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Features

This PCI adapter offers the following features:

Fully complies with the ANSI/IEEE std. 802.3 CSMA/CD physical layer speciﬁcation

Four Switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet channels with auto negotiation. Conforms to IEEE 802.3u Ethernet standard

Provides operations of up to 100 meters of twisted-pair without use of repeaters Four independent Ethernet channels run at either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps Supports half-duplex or full-duplex operation modes

Multiple 48-bit IEEE 802.3 style media access control (MAC) identiﬁers, one for

4each channel

Link integrity LED for each channel

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the following hardware and software requirements:

TABLE 1–1Hardware and Software Requirements

Requirements	Hardware or Software

Supported Systems	TM	TM
Supported Systems	Sun	Ultra systems, with an available PCI slot.
Supported Operating Environments	Solaris 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97, and later Solaris releases
TM	Release 3.0 or later
OpenBoot PROM (OBP)	Release 3.0 or later

Note - The information above is up-to-date as of the printing of this manual. Visit Sun on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com/ for the latest information.

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Contents

Revision A, August USA 650 960-1300 fax 650 Revision A, August Please Recycle Contents Running Diagnostics Tests Regulatory Compliance Statements IndexPage Preface How This Book Is Organized Unix Commands Related Documents Typographic Conventions Shell Prompts Ordering Sun Documents Table P-1SunExpress Contact Information Sun Welcomes Your Comments XiiPage Product Overview 1Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Hardware and Software Requirements Features1Hardware and Software Requirements Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Displaying 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 Rebooting the System Perform a reconﬁguration boot on the systemPage Installing the Driver Software At the command line, use the grep command to searchConﬁguring the Driver Software Conﬁguring the Host Files Etc/hosts ﬁle Reboot your system Booting From the NetworkAt the ok prompt type Post-Installation Procedures Optional Conﬁguring Driver ParametersIncreasing TCP/IP Performance As superuser root, type Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Type Auto-Negotiation Local-mac-address Property Ok setenv local-mac-address? true Page Speciﬁcations Physical Dimensions Table A-1Physical Dimensions Power Requirements Table A-2Power RequirementsPerformance Speciﬁcations Table A-3Performance Speciﬁcations Speciﬁcations Page Interface Signals Figure B-132-Pin RJ-45 ConnectorsPage Conﬁguring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters Internal Transceiver Driver Parameter Values and Deﬁnitions Table C-1qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Deﬁning the Current Status Qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Inter-Packet Gap Parameters Table C-2Read-Only Parameters Deﬁning the Current Status Table C-4Parameters Deﬁning lancemode and ipg0 Packet after receiving a packet Operational Mode Parameters Table C-5Operational Mode Parameters Deﬁning the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to Transmit Reporting Transceiver CapabilitiesTable C-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission Capability Table C-7Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities Table C-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility Setting qfe Driver ParametersTo Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility Use the instance number to select the device To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode To Set the Mode to Auto-Negotiation Select at least one of the ﬁve capabilities adv100fdxcap Setting Parameters in the /etc/system File Table C-9Setting Variables in the /etc/system File Setting Parameters Using the qfe.conf File Setting ipg Driver Parameters Using a qfe.conf File Unit-address = 2,1 Fourth line in the previous example Set the ipg1 and ipg2 parameters for the above four devices Kernel/drv/qfe.conf ﬁle Running Diagnostics Tests Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Selftest Shut down the system Reset the systemType show-devsto display the list of devices Set the auto-boot?conﬁguration parameter to true Reset and reboot the systemPage Regulatory Compliance Statements FCC Class a Notice FCC Class B Notice DOC Class a Notice Avis DOC, Classe a DOC Class B Notice Avis DOC, Classe B Declaration of Conformity EMC Safety Supplementary InformationPage Index Index-51