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This chapter describes the following topics.
- 1.1 Key Features
- 1.2 Gigabit Ethernet Card Specifications
1.1 Key Features
The Gigabit Ethernet cards covered in this manual are adapters designed for Solaris servers that are connected to a Gigabit Ethernet
network. These cards provide the physical services and data link services defined by IEEE802.3, and are designed to work in a framework
of the open system architecture used widely now. These cards are integrated under various network protocols (TCP/IP supported by a
driver) by the installation of a host software driver (*1).
These cards are also available for use in FUJITSU PRIMECLUSTER and PRIMECLUSTER GLS environments (*2).
The Gigabit Ethernet cards are available for use in SPARC Enterprise servers with operating system Solaris 10 8/07 or later.
The key features of the Gigabit Ethernet cards are listed in "Table 1.1 Gigabit Ethernet Card Features".
*1: The name of the host software driver for Gigabit Ethernet cards is "fjgi".
*2: The Multipath Function of PRIMECLUSTER GLS is not supported. Only the redundant line control of PRIMECLUSTER GLS
is only supported.
Table 1.1 Gigabit Ethernet Card Features
Key Features
IEEE802.3 compliant 1000Base-SX * 2ports(SE0X7GD2X),
10/100/1000 Base-T * 2ports(SE0X7GD1X), 10/100/1000 Base-T * 4ports(SE0X7GQ1X, SE0X7GQ2X)
JumboFrame feature
ndd(1M) command support (*1)
VLAN (IEEE 802.1Q TagVLAN)
LinkAggregation (*2) (IEEE 802.3)
IPv4/IPv6
GLDv3 compliant (*3)
Solaris 11 Network Virtualization (*4)
*1: ndd(1M) command is not supported by FUJITSU PCI GigabitEthernet 5.0 or later.
*2: For more information about the LinkAggregation, please refer to "Chapter 4 LinkAggregation Feature".
*3: The GLDv3 compliant driver works on the SPARC Enterprise whose operating system is Solaris 10 8/07 or later.
*4: Solaris 11 Network Virtualization work with FUJITSU PCI GigabitEthernet 5.0 or later.
- JumboFrame Feature
Although the maximum frame size of one Ethernet packet is 1518 bytes, by using the JumboFrame feature it becomes possible to set the
maximum frame size from 1518 bytes to 9018 bytes. When comparing the same size of transmitted data, the JumboFrame feature can
decrease the CPU load and improve transmission speed by reducing the number of packets.
- Point to Point Connection
Direct connection between Gigabit Ethernet cards is forbidden, except when used in the private LAN of a CLUSTER system
(PRIMECLUSTER).
- GLDv3 Architecture
New network stacks and a new device driver framework (called GLDv3) are introduced into Solaris 10. In addition, a new dladm(1M)
command to manage the data links is provided.
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