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Contents Connecting to a Network . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Connecting with a Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Connecting with a Copper Cable . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 3. Operating the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Verifying Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Using LEDs to Determine Adapter Functionality . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Verifying That the Adapter Driver Is Loaded . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Enabling the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Verifying That the Adapter Is Properly Configured and Enabled . . . . . . . . 17 Resetting the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Changing the Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Troubleshooting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 4. Performance Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Load Balancing the Receive Activity Among CPUs . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Latency/Throughput Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 NIC Acceleration Features. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Software (SW) Stack Tuning . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Further Tuning with a Sample Script . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Glossary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Index. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 viii 007-5476-001
Figures Figure 1-1 SGI 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter II . . . . . . . . . . 2 Figure 2-1 Connecting the Fiber-Optic Cable . . . . . . . . . . 12 Figure 2-2 Connecting the Copper Cable. . . . . . . . . . . . 13 007-5476-001 ix
Page 1 and 2: SGI ® 10-Gigabit Ethernet Adapter
Page 3: Canadian Department of Communicatio
Page 7: Contents Figures . . . . . . . . .
Page 13 and 14: Important Information ! ! About Thi
Page 15 and 16: About This Book • SGI Altix 450 S
Page 17: Product Support Reader Comments Abo
Page 20 and 21: 1: Features and Capabilities Adapte
Page 22 and 23: 1: Features and Capabilities Cablin
Page 24 and 25: 1: Features and Capabilities Copper
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 2.
Page 29 and 30: Connecting with a Fiber-Optic Cable
Page 31 and 32: Copper connector Figure 2-2 Connect
Page 33 and 34: Chapter 3 Verifying Functionality 3
Page 35 and 36: Verifying That the Adapter Is Prope
Page 37 and 38: Chapter 4 4. Performance Tuning The
Page 39 and 40: The following entry dumps the curre
Page 41 and 42: Glossary acknowledge (Ack) packet T
Page 43 and 44: C Index cabling copper, 6, 12 fiber

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