Sun Microsystems GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter

viii Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004

Contents

Main Please Recycle Contents Page Page Page Figures Page Tables Page Page Page Declaration of Conformity EN61000-4-6 3 V Page Regulatory Compliance Statements FCCClass A Notice FCCClass B Notice Page Page Page Preface How This Book Is Organized Using UNIX Commands Typographic Conventions Shell Prompts Related Documentation Accessing Sun Documentation Page Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Overview Hardware Overview Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter LED Displays on the MMF Adapter Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter Chapter 1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Overview 3 LED Displays on the UTP Adapter LINK Gigabit link is up. Green PHY ACT Link is transmitting or receiving data. Yellow PHY Hardware and Software Requirements Caution Patch Requirements Product Features Key Protocols and Interfaces Diagnostic Support Support for Solaris 9 x86 Operating System Installing the Adapter Note Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration Note Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration To Install the Adapter Note Caution Note To Verify the Hardware Installation Note Page Page Setting the local-mac-address? Variable Note To Set the Gigabit Ethernet Device as the Primary Boot Device Rebooting the System Using the Installation Script To Install the Software Using the Installation Script Note Example 1: All Requirements Met on SPARC Systems Example 2: All Requirements Met on Solaris 9 x86 Systems Example 3: Updates Required Note Page Example 4: Packages Missing Following is an example of an installation script output if the package(s) are not found: Verifyingthe Software Installation Configuring the Network Host Files Page Page Network Configuration Configuring the Network Host Files Page Setting Up a GigaSwift Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System Note To Set Up a GigaSwift Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client Installing the Solaris Operating System Over a GigaSwift Ethernet Network Note To Install the Solaris Operating System Over a GigaSwift Ethernet Network Note Note Note Booting Over the GigaSwift Ethernet Network Note Page Page Page Configuring Driver Parameters GigaSwift Ethernet Device Driver Parameters GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Parameter Values and Definitions Operational Mode Parameters The following parameters determine the transmit and receive speed and duplex. Note Flow Control Parameters Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls Caution Interpacket Gap Parameters Page Interrupt Parameters Random Early Drop Parameters PCI Bus Interface Parameters Jumbo Frames Note Jumbo Frames With Trunking1.3 To Configure Jumbo Frames Using ndd Setting ce Driver Parameters Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility Noninteractive and Interactive Modes To Use the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode To Use the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode See TABLE4-1 through TABLE 4-12 for parameter descriptions. Setting the Autonegotiation Mode To Disable Autonegotiation Mode Note Setting Parameters Using the ce.conf File Note To Set Driver Parameters Using a ce.conf File Note Usability Enhancements to the Driver Page GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics These statistics are part of the statistics presented by the netstat -k command. Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities Page Page To Check Link Partner Settings command as superuser: superuser: Page Page To Discover Link Partner Capabilities To Discover Link Settings Configuration Checking Layer 2 Configuration Checking Layer 3 Configuration Checking Configuring VLANs Note Overview of VLANs Page Page Configuring VLANs Note To Configure Static VLANs Page Installing the Software Manually Installing the Driver Software Manually To Install the Driver Software Manually #mkdir /cdrom #mkdir /cdrom/cdrom0 #mount -F hsfs -o ro /dev/dsk/c0t6d0s2 /cdrom/cdrom0 Note install the software packages. 3. Determine if the ce and vlan drivers are installed on the system: to Step 6. Page Page VerifyingPatches Note To Install Patches Page To Install a Sun VLAN Utility Patch Note Page Page Using the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver in Solaris 9 x86 Operating Systems Hardware and Software Requirements Patch Requirements Product Features Key Protocols and Interfaces Features Not Currently Supported Using the Installation Script To Install the Software Using the Installation Script Page Note Example: All Requirements Met on Solaris x86 Systems Installing the Software Manually To Install the Software Manually Note install the software packages. Page Verifying the Software Installation Configuring Driver Parameters Configuring VLANs Page Specifications Connectors Page Performance Specifications Physical Characteristics Power Requirements Page Diagnostic Software and Troubleshooting Issues SunVTS Diagnostic Software Note Using the SunVTS netlbtest To Use the netlbtest Using the OpenBoot PROM FCode Self- Test Note To Run the FCode Self-Test Diagnostic Page Note Troubleshooting Issues Page To Set Autonegotiation to off for Other Noncompliant Network Equipment Note Failure to Configure GigaSwift Ethernet Instance Nonspecific Issues Ethernet adapter as well as a solution for them: Page Index