Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 manual Preface, How This Book Is Organized

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Preface

The Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and		User's Guide provides
TM	TM	PCI Adapter. This manual
installation instructions for the Sun	Quad FastEthernet	PCI Adapter. This manual

also describes how to conﬁgure the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver software.

These instructions are designed for system administrators with experience installing similar hardware.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1,” describes the hardware and software features for the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter.

Chapter 2,” tells you how to install the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter into your system.

Chapter 3,” describes how to create and edit the device driver conﬁguration ﬁles.

Appendix A,” lists the speciﬁcations for the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter.

Appendix B,” lists the pin descriptions.

Appendix C,” describes how to conﬁgure the Quad FastEthernet (qfe) driver.

Appendix D,” describes the diagnostic procedures for testing the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI 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 OverviewFeatures Hardware and Software Requirements1Hardware and Software Requirements Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision LevelPage Installing the Adapter Using a text editor, add the following line to the endAdding an Entry to the driveraliases File Installing the Adapter Verifying the Installation Diagnostic TestingExamining Network Activity Code Example 2-1 watch-net-allCommad Output Perform a reconﬁguration boot on the system Rebooting the SystemPage At the command line, use the grep command to search Installing the Driver SoftwareConﬁguring the Driver Software Conﬁguring the Host FilesEtc/hosts ﬁle Booting From the Network Reboot your systemAt the ok prompt type Conﬁguring Driver Parameters Post-Installation Procedures OptionalIncreasing TCP/IP Performance As superuser root, typeType 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-2Power Requirements Power RequirementsPerformance Speciﬁcations Table A-3Performance 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 ParametersReporting Transceiver Capabilities Deﬁning the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to TransmitTable C-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission Capability Table C-7Read-Only Transceiver CapabilitiesTable C-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities Reporting the Link Partner CapabilitiesSetting qfe Driver Parameters Setting Parameters Using the ndd UtilityTo 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 TestsReset the system Shut down 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