Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 Installing the Adapter, Adding an Entry to the driveraliases File

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CHAPTER 2

Installing the Adapter

This chapter tells you how to install the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter in your system and how to verify that it has been installed correctly.

Adding an Entry to the driver_aliases File

If your system is running the Solaris 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97 operating environment, you will need to add an entry to the /etc/driver_aliases ﬁle before installing the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter. In future operating system releases, you will not need to edit this ﬁle.

1. Check the /etc/driver_aliases ﬁle for the line required by the adapter.

#grep 'pci_pci "pci1011,25"' /etc/driver_aliases

If this line already exists in the driver_aliases ﬁle, you can proceed with the adapter installation, which is described in the next section. Otherwise, you will need to add this line to the ﬁle before installing the adapter.

2.Using a text editor, add the following line to the end of the

/etc/driver_aliases ﬁle.

pci_pci "pci1011,25"

Once you have added this line to the ﬁle, you can safely install the adapter.

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Contents Revision A, August USA 650 960-1300 fax 650 Revision A, August Please Recycle Contents Running Diagnostics Tests Index Regulatory Compliance StatementsPage How This Book Is Organized PrefaceRelated Documents Unix CommandsShell Prompts Typographic ConventionsTable P-1SunExpress Contact Information Ordering Sun DocumentsXii Sun Welcomes Your CommentsPage 1Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Product OverviewHardware and Software Requirements Features1Hardware and Software Requirements Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision LevelPage Using a text editor, add the following line to the end Installing the AdapterAdding an Entry to the driveraliases File Installing the Adapter Diagnostic Testing Verifying the InstallationExamining Network Activity Code Example 2-1 watch-net-allCommad Output Perform a reconﬁguration boot on the system Rebooting the SystemPage Conﬁguring the Host Files Installing the Driver SoftwareAt the command line, use the grep command to search Conﬁguring the Driver SoftwareEtc/hosts ﬁle Reboot your system Booting From the NetworkAt the ok prompt type As superuser root, type Post-Installation Procedures OptionalConﬁguring Driver Parameters Increasing TCP/IP PerformanceType Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 MbpsLocal-mac-address Property Auto-NegotiationOk setenv local-mac-address? true Page Table A-1Physical Dimensions Speciﬁcations Physical DimensionsTable A-3Performance Speciﬁcations Power RequirementsTable A-2Power Requirements Performance SpeciﬁcationsSpeciﬁcations Page Figure B-132-Pin RJ-45 Connectors Interface SignalsPage Internal Transceiver Conﬁguring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver ParametersTable C-1qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Driver Parameter Values and DeﬁnitionsQfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Deﬁning the Current StatusTable C-2Read-Only Parameters Deﬁning the Current Status Inter-Packet Gap ParametersPacket after receiving a packet Table C-4Parameters Deﬁning lancemode and ipg0Table C-5Operational Mode Parameters Operational Mode ParametersTable C-7Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities Deﬁning the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to TransmitReporting Transceiver Capabilities Table C-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission CapabilityTable C-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities Reporting the Link Partner CapabilitiesSetting Parameters Using the ndd Utility Setting qfe Driver ParametersTo Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption Use the instance number to select the deviceUsing the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode Select at least one of the ﬁve capabilities adv100fdxcap To Set the Mode to Auto-NegotiationTable C-9Setting Variables in the /etc/system File Setting Parameters in the /etc/system FileSetting Parameters Using the qfe.conf File Unit-address = 2,1 Fourth line in the previous example Setting ipg Driver Parameters Using a qfe.conf FileKernel/drv/qfe.conf ﬁle Set the ipg1 and ipg2 parameters for the above four devicesUsing the OpenBoot Prom FCode Selftest Running Diagnostics TestsShut down the system Reset the systemType show-devsto display the list of devices Reset and reboot the system Set the auto-boot?conﬁguration parameter to truePage FCC Class a Notice Regulatory Compliance StatementsFCC Class B Notice DOC Class B Notice Avis DOC, Classe B DOC Class a Notice Avis DOC, Classe aEMC Declaration of ConformitySupplementary Information SafetyPage Index-51 Index