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ixgbe(7d) [opensolaris man page]

ixgbe(7D)							      Devices								 ixgbe(7D)

NAME

       ixgbe - Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver

SYNOPSIS

       /dev/ixgbe*

DESCRIPTION

       The  ixgbe  Gigabit  Ethernet  driver is a  multi-threaded,  loadable, clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider
       Interface, dlpi(7P),  on  Intel 82598 10-Gigabit Ethernet controllers.

       The ixgbe driver functions include controller  initialization, frame transmit and receive, promiscuous and  multicast  support,	and  error
       recovery and reporting.

       The ixgbe driver and  hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol specified by the IEEE 802.3ae specification.

APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE

       The  cloning  character-special	device,  /dev/ixgbe, is used to access all Intel 82598 10 -Gigabit Ethernet   devices installed within the
       system.

       The ixgbe driver is managed  by the dladm(1M) command  line utility, which allows  VLANs to be defined on top of ixgbe instances  and   for
       ixgbe instances to be aggregated.  See dladm(1M) for more details.

       You must send an explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message to associate the opened stream with a particular device (PPA). The PPA ID is interpreted as
       an unsigned integer data type and  indicates the corresponding device instance (unit) number. The driver returns an error (DL_ERROR_ACK) if
       the PPA field value does not correspond to a valid device instance number for the system. The device is initialized on first attach and de-
       initialized (stopped) at last detach.

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

	   o	  Maximum SDU is 16366.

	   o	  Minimum SDU is 0.

	   o	  DLSAP address length is 8.

	   o	  MAC type is DL_ETHER.

	   o	  SAP (Service Access Point) length value is -2, meaning the physical address component is followed immediately by  a  2-byte  SAP
		  component within the DLSAP address.

	   o	  Broadcast address value is the Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF).

		  Once in the DL_ATTACHED state, you must send a DL_BIND_REQ to associate a particular SAP with the stream.

CONFIGURATION

       By default, the	ixgbe driver performs auto-negotiation to select the link speed and mode. Link speed and mode can only be 10000 Mbps full-
       duplex. See the IEEE802.3 standard  for more information.

FILES

       /dev/ixgbe*		    Special character device.

       /kernel/drv/ixgbe	    32-bit device driver (x86).

       /kernel/drv/amd64/ixgbe	    64-bit device driver (x86).

       /kernel/drv/sparcv9/ixgbe    64-bit device driver (SPARC).

       /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf	    Configuration file.

ATTRIBUTES

       See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:

       +-----------------------------------------------------------+
       |ATTRIBUTE TYPE		      ATTRIBUTE VALUE		   |
       |Availability		      SUNWixgbe 		   |
       |Architecture		      SPARC, x86		   |
       |Interface Stability	      Committed 		   |
       +-----------------------------------------------------------+

SEE ALSO

       dladm(1M), netstat(1M), driver.conf(4), attributes(5), streamio(7I), dlpi(7P)

       Writing Device Drivers

       STREAMS Programming Guide

       Network Interfaces Programmer's Guide

       IEEE 802.3ae Specificiation, IEEE - 2002

SunOS 5.11							    20 Mar 2008 							 ixgbe(7D)

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NAME

     ixgbe -- Intel(R) 10Gb Ethernet driver for the FreeBSD operating system

SYNOPSIS

     To compile this driver into the kernel, place the following line in your kernel configuration file:

	   device ixgbe

     Alternatively, to load the driver as a module at boot time, place the following line in loader.conf(5):

	   if_ixgbe_load="YES"

DESCRIPTION

     The ixgbe driver provides support for PCI 10Gb Ethernet adapters based on the Intel 82598EB Intel(R) Network Connections.	The driver sup-
     ports Jumbo Frames, MSIX, TSO, and RSS.

     For questions related to hardware requirements, refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel 10GbE adapter.  All hardware requirements
     listed apply to use with FreeBSD.

     Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting.  Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the ifconfig(8) utility
     configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames.  The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114.

     This driver version supports VLANs.  For information on enabling VLANs, see ifconfig(8).

HARDWARE

     The ixgbe driver supports the following cards:

     o	 Intel(R) 10 Gigabit XF SR/AF Dual Port Server Adapter
     o	 Intel(R) 10 Gigabit XF SR/LR Server Adapter
     o	 Intel(R) 82598EB 10 Gigabit AF Network Connection
     o	 Intel(R) 82598EB 10 Gigabit AT CX4 Network Connection

DIAGNOSTICS

     ixgbe%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     ixgbe%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt  A fatal initialization error has occurred.

     ixgbe%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting  The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with the network connection
     (cable).

SUPPORT

     For general information and support, go to the Intel support website at: http://support.intel.com.

     If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel with a supported adapter, email the specific information
     related to the issue to <freebsd@intel.com>.

SEE ALSO

     altq(4), arp(4), netintro(4), ng_ether(4), polling(4), vlan(4), ifconfig(8)

HISTORY

     The ixgbe device driver first appeared in FreeBSD 7.0.

AUTHORS

     The ixgbe driver was written by Intel Corporation <freebsd@intel.com>.

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								 December 19, 2010							       BSD
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