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6064 ixgbe needs X550 support
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! .TH IXGBE 7D "Jun 3, 2009"
.SH NAME
ixgbe \- Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
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! .TH IXGBE 7D "Jan 13, 2016"
.SH NAME
ixgbe \- Intel 10Gb PCI Express NIC Driver
.SH SYNOPSIS
.LP
.nf
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The \fBixgbe\fR driver functions include controller initialization, frame
transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error recovery and
reporting.
.sp
.LP
The \fBixgbe\fR driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
specified by the \fIIEEE 802.3ae\fR specification.
.SH APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
.sp
.LP
The cloning character-special device, \fB/dev/ixgbe\fR, is used to access all
! Intel 10 -Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the system.
.sp
.LP
The \fBixgbe\fR driver is managed by the \fBdladm\fR(1M) command line utility,
which allows VLANs to be defined on top of \fBixgbe\fR instances and for
\fBixgbe\fR instances to be aggregated. See \fBdladm\fR(1M) for more details.
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The \fBixgbe\fR driver functions include controller initialization, frame
transmit and receive, promiscuous and multicast support, and error recovery and
reporting.
.sp
.LP
+ The \fBixgbe\fR driver supports the following Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet controllers:
+ .RS +4
+ .TP
+ .ie t \(bu
+ .el o
+ Intel Ethernet Controller 82598EB Family
+ .RE
+ .RS +4
+ .TP
+ .ie t \(bu
+ .el o
+ Intel Ethernet Controller 82599EB (X520) Family
+ .RE
+ .RS +4
+ .TP
+ .ie t \(bu
+ .el o
+ Intel Ethernet Controller X540 Family
+ .RE
+ .RS +4
+ .TP
+ .ie t \(bu
+ .el o
+ Intel Ethernet Controller X550 Family
+ .RE
+ .LP
The \fBixgbe\fR driver and hardware support auto-negotiation, a protocol
specified by the \fIIEEE 802.3ae\fR specification.
.SH APPLICATION PROGRAMMING INTERFACE
.sp
.LP
The cloning character-special device, \fB/dev/ixgbe\fR, is used to access all
! Intel 10-Gigabit PCI Express Ethernet devices installed within the system.
.sp
.LP
The \fBixgbe\fR driver is managed by the \fBdladm\fR(1M) command line utility,
which allows VLANs to be defined on top of \fBixgbe\fR instances and for
\fBixgbe\fR instances to be aggregated. See \fBdladm\fR(1M) for more details.
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.sp
.sp
.TS
box;
! l l
! l l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Architecture SPARC, x86
Interface Stability Committed
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
.sp
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.sp
.sp
.TS
box;
! c | c
! l | l .
ATTRIBUTE TYPE ATTRIBUTE VALUE
+ _
Architecture SPARC, x86
+ _
Interface Stability Committed
.TE
.SH SEE ALSO
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