Internal Transceiver | Sun Microsystems 805-1797-10 guide

APPENDIX C

Conﬁguring the Quad FastEthernet

Device Driver Parameters

The qfe device driver controls the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter's SUNW,qfe Ethernet devices. You can manually conﬁgure the qfe device driver parameters to customize each SUNW,qfe device in your system. This appendix provides an overview of the internal transceiver used in the adapter, lists the available qfe device driver parameters, and describes how you can conﬁgure these parameters.

Internal Transceiver

The four SUNW,qfe channels provide 10BASE-TX or 100BASE-T networking interfaces using the PCI Fast Ethernet and Expansion (PFEX) ASIC and an internal transceiver. The driver automatically sets the link speed to 10 or 100 Mbps and conforms to the 100BASE-T IEEE 802.3u Ethernet standard. The PFEX ASIC provides the PCI interface and Media Access Control (MAC) functions. The internal transceiver, which connects to an RJ-45 connector, provides the physical layer functions.

The internal transceiver is capable of all the operating speeds and modes listed in the section, “Auto-Negotiation” on page 16. The internal transceiver performs auto-negotiation with the remote end of the link (link partner) to select a common mode of operation.

The internal transceiver also supports a forced mode of operation. You can select the speed and mode using the ndd utility, by editing the /etc/system ﬁle, or creating a qfe.conf ﬁle.

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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 Features Hardware and Software Requirements1Hardware and Software Requirements Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision LevelPage Installing the Adapter Using a text editor, add the following line to the endAdding an Entry to the driveraliases File Installing the Adapter Verifying the Installation Diagnostic TestingExamining Network Activity Code Example 2-1 watch-net-allCommad Output Perform a reconﬁguration boot on the system Rebooting the SystemPage Conﬁguring the Host Files Installing the Driver SoftwareAt the command line, use the grep command to search Conﬁguring the Driver Software Etc/hosts ﬁle Booting From the Network Reboot your systemAt the ok prompt type As superuser root, type Post-Installation Procedures OptionalConﬁguring Driver Parameters Increasing TCP/IP Performance 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-3Performance Speciﬁcations Power RequirementsTable A-2Power Requirements Performance 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 Table C-7Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities Deﬁning the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to TransmitReporting Transceiver Capabilities Table C-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission Capability Table C-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities Setting qfe Driver Parameters Setting Parameters Using the ndd UtilityTo 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 Reset the system Shut down 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