Sun Microsystems Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter - Manual (Page 75)

Chapter 3 Configuring ipge and e1000 Driver Parameters 41
▼ To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd
1. Shut down and unplumb the interface.
2. Set the instance number:
In this example, the instance number set is 0.
3. Set the instance to accept Jumbo Frames:
4. Plumb the interface up:
where xx.xx.xx.xx is the IP address of the interface.
▼ To Configure Jumbo Frames in a Linux
Environment
1. Ensure that the e1000 software is installed.
2. Plumb the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet interface:
where xxx.xxx.xx.xxx is the IP address of the interface.
3. Set the MTU for maximum performance:
% ndd -set /dev/ipge instance 0
% ndd -set /dev/ipge accept-jumbo 1
% ifconfig ipge0 plumb xx.xx.xx.xx up
# modprobe e1000
# ifconfig eth2 xxx.xxx.xx.xxx up
# ifconfig eth2 mtu 8170