Sun Microsystems 5945532 Computer Hardware User Manual


 
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5
Configuring the Driver Parameters
The ixgbe device driver controls the Sun 10GbE SFP+ PCIe ExpressModule
interfaces. You can manually set the ixgbe device driver parameters to customize
each device in your system.
This chapter lists the available device driver parameters and describes how you can
set these parameters.
“Driver Overview” on page 23
“Driver Parameters for Linux Systems” on page 24
“Setting ixgbe Driver Parameters in Linux Systems” on page 25
Driver Overview
Each ixgbe channel provides 10000BASE-T networking interfaces.
The ixgbe driver is capable of supporting 10000 Mbit/sec, full-duplex.