Hi Zhihui,

Are the adapters connected back to back or through switch. It it's
switch, Please check the setting of the switch.

Thanks,
Samuel

zhihui Chen wrote:

> I am not sure what the bug 6716683 means. But even if I send out 
> big-size (4096) packet and MTU is set to 8000, the packet is still split 
> to small packet, why?
>  
> intel5# ifconfig ixgbe0
> ixgbe0: flags=201000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4,CoS> mtu 
> 8000 index 6
>         inet 10.0.7.5 <http://10.0.7.5> netmask ffffff00 broadcast 
> 10.0.7.255 <http://10.0.7.255>
>         ether 0:30:48:94:62:e6
> intel5#netperf -H intel3-7 -l 30 -t TCP_STREAM -- -m 4096
> intel5#snoop -d ixgbe0 to host intel3-7
> .......
>   intel5-7 -> intel3-7     TCP D=63923 S=43515 Ack=4133836232 
> Seq=1820833814 Len=1460 Win=56940
>     intel5-7 -> intel3-7     TCP D=63923 S=43515 Ack=4133836232 
> Seq=1820835274 Len=1460 Win=56940
>     intel5-7 -> intel3-7     TCP D=63923 S=43515 Ack=4133836232 
> Seq=1820836734 Len=1176 Win=56940
>     intel5-7 -> intel3-7     TCP D=63923 S=43515 Ack=4133836232 
> Seq=1820837910 Len=1460 Win=56940
>     intel5-7 -> intel3-7     TCP D=63923 S=43515 Ack=4133836232 
> Seq=1820839370 Len=1460 Win=56940
>     intel5-7 -> intel3-7     TCP D=63923 S=43515 Ack=4133836232 
> Seq=1820840830 Len=1176 Win=56940
> ........
> 
> zhihui
>  
> 2008/6/25, Paul Guo - SUN ERI - Beijing China <[EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>:
> 
>     I guess you now hit the bug 6716683.
>     http://bugs.opensolaris.org/view_bug.do?bug_id=6716683
>     ixgbe tx could send package larger than max_frame_size
> 
>     This bug sometimes causes traffic problems when a large
>     packet is passed to the driver (e.g jumbo frame or lso frame).
>     There is no workaround for it, but I will put-back the fix
>     along with the lso support soon.
> 
>     Thanks,
>     Paul
>      > Thanks, I have used your method to set the MTU to 8000, but big
>     issues
>      > rise up
>      > (1) Ping with msgsize>1476 will not work.
>      > (2) Ping with msgsize<=1476 works, but the latency become longer.
>      > (3) Netperf testing can not be executed. Even if I kill the netperf
>      > process, status of socket created by netperf still remains
>      > "ESTABLIBSHED", I think "FIN" packet have not been sent out
>      > successfully by each other.
>      > Thanks,
>      > Zhihui
>      >
>      > 2008/6/24, Paul Guo - SUN ERI - Beijing China <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>      > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>:
>      >
>      >     You can set default_mtu in /kernel/drv/ixgbe.conf to enable jumbo
>      >     frame.
>      >     Please remember to rem_drv/add_drv or update_drv to make it
>     to become
>      >     effective.
>      >     Currently we are working on adding/enabling/tuning more
>     features (such
>      >     as LSO/TSO, multiple
>      >     rings, etc) which will eventually increase the performance
>      >     greatly. Stay
>      >     tuned.
>      >
>      >     -Paul
>      >
>      >     > Why the maximum MTU for ixgbe is only 1500, same to e1000g?
>      >     > With 1500 mtu, the maximum throughput using netperf for 10G
>      >     network is
>      >     > less than 3Gbit/s
>      >     >
>      >     >
>      >     > 2008/6/23, Samuel Tu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>      >     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>      >     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>>:
>      >     >
>      >     > Glad to know it works. We're go on the development with more
>      >     features
>      >     > supporting. The LSO supporting is coming.
>      >     >
>      >     > Thanks,
>      >     > Samuel
>      >     >
>      >     > zhihui Chen wrote:
>      >     >
>      >     > Thanks a lot. it works now and I can ping from this machine to
>      >     > another machine with another same-type adapter. We will make a
>      >     > detail perfomance testing in next few weeks.
>      >     > Zhihui
>      >     >
>      >     >
>      >     > 2008/6/23, zhihui Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>      >     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>
>      >     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>      >     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>>>:
>      >     >
>      >     > Thank Samuel. I have tried the "add_drv" command and each
>     time it
>      >     > prints following information:
>      >     > ("ixgbe") already in use as a driver or alias.
>      >     > But I use "modinfo | grep ixgbe" can not find it.
>      >     > What is the problem?
>      >     > Zhihui
>      >     >
>      >     > 2008/6/23, Samuel Tu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>      >     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>
>      >     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
>      >     > <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>     <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>>>>:
>      >     >
>      >     >
>      >     > Hi Zhihui,
>      >     >
>      >     > Intel 82598EB (Oplin) is supported by ixgbe which has been
>      >     > integrated
>      >     > into snv_90. The pci ids supported by the current driver are:
>      >     > "pciex8086,10c6"
>      >     > "pciex8086,10c7"
>      >     >
>      >     > The CX4 adapter can also be supported by it but we've not add
>      >     > it it
>      >     > since we've not verified it on such adapter.
>      >     >
>      >     > To make it work, Please manually config it:
>      >     > 1) add_drv -i '"pciex8086,10dd" ixgbe
>      >     > 2) ifconfig ixgbe_# plumb up
>      >     >
>      >     > Please let me know the result.
>      >     >
>      >     > Thanks,
>      >     > Samuel
>      >     >
>      >     > zhihui Chen wrote:
>      >     >
>      >     > I have one 10G network adapter (Intel 82598EB) in my
>      >     > machine. But after installation of SNV_91, I can not find
>      >     > this adapter through "dladm show-dev". Following is the
>      >     > output of "dladm show-dev" and "scanpci"
>      >     >
>      >     > intel5# dladm show-dev
>      >     > LINK STATE SPEED DUPLEX
>      >     > e1000g0 up 1000Mb full
>      >     > e1000g1 up 1000Mb full
>      >     > intel5#/usr/X11R6/bin/scanpci
>      >     > ......
>      >     > pci bus 0x0008 cardnum 0x00 function 0x00: vendor 0x8086
>      >     > device 0x10dd
>      >     > Intel Corporation 82598EB 10 Gigabit AT CX4 Network Connection
>      >     > pci bus 0x0008 cardnum 0x00 function 0x01: vendor 0x8086
>      >     > device 0x10dd
>      >     > Intel Corporation 82598EB 10 Gigabit AT CX4 Network Connection
>      >     > ......
>      >     >
>      >     > anyone can tell me how to config my system to find the adapter?
>      >     >
>      >     > Thanks,
>      >     > Zhihui
>      >     >
>      >     >
>      >     >
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