User`s guide

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About This Book
Chapter Descriptions
This guide contains the following chapters:
• Chapter 1, “Features and Capabilities,” summarizes the adapter features, lists the
protocols and interfaces with which the adapter is compatible, and gives adapter
configuration limits for various systems.
• Chapter 2, “Connecting the Adapter to a Network,” shows you how to connect the
adapter to your network.
• Chapter 3, “Operating the Adapter,” describes how to verify installation of the
adapter and software, how to reset the adapter, how to set parameters to improve
performance, and how to set configuration parameters.
• Chapter 4, “Performance Tuning,”describes performance tuning for the adapter.
A glossary and an index complete this guide.
Related Publications
This guide is part of a document set that fully supports the installation, operation, and
service of the SGI 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter II. For more information about installing
and servicing the adapter, see the user’s guide for the system in which the board is
installed.
SGI Altix Hardware Documentation
The following is a list of hardware documentation available from SGI that describes SGI
Altix systems.