Ethernet PCI-X Adapter Installation and User's Guide

CHAPTER

Configuring Driver Parameters

This chapter describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the Sun 10-

Gigabit Ethernet PCI-Xadapter. This chapter contains the following sections:

■ “10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver Parameters” on page 19

■ “Setting ixge Driver Parameters” on page 23

■ “10-Gigabit Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics” on page 29

10-Gigabit Ethernet Device Driver

Parameters

The ixge device driver controls the Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter. The

ixge driver is attached to the UNIX pci name property pci8086,1048 for the Sun

10-Gigabit Ethernet PCI-X adapter (8086 is the vendor ID and 1048 is the PCI

device ID).

You can manually configure the ixge device driver parameters to customize each

Sun 10-Gigabit Ethernet adapter device in your system. This section provides an

overview of the capabilities of the 10-Gigabit Ethernet driver used in the adapter,

lists the available ixge device driver parameters, and describes how to configure

these parameters.