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Note – Only Physical Networking is supported with Linux.
Physical Ethernet networking is faster than virtual Ethernet, but it requires an
additional port to connect to your network. This means that you need to have two
separate Ethernet connections: one for your Solaris system, and one for your
SunPCi III card.
Physical Ethernet networking eliminates the need for routing to a thirdhost in order
for the Solaris system and the SunPCi III card to communicate with each other over
the TransmissionControl Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP). Once physical
Ethernet networking is set up, you can “see” both your SunPCi III card and your
workstation in the list of network hosts.
VirtualEthernet networking eliminates the need for a second network port. You
sharea single Ethernet connection between your system and your SunPCi III card. If
you use virtual networking, you are not able to generate a network path between
your SunPCi III card and your host Solaris system until you set up network
connections. When multiple cards are installed in a system, virtual Ethernet
networking is permanently disabled.
For specific instructions on the networking drivers for your operating system, refer
to the corresponding installation chapter.
■Toinstall the Windows XP Professional drivers, refer to Chapter 5.
■Toinstall the Windows 2000 drivers, refer to Chapter 6.
■Toinstall the Windows Server 2003 drivers, refer to Chapter 7.
■Toinstall the Red Hat Linux drivers, refer to Chapter 8.
Caution – When one SunPCi III card is installed with the SunPCi III software, you
can use either physical or virtual networking, but not both at once.
Note – When multiple cards are installed in your system, virtual networking is
automatically disabled and you need to configure the TCP/IP network protocolsfor
all Microsoft Windowsconfigurations.