Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 specification

18 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide ♦ Revision A, August 1997

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Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 manual

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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 1Hardware and Software Requirements FeaturesHardware and Software Requirements Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision LevelPage Adding an Entry to the driveraliases File Installing the AdapterUsing a text editor, add the following line to the end Installing the Adapter Examining Network Activity Verifying the InstallationDiagnostic Testing 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 At the ok prompt type Booting From the NetworkReboot your system 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 To Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility Setting qfe Driver ParametersSetting Parameters Using 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 Type show-devsto display the list of devices Reset the systemShut down the system 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