Conﬁguring the Driver Software | Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10

CHAPTER 3

Conﬁguring the Driver Software

This chapter describes how to conﬁgure the driver software used by the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter.

Installing the Driver Software

The Sun Quad FastEthernet 2.0 CD-ROM contains the software required by the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter. Install the software driver packages as described in the CD insert. (Future revisions of the Sun Quad FastEthernet software will also work with your adapter.)

Before you can use the four channels of the adapter, you will need to create and edit system host ﬁles, as described in the next section.

Conﬁguring the Host Files

After installing the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver software, you must create a hostname.qfe<num> ﬁle for the adapter's Ethernet interfaces. You must also create both an IP address and a host name for its Ethernet interfaces in the /etc/hosts ﬁle.

1.At the command line, use the grep command to search the

/etc/path_to_inst ﬁle for qfe devices.

#grep qfe /etc/path_to_inst "/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@0,1" 4 "qfe" "/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@1,1" 5 "qfe" "/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@2,1" 6 "qfe"

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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 Preface Related Documents Unix Commands Shell Prompts Typographic Conventions Table P-1SunExpress Contact Information Ordering Sun Documents Xii Sun Welcomes Your CommentsPage 1Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Product Overview Hardware and Software Requirements Features1Hardware and Software Requirements Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Checking 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 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 Files Etc/hosts ﬁle Reboot your system Booting From the NetworkAt the ok prompt type Conﬁguring Driver Parameters Post-Installation Procedures OptionalIncreasing TCP/IP Performance As superuser root, type Type Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Local-mac-address Property Auto-Negotiation Ok setenv local-mac-address? true Page Table A-1Physical Dimensions Speciﬁcations Physical Dimensions Table A-2Power Requirements Power RequirementsPerformance Speciﬁcations Table A-3Performance Speciﬁcations Speciﬁcations Page Figure B-132-Pin RJ-45 Connectors Interface SignalsPage Internal Transceiver Conﬁguring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters Table C-1qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Driver Parameter Values and Deﬁnitions Qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Deﬁning the Current Status Table C-2Read-Only Parameters Deﬁning the Current Status Inter-Packet Gap Parameters Packet after receiving a packet Table C-4Parameters Deﬁning lancemode and ipg0 Table C-5Operational Mode Parameters Operational Mode Parameters Reporting Transceiver Capabilities Deﬁning the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to TransmitTable C-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission Capability Table C-7Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities Table C-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility Setting qfe Driver ParametersTo Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption Use the instance number to select the device Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode Select at least one of the ﬁve capabilities adv100fdxcap To Set the Mode to Auto-Negotiation Table C-9Setting Variables in the /etc/system File Setting Parameters in the /etc/system File Setting Parameters Using the qfe.conf File Unit-address = 2,1 Fourth line in the previous example Setting ipg Driver Parameters Using a qfe.conf File Kernel/drv/qfe.conf ﬁle Set the ipg1 and ipg2 parameters for the above four devices Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Selftest Running Diagnostics Tests Shut down the system Reset 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 Statements FCC Class B Notice DOC Class B Notice Avis DOC, Classe B DOC Class a Notice Avis DOC, Classe a EMC Declaration of Conformity Supplementary Information SafetyPage Index-51 Index