About Network Interface Options
The system is supplied with a standard Ethernet port, and an administrative network interface available via the Remote System Control (RSC) card Ethernet port.
To operate standard Ethernet network protocols, the system’s main logic board provides an
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For instructions on configuring the main logic board Ethernet interface, see “How to Configure the Standard Ethernet Interface” on page 51. For information about operating characteristics and configuration parameters for the eri FastEthernet device driver, see Platform Notes: The eri FastEthernet Device Driver. This document is available on Solaris on Sun Hardware AnswerBook, which is provided on the Solaris Supplement CD for the Solaris release you are running.
The RSC card’s back panel connectors provide a
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For instructions on configuring the RSC card Ethernet interface, see “How to Configure the Remote System Control (RSC) Ethernet Interface” on page 53.
Additional network interfaces are available through PCI cards, which provide connection to Ethernet, token ring, fiber distributed data interface (FDDI), and other network types. For more information, see “About Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Buses” on page 84, “How to Add an Ethernet Interface” on page 54, and the documentation supplied with the PCI network interface card.
