idn(7d) 							      Devices								   idn(7d)

NAME

       idn - inter-domain network device driver

SYNOPSIS

       /dev/idn

DESCRIPTION

       The  idn  driver  is  a	multi-thread,  loadable, clonable, STREAMS-based pseudo driver that supports the connectionless Data Link Provider
       Interface dlpi(7P) over the Sun Enterprise 10000 Gigplane-XB Interconnect. This connection is permitted only  between  domains  within  the
       same Sun Enterprise 10000 server.

       The  idn  driver  supports  1  to  32  logical  network	interfaces that can be connected to domains linked to the local domain through the
       domain_link(1M) command. (See domain_link(1M) in the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.2 Reference Manual for more information.)  The  idn  driver
       works in conjunction with the System Service Processor (SSP) to perform domain linking/unlinking and automated linking upon host bootup.

       The /dev/idn device is used to access all IDN services provided by the system.

   IDN and DLPI
       The  idn  driver is a style-2 Data Link Service provider.  All M_PROTO and M_PCPROTO-type messages are interpreted as DLPI primitives.  For
       the idn driver to associate the opened stream with a particular device (ppa), you must send an explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message.  The ppa	ID
       is interpreted as an unsigned long and indicates the corresponding device instance (unit) number. The DL_ERROR_ACK error is returned by the
       driver 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) on the last detach.

	 o  The  maximum  SDU  is  configurable by using the  idn.conf file and has a range of 512 bytes to 512 Kbytes. The default value is 16384
	    bytes.

	 o  The minimum SDU is 0.

	 o  The Service Access Pointer (SAP) address length is 8.

	 o  The MAC type is DL_ETHER.

	 o  The SAP length value is -2, meaning the physical address component is followed immediately by a 2-byte SAP component within the  DLSAP
	    address.

	 o  The service mode is DL_CLDLS.

	 o  Optional quality of service (QOS) is not presently supported; accordingly, the QOS fields are 0.

	 o  The provider style is DL_STYLE2.

	 o  The version is DL_VERSION_2.

	 o  The  broadcast  address  value is Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address(0xFFFFFF). The idn driver supports broadcast by issuing messages to
	    each target individually. The idn driver is inherently a point-to-point network between domains.   When  the  idn  driver  is  in  the
	    DL_ATTACHED  state,  the user must send a DL_BIND_REQ request to associate a particular SAP with the stream. The idn driver interprets
	    the SAP field within the DL_BIND_REQ message as an Ethernet type and valid values for the SAP field are in the range of 0  to  0xFFFF.
	    Only one Ethernet type can be bound to the stream at any time.

       If  a  SAP with a value of 0 is selected, the receiver will be in 802.3 mode. All frames received from the media having a type field in the
       range of 0 to 1500 are assumed to be 802.3 frames and are routed up all open streams which are bound to SAP  value 0.   If  more  than  one
       stream is in 802.3 mode, then the frame will be duplicated and routed up as multiple stream DL_UNITDATA_IND messages.

       In  transmission,  the driver checks the SAP field of the DL_BIND_REQ to determine if the SAP value is 0, and if the destination type field
       is in the range of  0 to 1500. If either is true, the driver computes the length of the	message,  (excluding  the  initial  message  block
       M_PROTO	mblk)  of  all	subsequent DL_UNITDATA_REQ messages and transmits 802.3 frames that have this value in the MAC frame header length
       field.

       The driver also supports raw M_DATA mode. When the user sends a DLIOCRAW ioctl, the particular stream is put in raw mode. A complete  frame
       and a proper ether header is expected as part of the data.

       The  DLSAP  address  format  consists of the 6-byte, physical address component (Ethernet) followed immediately by the 2-byte SAP component
       (type), producing an 8-byte DLSAP address. Applications should not hardcode to this particular implementation-specific DLSAP  address  for-
       mat,  but  instead  should  use information returned in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive to compose and decompose DLSAP addresses. The SAP length,
       full DLSAP  length, and SAP physical ordering are included within the DL_INFO_ACK primitive. The physical address length can be computed by
       subtracting  the  SAP  length  from the full DLSAP address length or by issuing the DL_PHYS_ADDR_REQ message to obtain the current physical
       address associated with the stream.

       When the idn driver is in the DL_BOUND state, you can transmit frames on the IDN by sending DL_UNITDATA_REQ messages  to  the  driver.  The
       driver  then  routes received IDN frames up the open and bound streams having a SAP which matches the Ethernet type as DL_UNITDATA_IND mes-
       sages.  If necessary, received IDN frames are duplicated and routed up multiple open  streams.  The  DLSAP  address  contained  within  the
       DL_UNITDATA_REQ and DL_UNITDATA_IND messages consists of both the SAP (type) and physical (Ethernet) components.

   IDN Primitives
       In addition to the mandatory connectionless DLPI message set, the idn driver supports the following primitives:

       The  DL_ENABMULTI_REQ  and  DL_DISABMULTI_REQ primitives which enable or disable, respectively, the reception of individual multicast group
       addresses. A set of multicast addresses may be iteratively created and modified on a per-stream basis using these primitives.  These primi-
       tives are accepted by the driver in any state following the DL_ATTACHED state.

       The  DL_PROMISCON_REQ  and  DL_PROMISCOFF_REQ primitives, which with the DL_PROMISC_PHYS flag set in the dl_level field, enable or disable,
       respectively, the reception of all promiscuous frames on the media, including frames generated by the local  domain.  When  used  with  the
       DL_PROMISC_SAP  flag set in the dl_level field, these primitives enable or disable, respectively, the reception of all SAP  (Ethernet type)
       values. When used with the DL_PROMISC_MULTI flag set in the dl_level field, these primitives enable or disable, respectively, the reception
       of  all	multicast  group addresses. The effect of each is always on a per-stream basis and independent of the other SAP and physical level
       configurations on this stream or other streams.

       The DL_PHYS_ADDR_REQ primitive which  returns  the  6-octet,  Ethernet  address	associated  with  (or  attached  to)  the  stream  in  the
       DL_PHYS_ADDR_ACK primitive. This primitive is valid only in states following a successful DL_ATTACH_REQ request.

       Because	 the   driver  maintains  domain  address  information	in  the  address  to  direct  packets  to  the	correct  destination,  the
       DL_SET_PHYS_ADDR_REQ primitive is not allowed.

FILES

       The following files are supported:

       /dev/idn

	   IDN special character device

       /platform/SUNW,Ultra-Enterprise-10000/kernel/drv/idn.conf

	   System-wide and per-interface default device driver properties

SEE ALSO

       netstat(1M), ndd(1M), dlpi(7P)

       domain_link(1M) in the Sun Enterprise 10000 SSP 3.2 Reference Manual.

       Sun Enterprise 10000 InterDomain Networks User Guide

NOTES

       The idn driver supports a set of properties that can be set by using the driver.conf file for the IDN.  See the Sun Enterprise 10000 Inter-
       Domain Networks User Guide for more information about the properties in the driver.conf(4), (idn.conf, for IDNs).

SunOS 5.10							    3 Jun 1999								   idn(7d)