Installation guide

AT-2971 Solaris Sparc

Dual Net Operation Mode

Starting with version 5.00, the driver supports the Dual Net mode on

dual link adapters. In this mode, the two ports on one adapter are

treated as separate interfaces, with different IP addresses and

independent operation.

To enable Dual Net operation, perform the following procedure:

1. Set the parameter RlmtMode_InstX in skge.conf to DualNet.

X is a placeholder for the instance number of the according adapter.

The number in the interface name of a Single Net adapter is the

required instance number. skge0 refers to instance number 0, skge1

to instance number 1, etc.

Example: If you want to configure instance 0 for Dual Net mode, you

have to change the RlmtMode_Inst0 paramter to:

RlmtMode_Inst0="DualNet";

Dual Net interface naming:

Due to the naming of VLANs you can configure for each port (see the

next section for details), the interface number for port B starts at an

offset of 50000 from the number used for port A. The interface of port A

always gets the instance number of the according adapter.

Example: You have configured instance 0 for Dual Net mode. After

loading the driver, two devices exist in the /dev directory:

skge0 and skge50000.

skge0 is used to access port A, skge50000 for port B. The interfaces

you have to configure with 'ifconfig' will have the same names.

When the configuration is finished, you have two possibilities to activate

the changes in skge.conf:

❑ Reboot the system.

❑ Unload the driver with rem_drv and load it again with add_drv.

Note

If you execute all changes in skge.conf after package installation and

before you reboot the system, no additional steps as described

below have to be executed.