Ethernet Support Guide for HP-UX 11i v3

Index
Symbols
10 Gigabit Ethernet
cards, 7
drivers, 8, 13
overview, 7
1000Base-SX
cards, 7
IEEE standards, 6
1000Base-SX Ethernet cards
cabling requirements, 62
1000Base-T
cards, 6
IEEE standards, 6
1000Base-T Ethernet cards
cabling requirements, 62
speed and duplexity settings, 25
4–tuple
described, 10
parameter, 36
A
Accelerated Virtual Input/Output (AVIO)
described, 11
driver support, 13
Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
function, 58
testing, 43
testing entries, 44
Administration Status
in nwmgr output, 64
Alignment Errors, 65
APA see Auto Port Aggregation (APA)
ARP see Address Resolution Protocol (ARP)
Auto Port Aggregation (APA)
described, 11
driver support, 13
Auto Port Aggregation (APA) failover
described, 11
driver support, 13
autonegotiation
displaying and configuring, 25
troubleshooting tips, 39
AVIO see Accelerated Virtual Input/Output (AVIO)
B
bridge/gateway loopback test, 48
buffer
transmit size limit, 37
buffers
maximum receive, 37
maximum send, 37
C
cables, 62
testing, 39, 40
cards
displaying descriptions of, 16
Extended MIB statistics, 63
features supported, 13
statistics displayed, 66
supported features described, 9
variety of, 8
verifying installation, 16
Carrier Sense Errors, 66
Checksum Offload (CKO)
described, 10
displaying and configuring, 32
driver support, 12
multifragment, 12, 34
CKO see Checksum Offload (CKO)
CNA see converged network adapter (CNA)
coalescing see interrupt coalescing
combination (combo) card
described, 8
configuration
cabling, 62
verifying, 49
connectors
Gigabit Ethernet, 62
troubleshooting, 40
Converged Infrastructure
described, 9
converged network adapter (CNA)
described, 9
CPU utilization and Gigabit Ethernet, 6
crossover vs. straight-through cable configurations, 62
D
Deferred Transmissions, 66
destination MAC address
parameter, 37
Destination Port-based Steering (DPS)
parameter, 37
diagnostic flowcharts see troubleshooting
diagnostics threshold
parameter, 37
DIO see direct I/O (DIO)
direct I/O (DIO)
described, 11
driver support, 13
DLKM
described, 11
documentation
HP website, 59
providing feedback on, 61
DPS see Destination Port-based Steering (DPS)
drivers
10 Gigabit Ethernet, 8, 13
card statistics, 67
configuration files, 21
list of, 22
74 Index