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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