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IN NO EVENT SHALL THE COPYRIGHT OWNER OR CONTRIBUTORS BE 22.\" LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR 23.\" CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF 24.\" SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS 25.\" INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN 26.\" CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) 27.\" ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE 28.\" POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. 29.\" 30.\" * Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. 31.\" 32.\" $FreeBSD: src/share/man/man4/ixgbe.4,v 1.2 2008/06/17 21:14:02 brueffer Exp $ 33.\" 34.Dd December 30, 2013 35.Dt IX 4 36.Os 37.Sh NAME 38.Nm ix 39.Nd "Intel(R) 10Gb Ethernet driver" 40.Sh SYNOPSIS 41To compile this driver into the kernel, 42place the following line in your 43kernel configuration file: 44.Bd -ragged -offset indent 45.Cd "device ix" 46.Ed 47.Pp 48Alternatively, to load the driver as a 49module at boot time, place the following line in 50.Xr loader.conf 5 : 51.Bd -literal -offset indent 52if_ix_load="YES" 53.Ed 54.Sh DESCRIPTION 55The 56.Nm 57driver provides support for PCI 10Gb Ethernet adapters based on 58the Intel 5982598EB, 6082599 and 61X540 62Intel(R) Network Connections. 63The driver supports Jumbo Frames, MSIX, TSO, and RSS. 64.Pp 65For questions related to hardware requirements, 66refer to the documentation supplied with your Intel 10GbE adapter. 67All hardware requirements listed apply to use with 68.Dx . 69.Pp 70Support for Jumbo Frames is provided via the interface MTU setting. 71Selecting an MTU larger than 1500 bytes with the 72.Xr ifconfig 8 73utility configures the adapter to receive and transmit Jumbo Frames. 74The maximum MTU size for Jumbo Frames is 16114. 75.Pp 76This driver version supports VLANs. 77For information on enabling VLANs, see 78.Xr ifconfig 8 . 79.Sh HARDWARE 80The 81.Nm 82driver supports the following cards: 83.Pp 84.Bl -bullet -compact 85.It 86Intel 10 Gigabit AF DA Dual Port Server Adapter 87.It 88Intel 10 Gigabit AT Server Adapter 89.It 90Intel 10 Gigabit AT2 Server Adapter 91.It 92Intel 10 Gigabit CX4 Dual Port Server Adapter 93.It 94Intel 10 Gigabit XF LR Server Adapter 95.It 96Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Dual Port Server Adapter 97.It 98Intel 10 Gigabit XF SR Server Adapter 99.It 100Intel 82598 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 101.It 102Intel 82599 10 Gigabit Ethernet Controller 103.It 104Intel Ethernet Controller X540-AT2 105.It 106Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X520 Series 107.It 108Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T1 109.It 110Intel Ethernet Converged Network Adapter X540-T2 111.It 112Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520 Series 113.It 114Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-DA2 115.It 116Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-LR1 117.It 118Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-SR1 119.It 120Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-SR2 121.It 122Intel Ethernet Server Adapter X520-T2 123.El 124.Sh DIAGNOSTICS 125.Bl -diag 126.It "ix%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: memory" 127A fatal initialization error has occurred. 128.It "ix%d: Unable to allocate bus resource: interrupt" 129A fatal initialization error has occurred. 130.It "ix%d: watchdog timeout -- resetting" 131The device has stopped responding to the network, or there is a problem with 132the network connection (cable). 133.El 134.Sh SUPPORT 135For general information and support, 136go to the Intel support website at: 137.Pa http://support.intel.com . 138.Pp 139If an issue is identified with the released source code on the supported kernel 140with a supported adapter, email the specific information related to the 141issue to 142.Aq Mt freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com . 143.Sh SEE ALSO 144.Xr arp 4 , 145.Xr ifmedia 4 , 146.Xr netintro 4 , 147.Xr ng_ether 4 , 148.Xr polling 4 , 149.Xr vlan 4 , 150.Xr ifconfig 8 151.Sh HISTORY 152The 153.Nm 154device driver first appeared in 155.Dx 3.1 . 156.Sh AUTHORS 157The 158.Nm 159driver was written by 160.An Intel Corporation Aq Mt freebsdnic@mailbox.intel.com . 161