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Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation User’s Guide
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Preface
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Product Overview
1Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter
Features
2Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Back Panel
Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level
Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level
Hardware and Software Requirements
1Hardware and Software Requirements
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Installing the Adapter
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Installing the Adapter
Verifying the Installation
Ok show-devs
Examining Network Activity
Rebooting the System
Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system
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Configuring the Host Files
Configuring the Driver Software
Installing the Driver Software
Etc/hosts file
Reboot your system
# cat /etc/hosts
Booting From the Network
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Post-Installation Procedures Optional
Configuring Driver Parameters
Increasing TCP/IP Performance
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Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps
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Auto-Negotiation
Local-mac-address Property
Table A-1Physical Dimensions
Specifications
Physical Dimensions
Power Requirements
Performance Specifications
Table A-2Power Requirements
Table A-3Performance Specifications
Interface Signals
Ethernet channels
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Configuring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters
Internal Transceiver
Driver Parameter Values and Definitions
Qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
Defining the Current Status
Inter-Packet Gap Parameters
Table B-1qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
Table B-2Read-Only Parameters Defining the Current Status
Ipg1 = 8 default at initialization
Table B-4Parameters Defining lancemode and ipg0
Operational Mode Parameters
Table B-5Operational Mode Parameters
Defining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to Transmit
Reporting Transceiver Capabilities
Table B-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission Capability
Table B-7Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities
Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities
Table B-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities
Setting qfe Driver Parameters
Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
To Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility
Use the instance number to select the device
Using the ndd Utility in Non-Interactive Mode
To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption
# ndd /dev/qfe \?
Setting Forced Mode
Setting Parameters in the /etc/system File
Table B-9Setting Variables in the /etc/system File
Setting Parameters Using the qfe.conf File
Setting the ipg1 and ipg2 Parameters
Setting ipg Driver Parameters Using a qfe.conf File
Etc/pathtoinst file
Set the ipg1 and ipg2 parameters for the above four devices
Kernel/drv/qfe.conf file
Running Diagnostics Tests
Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Selftest
Running the Ethernet FCode Selftest Diagnostic
Reset the system
Shut down the system
Type show-devsto display the list of devices
Ok setenv diag-switch? false
Set the auto-boot?configuration parameter to true
Reset and reboot the system
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