2nd Interface thoughput

2007-12-25 10:55:00

Here is the summary of responses received. Thanks to all as I was not aware

of what this command could go. I found out if our switch can set itself to

100 and the Sun was set to autonegotiate then it would set itself to 100

unless a cable or line problem prevented it. I followed the info on the

sunsolve doc but set autonegotiate to 1 as the switch was set up to

autonegotiate

Here are responsed recevied and thank again to all

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ndd -set /dev/hme instance 1

ndd -get /dev/hme link_speed if = 1 = 100

ndd -get /dev/hme link_mode

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sunsolve info

How to force the HME card to work at 100mb (full-duplex). If the auto

negotiate does not work, then the 100-MB full-duplex mode can be forced to

run at 100-MB, Full-Duplex using the following:

Please try (if using /etc/rc2.d/S99...)

ndd -set /dev/hme instance 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100T4_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap 1

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100hdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10fdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10hdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_autoneg_cap 0 - I set this to 1 because switch was set

to

autonegotiate

or (if using /etc/system)

set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_100T4_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1

set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0

Note that the order does make a difference. The link is re-negotiated when

the interface is ifconfig'ed up or when ndd ndd adv_autoneg_cap command is

executed.

How to force the HME card to work at 10mb (full-duplex). The section "10FDX"

includes how to force the HME card to work at 10 MB (full-duplex). You can

either put the commands in the /etc/system file or in a startup script --

i.e. /etc/rc2.d/S99hme_config. Another way is to make the changes from the

command line -- using the "ndd" command using the syntax below. But it is

better to put the commands in /etc/system or a startup script to preserve

the environment accross reboots.

10FDX only

/etc/system

set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_100T4_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=1

set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0

ndd commands

ndd -set /dev/hme instance 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100T4_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100hdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10fdx_cap 1

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10hdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_autoneg_cap 0

Is the hme interface running at 10BaseT or 100BaseT How do you tell if the

hme interface is actually linked up at 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps?

ndd -get /dev/hme link_status

ndd -get /dev/hme link_speed

ndd -get /dev/hme link_mode

link_status (read only)

0 for Link Down

1 for Link up

link_speed (read only)

0 for 10 Mbps

1 for 100 Mbps

link_mode (read only)

0 for Half-Duplex mode

1 for Full-Duplex mode

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Check out the ndd command: ndd /dev/hme link_speed

A "1" indicates 100Mbps operation, a "0" is 10Mpbs operation.

For duplex you would query the "link_mode" parameter:

ndd /dev/hme link_mode

A "1" is full duplex, a "0" is half duplex.

You can set these using ndd also, for example to enable full_duplex

operation:

  # ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap 1

You probably want to enable auto negotiation too:

  # ndd -set /dev/hme adv_autoneg_cap 1

You can use the /kernel/drv/hme.conf file to make these changes permanent.

Adding a line like this:

adv_autoneg_cap = 1 adv_100fdx_cap = 1 adv_100hdx_cap = 0

adv_10fdx_cap = 0 adv_10hdx_cap = 0;

(that should be one line -- I've broken it for clarity) will cause 100Mbps,

full duplex operation to be the default on boot up.

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to check its settings use

ndd -set /dev/hme instance <0 or 1 or 2> ie.. hme0, hme1, hme2

ndd -get /dev/hme link_speed

0 = 10Mbit

1 = 100Mbit

ndd -get /dev/hme link_mode

0 = Half Duplex

1 = Full Duplex

To tell what type of throughput you are getting its best to download the

SymbEL (SE) package.

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ndd -set /dev/hme instance 1 ( The number is the instance of the hme

                               interface. e.g. 1 = hme1 )

ndd -get /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap

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Say your second interface is hme1. use,

# ndd /dev/hme instance 1

# ndd -get /dev/hme link_mode

if this gives 1 it means it is full duplex, if it is 0 that means half

duplex.

# ndd -get /dev/hme link_speed

if you get 1 that means it is 100mbps, if it is 0 that means it is 10mbps

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