Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 Rebooting the System, Perform a reconﬁguration boot on the system

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Rebooting the System

After you have examined the network activity, perform a reconﬁguration boot on your system so the operating environment can recognize the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter.

1. Perform a reconﬁguration boot on the system.

ok boot -r

Refer to the Solaris 2.x Peripheral's Handbook for more information.

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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 Overview1Hardware and Software Requirements FeaturesHardware and Software Requirements Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision LevelPage Adding an Entry to the driveraliases File Installing the AdapterUsing a text editor, add the following line to the end Installing the Adapter Examining Network Activity Verifying the InstallationDiagnostic Testing 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 At the ok prompt type Booting From the NetworkReboot your system 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 CapabilitiesTo Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility Setting qfe Driver ParametersSetting Parameters Using 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 TestsType show-devsto display the list of devices Reset the systemShut down the system 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