SGI® 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter II User's Guide - SGI TechPubs ...
SGI® 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter II User's Guide - SGI TechPubs ...
SGI® 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter II User's Guide - SGI TechPubs ...
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Contents<br />
Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . <strong>10</strong><br />
Connecting with a Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11<br />
Connecting with a Copper Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12<br />
3. Operating the <strong>Adapter</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Verifying Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15<br />
Using LEDs to Determine <strong>Adapter</strong> Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Verifying That the <strong>Adapter</strong> Driver Is Loaded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Enabling the <strong>Adapter</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16<br />
Verifying That the <strong>Adapter</strong> Is Properly Configured and Enabled . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Resetting the <strong>Adapter</strong> . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17<br />
Changing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18<br />
4. Performance Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19<br />
Load Balancing the Receive Activity Among CPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
Latency/Throughput Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20<br />
NIC Acceleration Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Software (SW) Stack Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21<br />
Further Tuning with a Sample Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22<br />
Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23<br />
Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25<br />
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