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   8 .TH IXGBE 7D "Apr 10, 2016"
   9 .SH NAME
  10 ixgbe \- Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver
  11 .SH SYNOPSIS
  12 .LP
  13 .nf
  14 \fB/dev/ixgbe*\fR
  15 .fi
  16 
  17 .SH DESCRIPTION
  18 .LP
  19 The \fBixgbe\fR 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver is a multi-threaded, loadable,
  20 clonable, GLD-based STREAMS driver supporting the Data Link Provider Interface,
  21 \fBdlpi\fR(7P), on Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet controllers.
  22 .sp
  23 .LP
  24 The \fBixgbe\fR driver functions include controller initialization, frame
  25 transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error recovery and
  26 reporting.
  27 .sp
  28 .LP
  29 The \fBixgbe\fR driver supports the following Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet controllers:
  30 .RS +4
  31 .TP
  32 .ie t \(bu
  33 .el o
  34 Intel Ethernet Controller 82598EB Family
  35 .RE
  36 .RS +4
  37 .TP
  38 .ie t \(bu
  39 .el o
  40 Intel Ethernet Controller 82599EB (X520) Family
  41 .RE
  42 .RS +4
  43 .TP
  44 .ie t \(bu
  45 .el o
  46 Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Family
  47 .RE
  48 .RS +4
  49 .TP
  50 .ie t \(bu
  51 .el o
  52 Intel Ethernet Controller X550 Family
  53 .RE
  54 .LP
  55 The \fBixgbe\fR driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
  56 specified by the \fIIEEE 802.3ae\fR specification.
  57 .SH APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
  58 .LP
  59 The cloning character-special device, \fB/dev/ixgbe\fR, is used to access all
  60 Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the system.
  61 .sp
  62 .LP
  63 The \fBixgbe\fR driver is managed by the \fBdladm\fR(1M) command line utility,
  64 which allows VLANs to be defined on top of \fBixgbe\fR instances and for
  65 \fBixgbe\fR instances to be aggregated. See \fBdladm\fR(1M) for more details.
  66 .sp
  67 .LP
  68 You must send an explicit DL_ATTACH_REQ message to associate the opened stream
  69 with a particular device (PPA). The PPA ID is interpreted as an unsigned
  70 integer data type and indicates the corresponding device instance (unit)
  71 number. The driver returns an error (DL_ERROR_ACK) if the PPA field value does
  72 not correspond to a valid device instance number for the system. The device is
  73 initialized on first attach and de-initialized (stopped) at last detach.
  74 .sp
  75 .LP
  76 The values returned by the driver in the DL_INFO_ACK primitive in response to
  77 your DL_INFO_REQ are:
  78 .RS +4
  79 .TP
  80 .ie t \(bu
  81 .el o
  82 Maximum SDU for Intel 82598EB is 16366.
  83 .RE
  84 .RS +4
  85 .TP
  86 .ie t \(bu
  87 .el o
  88 Maximum SDU for Intel 82599EB, X540 and X550 is 15500.
  89 .RE
  90 .RS +4
  91 .TP
  92 .ie t \(bu
  93 .el o
  94 Minimum SDU is 0.
  95 .RE
  96 .RS +4
  97 .TP
  98 .ie t \(bu
  99 .el o
 100 DLSAP address length is 8.
 101 .RE
 102 .RS +4
 103 .TP
 104 .ie t \(bu
 105 .el o
 106 MAC type is DL_ETHER.
 107 .RE
 108 .RS +4
 109 .TP
 110 .ie t \(bu
 111 .el o
 112 SAP (Service Access Point) length value is -2, meaning the physical address
 113 component is followed immediately by a 2-byte SAP component within the DLSAP
 114 address.
 115 .RE
 116 .RS +4
 117 .TP
 118 .ie t \(bu
 119 .el o
 120 Broadcast address value is the Ethernet/IEEE broadcast address
 121 (FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF).
 122 .sp
 123 Once in the DL_ATTACHED state, you must send a DL_BIND_REQ to associate a
 124 particular SAP with the stream.
 125 .RE
 126 .SH CONFIGURATION
 127 .LP
 128 By default, the \fBixgbe\fR driver performs auto-negotiation to select the link
 129 speed and mode. Link speed and mode can only be 10000 Mbps full-duplex for fiber, and only 10000, 1000, or 100 Mbps full-duplex for copper. See the
 130 \fIIEEE802.3\fR standard for more information.
 131 .SH FILES
 132 .ne 2
 133 .na
 134 \fB\fB/dev/ixgbe*\fR\fR
 135 .ad
 136 .RS 29n
 137 Special character device.
 138 .RE
 139 
 140 .sp
 141 .ne 2
 142 .na
 143 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/ixgbe\fR\fR
 144 .ad
 145 .RS 29n
 146 32-bit device driver (x86).
 147 .RE
 148 
 149 .sp
 150 .ne 2
 151 .na
 152 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/amd64/ixgbe\fR\fR
 153 .ad
 154 .RS 29n
 155 64-bit device driver (x86).
 156 .RE
 157 
 158 .sp
 159 .ne 2
 160 .na
 161 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/sparcv9/ixgbe\fR\fR
 162 .ad
 163 .RS 29n
 164 64-bit device driver (SPARC).
 165 .RE
 166 
 167 .sp
 168 .ne 2
 169 .na
 170 \fB\fB/kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf\fR\fR
 171 .ad
 172 .RS 29n
 173 Configuration file.
 174 .RE
 175 
 176 .SH ATTRIBUTES
 177 .LP
 178 See \fBattributes\fR(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
 179 .sp
 180 
 181 .sp
 182 .TS
 183 box;
 184 c | c
 185 l | l .
 186 ATTRIBUTE TYPE  ATTRIBUTE VALUE
 187 _
 188 Architecture    SPARC, x86
 189 _
 190 Interface Stability     Committed
 191 .TE
 192 
 193 .SH SEE ALSO
 194 .LP
 195 \fBdladm\fR(1M), \fBnetstat\fR(1M), \fBdriver.conf\fR(4), \fBattributes\fR(5),
 196 \fBstreamio\fR(7I), \fBdlpi\fR(7P)
 197 .sp
 198 .LP
 199 \fIWriting Device Drivers\fR
 200 .sp
 201 .LP
 202 \fISTREAMS Programming Guide\fR
 203 .sp
 204 .LP
 205 \fINetwork Interfaces Programmer's Guide\fR
 206 .sp
 207 .LP
 208 \fIIEEE 802.3ae Specificiation\fR, IEEE - 2002