16 Platform Notes: The Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver • March 1999

▼To Set Parameters Using the ge.conf File on a PCI adapter

1. Set the ipg1 and ipg2 parameters for the above devices in the
kernel/drv/ge.conf file.
2. Save the ge.conf file.
3. Save and close all files and programs, and exit the windowing system.
4. Halt and reboot the system by typing the init 6 command at the superuser
prompt.
Network Configuration
This section describes how to configurethe driver after it has been installed on your
system.

▼To Configure the Host Files

After installing the Sun GigabitEthernet adapter driver software, you must create a
file for the adapter’s Ethernet interface. Youmust also create both an IP address and
a host name for the Ethernet interface in the /etc/hosts file.
name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@4,4000” unit-address=”4” ipg1=20
ipg2=10;
name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@6,2000” unit-address=”1” ipg1=20
ipg2=10;
name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@4,2000” unit-address=”1” ipg1=20
ipg2=10;