Guide[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 2 of 56 Order Num ber 90- 100300 Version 1.1 LSI Logic Corporation, Copy rig ht 2000 Version 1.1 Second Printing, D ecem ber, 2000 Adde d VLA N s upport Version 1.0 First Printing, A ugust , 2000 The inf orm ation in this doc ume nt is subjec t to chang e w ithout notice and should not be cons trued as a com m itm ent b[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 3 of 56 The, s oftw are , if a ny, descr ibed in this docum e nt is f urnished under a license and may be used or co pied on ly in accordan ce with the terms of such l icense. No responsibility is assum ed f or the use or reliability of s oftw are or equipm ent that is not supplied by LSI L ogic Corporation or its af fi[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 4 of 56 FCC Class B Notice: This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rule s. Operation is subjec t to the f ollowing two c onditions: 1. This devic e m ay not cause harmful int erference. 2. This d evice must accept an y interference received, in clud ing int erference that may cause undes ired ope ration. Note: Thi[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 5 of 56 FCC Declaration of Conformity The IntraSe rver Technolog y, I nc. ITI pci G igabit Ethe rnet adapte rs, m odel numbe rs 5100G and 5100G F com ply w ith the re quirem ents of FCC part 15, clas s B as def ined unde r para gra ph 2.909 of the se rule s. This decl aration cov ers product identif ied w ith ITI 5100G [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 6 of 56 TABLE OF CO NTENTS INTRODUCTION ............................................................................ 8 P REFA CE .......................................................................................... 8 How This Book Is Organized ....................................................... 8 UNIX Commands [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 7 of 56 L INK N EGOT I A TI ON ....................................................................... 31 I NC RE AS ING TCP/ IP P ERF ORM AN CE ............................................. 31 S AVING D RIV E R P ARAM ET ER S B EYOND R EBOOT .......................... 32 OPTIONAL CONFIGURATION .........................[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 8 of 56 _________________________ Introduction Preface This guide de scribes how to install and use the follow ing IntraSe rver Tec hnology IT I-5100G /GF a dapters in the Solaris operating envir onme nt: • = PCI (Periph eral Com ponen t In terconn ect) ITI-5100G Gigabi t Ethern et for C opper adapter • = PCI (Perip[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 9 of 56 UNIX Commands This doc ume nt ma y not include a ll neces sary s oftw are com ma nds or procedure s. Inste ad, it m ay nam e s oftw are task s and r efe r y ou to opera ting sy stem doc ume ntation or the ha ndbook tha t wa s shippe d with y our work station. You m ight nee d to use supple me ntal docum enta tio[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 10 of 5 6 Shell Prompts Shell Pro m pts Shell Prompt C shell machine_nam e % C shell superuser machine_nam e # Bourne she ll and Korn she ll $ Bourne she ll and Korn s hell superus er # Table 2: Shell Prompts Contacting IntraSer ver T echnology Use the follo wing information to access IntraServer Tec hnology support and[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 11 of 5 6 ________________________1 About the ITI-5100G/GF Adapter Figure 1: IntraServer Technology ITI-5100GF Gigibit Ethernet Fiber Interface Adapter The IT I-5100G F ada pter conne cts y our PCI c omplia nt serv er or w orks tation to a G igabit Ethe rnet netw ork . The a dapter inc orporates a tec hnology that trans[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 12 of 5 6 Figure 2: IntraServer Technology ITI-5100G Gigibit Ethernet Copper 10/100/100Base-T Interface Adapter The IT I-5100G ada pter conne cts y our PCI c omplia nt serv er or w orks tation to a G igabit Ethe rnet netw ork . The a dapter inc orporates a tec hnology that transf ers da ta at a rate of one g igabit pe r[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 13 of 5 6 Features Following is a list of the Gig abit Ethernet PCI adapter f ea tures: ITI-5100G and GF Models • = Full- duplex Gig abit Ethernet in terface (IEEE P802.3-1999) • = Jum bo Fram e su pport (option al 9,000 by te f ram es for s erver- to-se rver traffi c) • = Standard Et hernet fram e size (u p to 15[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 14 of 5 6 bytes), frame f ormat, and co mpliance with th e following stan dards and protocols: • = Logi cal Lin k C ontrol (IEEE 802.2) • = Flow C ontrol (IEEE 802.3x ) • = SNMP • = Gigabit Ethern et (IEEE P802.3z) VLANs Support Virtu al Local Area Networks ( VLANs ) are com m only use d to split up groups of ne[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 15 of 5 6 interrupt for m ultiple, bac k-to-back incom ing pack ets, prese rving host CPU cycles. Dual DMA Channels The PCI in terface on the ITI- 5100G/G F adapter contains two inde pendent DMA c hannels for s imulta neous re ad and w rite ope rations. ASIC with Embedded RISC Processor The cor e control f or the IT I-5[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 16 of 5 6 On Off Good link . No link; pos sible ba d cable, bad connec tor, mis sing or impr operly insta lled driv er softw ar e, or conf igur ation m ism atc h. Table 3: ITI-5100GF LED Status Indicators[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 17 of 5 6 Figure 4: ITI-5100G adapter faceplate The faceplate of the ITI- 5100G ada pter has one 10/100/1000Bas e-T twis ted pair coppe r (CA T-5) connect or for c onnecting the ada pter to a G ig abit Ethernet se gm ent. The a dapter w ill also opera te in an ex isting 10/100 Ethern et enviro nment. ITI-5100G Port LED [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 18 of 5 6 ________________________2 Installing the ITI-5100G/GF Adapter The f ollowing instructions apply to installing the ITI-5100G /G F adapter in most serv ers. Ref er to the m anuals that w ere supplied with y our serv er f or details a bout perf orm ing thes e tas ks on y our pa rticular s y stem . System Requirem[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 19 of 5 6 Safety Precautions CAUTION: • = The adapter is being installed in a server that operates with voltages that can be lethal. B efore you rem ove the cover of your server, you must ob serve the followi ng precautions to protect yourself and to prevent dam ag e to the system com ponents. • = Rem ov e an y m et[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 20 of 5 6 PCI A dapter Installation To insta ll a PCI ITI -5100G/G F ada pter in y our sy st em , perf orm the f ollowing procedur e. 1. Observe al l precaut ions an d pre-i nstallati on in structio ns in t he Safety Precau tion s section . Before insta lling the adapter, e nsure the sy stem power is OFF , and proper e [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 21 of 5 6 Connecting the Ne tw ork Cables 5100GF Cable Connection The 5100G F ada pter has one SC-ty pe connec tor used f or atta ching the ser ver to a Gig abit Etherne t fibe r-optic segm ent. T he port is auto-neg otiating a nd supports f ull-duplex operation. 1. P repare an appro priate cab le. The f ollowing table [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 22 of 5 6 5100G Cable Connection The 5100G ada pter has one RJ -45 connec tor use d for a ttaching the ser ver to an Ethernet tw iste d pair coppe r seg me nt. The port is auto-neg otiating a nd supports f ull-duplex operation. 1. P repare an appro priate cab le. The f ollowing table lists cable characte ristics require[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 23 of 5 6 ________________________3 The ITI-5100G/GF Driver Sof tware A ne twork devi ce driv er m ust be installed be fore the IT I-5100G /GF a dapter can be us ed w ith your sy stem s. This c hapter de scribe s how to pref orm the follow ing tasks:  Install the drive r softw are in the Solaris environm ent ?[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 24 of 5 6  At the prom pt, type the pkgadd comma n d: # pkgadd -d . The screen di splays a list of packages avai lable for in stallati on: The following packages are available: 1 ITIalt IntraServer/LSI Logic 32/64-bit Gigabit Ethernet Adapter (sparc)Kit Version x.x Select package(s) you wish to process (or `all&ap[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 25 of 5 6 # sync # sync # halt Then, at t he ok prompt, use the f ollow ing com m and to list the sy stem devices: ok show-devs ITI-5100G /GF a dapter output w ill be display ed. Sa mple PCI ex am ples ar e show n on the nex t pag e. For P CI system s, " ethernet@1 " identif ies the PCI ITI-5100G /G F adapter:[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 26 of 5 6 Note: If any adapter c ard is moved from one slot to another, the alt insta nce values i n the /etc/path_to_inst file will be incorrect. Correc t the instanc e values before making any adapter configuration changes. See y our Solaris manuals for details on setting instance values. • = Each adapter m ust be a[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 27 of 5 6 iti # cat /etc/hostname.alt0 iti-1 iti # cat /etc/hostname.alt1 iti-2 iti # cat /etc/hostname.alt2 iti-3 iti # cat /etc/hostname.alt3 iti-4 3. Fo r each host name, enter the ap prop riate IP ad dress in the /etc/hosts file. 4. Reboot the s ys tem . If y ou m ak e cha nges and put the sy s tem into ser vice bef[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 28 of 5 6 recv_coal_ticks (read and write) nic_tracing (read and write) link_negotiation (read and write) dump_nic (read and write) jumbo (read and write) vlan? (read and write) vlan_tag (read and write) vlan_tag_id (read and write) redund? (read and write) redund (read and write) fdr_filter (read and write) rx_flow_con[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 29 of 5 6 The f ollow ing table descr ibes the driver param ete rs av ailable through ndd . Adapter Driver Param eters Parameter Meaning stat_ticks Minimum num ber of 1 sec ticks betw een statistic s updates. 0 ( off ) is the mi nimum , and 100,000 is the defa ult. Ther e is no m ax imum . send_max_coalesced_bds Numbe r[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 30 of 5 6 Adapter Driver Param eters Parameter Meaning tx_flow_control If link negotiation is on, a value of 1 a llows the adapter to ne gotiate 802.3x transm it flow c ontrol with th e device at th e oth er end o f the link. I f 802.3x flow control is supporte d by the other device , transmit pause pack ets will be res[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 31 of 5 6 Note: Any changes made with ndd will be lost when you r eboot the sy stem. To make configuration changes s urviv e reboot, s tore driv er s ettings in the /etc/rc2.d/S99itialt file (see Savi ng Driver Pa ram eters Beyond Reboot). Link Negotiation The def ault c onfig uration for link negotia tion of the G ig a[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 32 of 5 6 Sav ing Driv er Parameters Bey ond Reboot Any par am eter c hange s m ade us ing ndd w ill be lost the ne xt tim e y our sy stem is reboote d. To kee p change s through reboot, pa ram eter se ttings m ust be placed in a start- up file with t he follo wing filename: /etc/rc2.d/S99itialt Example: If y ou nee d t[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 33 of 5 6 ________________________4 Optional Configuration Your Intra Serve r Te chnolog y I TI-5100G /G F adapte r can be conf igure d to support the f ollow ing options: • = VLA Ns: Virtual L ocal Area Netw orks (VL ANs) are comm only used to split up groups of network u sers into man ageable broadcast dom ains , to[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 34 of 5 6 Note: If y ou modify any of the optional c onfiguration parameters (VLANs , Jumbo Frame, or Dual Homing), you must reboot the s yste m before the changes will take effec t. If you make change s and do not reboot, y ou may experien ce config urati on pr oblem s.[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 35 of 5 6 VLA Ns VLA Ns allow y ou to split y our phy sica l LA N into log ical s ubparts, prov iding an essential tool f or incre asing the eff icie ncy and fle xibility of y our ne twork . Overview Each def ined VL A N beha ves as its ow n se parate netw ork, w ith its tr af fic and broad casts isolat ed from the ot h[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 36 of 5 6 In the ex am ple netw ork show n in Figure 6, the phy sical LA N cons ists of a switch, tw o serv ers, and f ive clie nts. The L AN is log ically organiz ed into three di fferent VLANs, each representi ng a different IP s ubnet. The f ea tures of this ne twor k are desc ribed in the f ollow ing table . Example[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 37 of 5 6 VLAN tag ging is only required to be enabled on switch ports that crea te tr unk links to o ther V LAN capa ble switche s, or on po rts connected to tag -capable end- stations , such as servers or w orkstation s w ith ITI5100G/GF adapters. Configuri ng VLANs By defa ult, Alte on We bSys tem s sw itche s hav e [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 38 of 5 6 ... 64 /etc/hostname .alt6300 /etc/hostname .alt6301 /etc/hostname .alt6302 /etc/hostname .alt6303 Table 10: Creating the /etc/hostname.alt<num > files 2. P lace the ap pro priate ad apter ho st name into the /etc/hostname.alt file(s). The /etc/hostname.alt <num> f ile m ust c ontain the a ppropria[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 39 of 5 6 Up t o 64 VLANs First Adap ter Second A dapt er Third Ad apter Fourth A dapt er 1 /etc/vlan .alt0 /etc/vlan .alt1 /etc/vlan .alt2 /etc/vlan .alt3 2 /etc/vlan .alt100 /etc/vlan .alt101 /etc/vlan .alt102 /etc/vlan .alt103 3 /etc/vlan .alt200 /etc/vlan .alt201 /etc/vlan .alt202 /etc/vlan .alt203 ... 64 /etc/vlan [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 40 of 5 6 # reboot -- -r Verif y the conf igur ation cha nges . Enter the f ollowing com ma nd and verif y that the a ppropriate VLA Ns a re present : # ifconfig -a Jumbo Frames Support ITI- 5100G/G F ada pters s upport Jum bo Fram es --f ram es of up to 9,000 by tes that are sent betw ee n serv ers tha t have ITI -5100[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 41 of 5 6 Note: If you modify parameters and put the syste m into servic e before rebooting, you may expe rience configuration pr oblems. Perform this c omm and to r eboot the sy s tem : # reboot 4. Verif y the conf ig uration cha nges . Enter the f ollowi ng com m and and v erif y that the MT U siz e is s et to 9000: #[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 42 of 5 6 Configuri ng Dual Homing To configure Du al Homing in a system with two adapt ers, where /etc/hostname.alt0 is the prim ary adapter, perf orm the f ollowing procedur e: Note: Do not config ure an /etc/hostnam e.alt<num> entry fo r the redun dant adapter . Al so, do not conf igure Jum bo Fram e suppor t f[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 43 of 5 6 Change s to the optional c onfig uration pa ram ete rs (Jum bo Fra me , or Dual Homi ng) do not tak e ef fe ct until y ou reboot the s ys tem . If y ou w ill be m ak ing change s to the othe r optional par am eter s during y our c onfig uration s ession, you s hould wa it to reboot until those c hanges are c o[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 44 of 5 6 ________________________5 Appendices A ppe ndix A 1000BASE-SX Link Characteristics Description 62.5 Micron 50 Micron Shor twave (850 n an om e ter m ultim od e fib er) Opera ting Rang e 2 to 260 mete rs 2 to 550 me ters (in complia nce w ith IEEE 802.3-1998) 10/100/1000BASE-T Cable Specifications Port Ty pe Co[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 45 of 5 6 Power Require ments Specification Measurement PCI operating voltag e + 5 V ± 5% PCI powe r consum ption 7.5 W atts 1.5A @ +5VDC Environmental Specifications Condition Operating Specification Storage Specification Temperature 0° to 55° C (+ 32 to +131 F) -40° to + 85° C Relative humidity 5 to 85% non-conde[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 46 of 5 6 A ppendix B Ethernet Connector The 8- pin RJ-45 c onnector f or 10/100/1000 Mb/s ec Ether net is w ire d as show n: Figure 9: 8-Pin RJ-45 Connector (Front) With the c onnection pins assig ned as show n: Contact 10Base-T Sign al 100Base- TX Signal 1000Base-T Sign al 1 TD+ (Transm it Data) TD+ (T ransmit Data) B[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 47 of 5 6 A ppendix C Glossary of T erms The f ollow ing term s a re use d throughout this g uide. Term Meaning Notes 10/100/1000 10, 100 and 1000Mbps on the s ame port. The por t will b e running at the negotiated s peed. See LEDs on t he handle to determ ine the speed of operation 1000BaseT Physical layer s pec. f or [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 48 of 5 6 Pack et Unit of inform ation pac kaged in a predeterm ined struc ture for com munic ations us ing Ethernet protocols . PCI Peripheral Com ponent Interc onnect Indust ry Standard Bus RJ-45 The 8-conduct or version of an RJ - 11 (telephone, but wider). Router Component which rec eives and transm its and forwards[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 49 of 5 6 List of Figur es Figure 1: Intr aServe r Tec hnology ITI-5100G F Gigibit Ether net Fiber Interface Adapter.......................................................................................... 11 Figure 2: Intr aServ er Tec hnology ITI- 5100G Gigibit Ethe rnet Coppe r 10/100/1 00Bas e-T I nterface Adapte r[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 50 of 5 6 A ppendix D Software License End-User License A greement for Software Warranty for Software and Hardw are Important- READ CA REFULLY: This End -User License Agreem ent (“EULA”) i s a legal agreement between you (either an individual or a single entity) li censee of the IntraServer ITIpci TM SC SI Software [...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 51 of 5 6 Software: You m ay insta ll and use one c opy of the SOFTWARE PRODUCT on a single computer (the “Computer”). Network Se rvic es: If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT includes functiona lity tha t enables the Compute r to act as a netw ork ser ver, any num ber of c ompute rs m ay access or o therwise utilize the basic n[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 52 of 5 6 2. DESCRIPTION OF OTHER RIGHTS A ND LIMITA TIONS: Lim itation on Reve rse Enginee ring, De compila tion, Disassem bly , Modific ations and D eriva tives : You m ay not rev erse eng ineer, dec ompile, disassemble, or modify, in whole or in part, the SOFTWARE PRODUCT, or create a d erivative work using th e SOFT[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 53 of 5 6 3. UPGR A DES: If the SOFT WA RE PRODUCT is an upgra de f rom a nother ITI product, whe ther f rom ITI or a re seller , y ou m ay us e or tra nsfe r the SOFT W ARE PRODUCT only in conjunction w ith that upg raded product a nd the associated ITI Host Adapter. If the SOFTWARE PRODUCT is an upgrade of an IT I pro[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 54 of 5 6 Product W arranty LIMITED SOFTWA RE WA RRA NTY IntraServ er T echnolog y , Inc. (“ ITI” ) w arrants to only the origina l lice nsee that the Softw are, when prope rly insta lled in conjunc tion with the Host Adapter, will perform substantially in accordance with ITI’s specifications containe d in ITI ’[...]

LSI Logic Corp orat ion Page 55 of 5 6 return sh ippin g date of the rep aired or rep laced pr oduct, or (ii) the pe riod of time rem aining on the orig inal three y e ar w arranty . Bef ore re turning any produc t, contac t IT I’s T echnic al Support (f or te lephone numbe rs and addre sse s, se e the T echnic al Support s ection of this doc ume[...]

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