Regading the lynx point driver, it is about serial ports. Where the c option configures the driver for use and nn specifies that the cluster is not formed until at least n systems are ready to form the cluster. Use prtconf v grep pci8086,1201010f to obtain the instance number of the driver. Quickstart tuning guide for oracle solaris running. This can be verified by looking at the output from prtconf d, making sure that there is a pci device that lists iprb as the driver used for this device or eg, if its a gigabit nic. Some of the methods like dladm were not available in solaris 8 and 9.
The fact that solaris 10s installer found the eg means that vmware worked as it should and supplied solaris 10 with the proper virtual nic. Is set to true, oracle solaris os fails to update eeprom for automatic rebooting bug id 15666767, cr 6982060 the cfgadm command fails for certain hbas bug id 15715604, cr 7044759 firmware issues. The eg device driver software comes bundled with the solaris 10 1106 operating system and later compatible versions. Driver supports solaris alternate pathing functionality. For the past weeks i was building my own nas based on oi 151 a7. Cold reset adds one day to system time cr 7127740 after a cold reset, the server might add one day to the oracle solaris os date and time. They exist in dev in the same layout as found on another x4100 that works fine. Recently i updated to the latest kernel level on these systems and i found that the performance had degraded. Use ifconfig eginstance plumb to plumb the controller. The solution to this was nothing to do with disks, it was networking. Is your default vmware e network interface nic installed in a virtual machine causing problems with performance. Installed solaris 0509 from dvd and it configured network interfaces as eg1 to eg4.
Impact a security vulnerability in the solaris eg 7d gigabit ethernet driver on systems with intel 8257182572 network interface controllers may allow a remote unprivileged user to block all inbound network packets. Problem is after installation it fails to plumb this interface. Denial of service dos vulnerability in the solaris. Remember that for example, eg driver will let you manipulate settings using dladm in solaris 10, but you will not be able to do so using ndd. To check link status all interfaces of device driver type ce. This possible date change will only occur on the first cold reset after january 1, 2012. At the same time the windows driver appear to have a bug that allows packets larger than the mtu to escape down the virtual wire. I cant permanently change the autonego to disable, if i use ndd commands, it will only stay until the next reboot. Notes on using the standard solaris fibre channel driver.
How paravirtualized network work when there is no physical adapter. Irq and cpu affinity today i faced an interesting problem. Oi 151 eg nic problem hi all, i was abit confused where to put this problem, since its only relevant to oi and therefore i put it here. Hi, i have a problem with a server disconnecting from the network. Oracle white paperquickstart tuning guide for oracle solaris running databases and business intelligence applications with sun storage 7000 unified storage systems 2 oracle solaris tuning this section describes oracle solaris tuning that helps improve performance with sun storage 7000 unified storage systems. I was surprised at how difficult it was to find consistent documentation and, in the end.
Verifying the eg driver on a solaris x86 platform if your system uses the solaris x86 operating system you might want to check the version of the driver and ensure the sun x4 pciexpress quad gigabit ethernet utp low profile adapter is properly loaded and is recognized by the solaris x86 operating system. There is a sun x4100 with an interface nge0 which is configured and working. This chapter explains how to verify the eg device driver software on solaris x86 systems and how to install the e driver on linux and microsoft. Esx4i solaris 10 eg lockup issue vmware communities. Number of transmit descriptors available to the driver. Installing and setting up the device driver software oracle docs. Net connection help after installing solaris 10 or should. Realtek solaris ethernet drivers, including a special solaris express, aka. Installing and setting up the device driver software. Marvell yukon nics may be supported by an skge driver, by myk from the free nic drivers for opensolaris project and by marvells own drivers for solaris see comments below.
The eg driver include features such as link aggregation as well as superior. But it can also eg solaris used ti query the link status of a remote host, which in some cases can be very useful. Perhaps are the drivers bypassing that step and use the fastest supported speed. Depending on version of solaris and the hardware its running on, you will either use ndd utility or use kstat or dladm commands to change speed and duplex. This chapter explains how to verify the eg device driver software on solaris x86 systems and how to install the e driver on linux and microsoft windows systems. Of cause this only works if one of the solaris drivers iprb or eg in this case has actually recognized your intel nic hardware and is able to handle it. Denial of service dos vulnerability in the solaris eg 7d gigabit ethernet driver 1. Eg solaris driver the eg driver is managed by the dladm 8 command line utility. To cut a long story short, solaris 10, 0509 release, seemed to assign network card irqs in the following manner in a 16way x4450 server i am testing. How to determine link status updown of network interfaces in solaris. To solve the problem, i installed vmware tools in the solaris 10 host, changed the nic type from eg to vmxnet3 and changed the ip configuration on solaris 10 to use hostname. An original cd problem had made the system hang at this point.
The eg gigabit ethernet driver is a multithreaded, loadable, clonable, gldbased streams driver supporting the data link provider interface, dlpi7p, over intel pro family of gigabit controllers. We are testing s10u6b5 eg driver with sparc enterprise t5220. Sun has released a security patch addressing the following issues. Net connection help after installing solaris 10 or should i stick with open solaris. If your newer nic chipset is not supported by a driver from that project, try contacting the author you might help him make and test an updated version of a driver. Ati mobility radeon, builtin intel gige nic, download eg driver from intel if using 8. There are several different ways to check the link statusupdown in solaris. This section is followed by procedures to configure selected private properties of the eg driver. Experts exchange solution brought to you by your issues matter eg solaris us. You may be able to solve this problem by adding the appropriate entry to.
Notifications without a resolution may have restrictions to additional information on the sunsolve. The best practice from vmware is to use the vmxnet3 virtual nic unless there is a specific driver or compatibility reason where it cannot be used. Ive upgarded em with a pcie ethernet expantion card for four additional networkinterfaces using the nxge the unix and linux forums problem fixing egx ni to 100fdx solaris 10 t5220 the unix and linux forums. Network interfaces on t2000 eg1 and ipge1 page 2 unix. Invalid argument they are part of a single set of four ethernet ports physically included in the system, but for some reason.
This section describes issues related to the oracle solaris os in this release. Ive been attempting to set speedduplex gigfull on a eg intel pro and having some serious difficulties. Configuring jumbo frames on the v490s ce and the t2000s eg i was hoping that using solaris 10s jumbo frames would reduce windchills latency as seen by endusers. It may or may not help, but it will ensure that your driver bits are as up to date as possible to eliminate any alreadyfixed issues. This driver supports multiple intel gigabit controllers installed within the system. Eg driver i had an eg device interface in my sandbox but an igb interface on the physcial server. The following networking bugs apply to the solaris 10 release.
When the sun box sends out a ping, if nothing comes back it will shut down. Solaris 7 sparc eg i have an ancient solaris 7 box at work that i am trying to add an intel pro mt server adapter to. In many cases, however, the e has been installed, since it is the default. We have a nokia router that routes traffic but its virtual address doesnt respond to pings. The other issue that i have is that the hcl does not indicate a driver needs to be downloaded from any 3rd party vendors. Solaris and its drivers, and virtually all my switches are procurve. For a discussion of this issue, refer to this document. Sparc enterprise servers hardware platform guide fujitsu. Net connection help after installing solaris 10 or should i stick with. The ethernet driver problems are the i210 and i217 nics. Not only do i need to connect to the net but i also need to link up with my small home network comprising of an xp and. Solaris link aggregation using dladm a solaris link aggregation is the act of bonding several interfaces together to create a single logical interface. Setting datalink properties oracle solaris administration. Its a known bug of e driver which has not been fixed in solaris.
Solaris think eg nic down when it is up and running with vmtools akwok sep 18, 2008 11. The eg driver does not support the use of shared ram on the board. Solaris 10 speedduplex issue im old to unixlinux but new to solaris so i hope not to offend with what might be a entry level question but. Ensure that the device is identified by the operating system. Hi there, i was using solaris back in the midlate 90s but stopped during the linux explosion. Issues which have been resolved by sun microsystems have been indicated as such. I can plumb and configure eg0 and eg3 using ifconfig, but i cant seem to make use of eg1 or eg2 when i try ifconfig eg1 plumb, i get ifconfig. The solaris xfree86 video drivers and porting kit enables you to use. Changing of operation mode of onboard network interface eg on sparc enterprise. Eg solaris driver download get every solution instantly with premium. Hence, i believe that the solaris 10 interface lockup is a bad failure handling of oversized packages causing the interface to lock up. This package tries to work around a problem in the solaris bus. Below are several methods, with examples, to check network link status of ethernet interfaces in solaris. Solaris 10 installs work well form me i only use it in 64bit and im glad vmware choose to emulate the great eg nic driver.
Although they are configurable, you should not change these options. There is another debian server, and a windows 2003 server on the same host. This is a sun box with dual nics running solaris 8. Yes, the nic is part of mulitipath group, but the problem is i have 4 servers each with 2 mulitipath groups and this is the only nic i have troubles.