| Linus Torvalds | 1da177e | 2005-04-16 15:20:36 -0700 | [diff] [blame] | 1 | The Digi International RightSwitch SE-X (dgrs) Device Driver |
| 2 | |
| 3 | This is a Linux driver for the Digi International RightSwitch SE-X |
| 4 | EISA and PCI boards. These are 4 (EISA) or 6 (PCI) port Ethernet |
| 5 | switches and a NIC combined into a single board. This driver can |
| 6 | be compiled into the kernel statically or as a loadable module. |
| 7 | |
| 8 | There is also a companion management tool, called "xrightswitch". |
| 9 | The management tool lets you watch the performance graphically, |
| 10 | as well as set the SNMP agent IP and IPX addresses, IEEE Spanning |
| 11 | Tree, and Aging time. These can also be set from the command line |
| 12 | when the driver is loaded. The driver command line options are: |
| 13 | |
| 14 | debug=NNN Debug printing level |
| 15 | dma=0/1 Disable/Enable DMA on PCI card |
| 16 | spantree=0/1 Disable/Enable IEEE spanning tree |
| 17 | hashexpire=NNN Change address aging time (default 300 seconds) |
| 18 | ipaddr=A,B,C,D Set SNMP agent IP address i.e. 199,86,8,221 |
| 19 | iptrap=A,B,C,D Set SNMP agent IP trap address i.e. 199,86,8,221 |
| 20 | ipxnet=NNN Set SNMP agent IPX network number |
| 21 | nicmode=0/1 Disable/Enable multiple NIC mode |
| 22 | |
| 23 | There is also a tool for setting up input and output packet filters |
| 24 | on each port, called "dgrsfilt". |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Both the management tool and the filtering tool are available |
| 27 | separately from the following FTP site: |
| 28 | |
| 29 | ftp://ftp.dgii.com/drivers/rightswitch/linux/ |
| 30 | |
| 31 | When nicmode=1, the board and driver operate as 4 or 6 individual |
| 32 | NIC ports (eth0...eth5) instead of as a switch. All switching |
| 33 | functions are disabled. In the future, the board firmware may include |
| 34 | a routing cache when in this mode. |
| 35 | |
| 36 | Copyright 1995-1996 Digi International Inc. |
| 37 | |
| 38 | This software may be used and distributed according to the terms |
| 39 | of the GNU General Public License, incorporated herein by reference. |
| 40 | |
| 41 | For information on purchasing a RightSwitch SE-4 or SE-6 |
| 42 | board, please contact Digi's sales department at 1-612-912-3444 |
| 43 | or 1-800-DIGIBRD. Outside the U.S., please check our Web page at: |
| 44 | |
| 45 | http://www.dgii.com |
| 46 | |
| 47 | for sales offices worldwide. Tech support is also available through |
| 48 | the channels listed on the Web site, although as long as I am |
| 49 | employed on networking products at Digi I will be happy to provide |
| 50 | any bug fixes that may be needed. |
| 51 | |
| 52 | -Rick Richardson, rick@dgii.com |