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NDD(1M)								       NDD(1M)

NAME
       ndd - get and set driver configuration parameters

SYNOPSIS
       ndd [-set] driver parameter [value]

DESCRIPTION
       ndd  gets  and  sets  selected  configuration parameters in some kernel
       drivers. Currently, ndd only supports the drivers  that	implement  the
       TCP/IP  Internet	 protocol family. Each driver chooses which parameters
       to make visible using ndd. Since these parameters are  usually  tightly
       coupled	to  the implementation, they are likely to change from release
       to release. Some parameters may be read-only.

       If the -set option is omitted, ndd queries the named driver,  retrieves
       the  value  associated  with the specified parameter, and prints it. If
       the -set option is given, ndd passes value, which  must	be  specified,
       down to the named driver which assigns it to the named parameter.

       By  convention,	drivers	 that support ndd also support a special read-
       only parameter named ``?'' which can be used  to	 list  the  parameters
       supported by the driver.

EXAMPLES
       Example 1 Getting Parameters Supported By The TCP Driver

       To  see	which parameters are supported by the TCP driver, use the fol‐
       lowing command:

	 example% ndd /dev/tcp \?

       The parameter name ``?'' may need to be escaped	with  a	 backslash  to
       prevent its being interpreted as a shell meta character.

       The  following command sets the value of the parameter ip_forwarding in
       the dual stack IP driver to zero. This disables IPv4 packet forwarding.

	 example% ndd -set /dev/ip ip_forwarding 0

       Similarly, in order to disable IPv6 packet  forwarding,	the  value  of
       parameter ip6_forwarding

	 example% ndd -set /dev/ip ip6_forwarding 0

SEE ALSO
       nca(1),	dladm(1M),  ioctl(2), attributes(5), arp(7P), ip(7P), ip6(7P),
       tcp(7P), udp(7P)

NOTES
       The parameters supported by each driver	may  change  from  release  to
       release.	  Like	programs  that	read /dev/kmem, user programs or shell
       scripts that execute ndd should be  prepared  for  parameter  names  to
       change.

       The ioctl() command that ndd uses to communicate with drivers is likely
       to change in a future release. User programs should avoid making depen‐
       dencies on it.

       The  use	 of  ndd  to  administer  Layer 2 (Data Link layer) drivers is
       strongly discouraged as this capability is to be obsoleted in a	future
       release, replaced by dladm(1M). Please refer to the driver-specific man
       page in section 7D of the SunOS man pages.

       The meanings of many ndd parameters make sense only if  you  understand
       how the driver is implemented.

       If  a  TCP driver sends a report that is truncated, it could be because
       that driver uses ndd for transporting  the report. ndd  imposes	a  64K
       limit on such reports.

				 Mar 13, 2009			       NDD(1M)
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