Sun Microsystems 6U manual

overview of installation, 6 powering off the server, 38 preparing for installation, 8, 28 removing, 76

replacing, 78 tools needed, 8, 28

full-duplex operation mode, 45, 62

H

half-duplex operation mode, 45, 62 hardware

ASIC description, 58 cabling, 26, 40 features, 3 illustrated, 2, 3 installation overview, 4 installing, 7 to 40 local transceiver, 58 product overview, 2 removing adapter, 76 replacing adapter, 78

hostname.qfe# files

creating, 43 editing, 42 examples, 44

hosts file

editing, 42 example, 44

hot swap, 4, 7, 27 basic model, 5

front-access adapter, installing, 29 full model, 5

LED

front-access adapter, 34 rear-access adapter, 19

PICMG standard, 4 rear-access adapter, installing, 10

I

ifconfig command, 42, 46, 47, 48 installing

front-access adapter, 28 to 40 rear-access adapter, 7 to 26

instance numbers

finding, 66, 73

selecting with ndd utility, 65 with hostname.qfe# files, 43

internal transceiver, 58

interpacket gap driver parameters, 60, 61 IPG parameters, 60, 61

IPv6 protocol, 44

L

lance_mode, 61

LEDs, 3 hot-swap LED

front-access adapter, 34 rear-access adapter, 19

system, 4, 19, 34 link speed, 45

local transceiver, 58, 63

local-mac-address?variable, 46

M

MAC address, using the adapter’s address, 46 models of hot swap, 4

N

ndd utility, 65 autonegotiation mode, 71 interactive mode, 67, 69 selecting a device, 66 setting forced mode, 70 setting qfe parameters, 65

network speed, forcing 10 or 100 Mbps, 62, 70 nibble time delay, 61

O

OpenBoot PROM boot command, 49 eeprom command, 47 FCode self-test, 81

local-mac-address?variable, setting, 46

86 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000