Hardware and Software Requirements | Sun Microsystems Sun Quad

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the following hardware and software requirements:

TABLE 1-1Hardware and Software Requirements

Requirements	Hardware or Software

Supported Systems	Sun™ Ultra™ systems, with an available PCI slot.
Supported Operating	Solaris 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97, and later Solaris releases
Environments
OpenBoot™ PROM (OBP)	Release 3.0 or later

Note –The information above is up-to-date as of the printing of this manual. Visit Sun on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com/ for the latest information.

Checking the OpenBoot PROM Revision Level

You can use the OpenBoot command .version to display your system’s OpenBoot PROM revision level.

▼Displaying the OpenBoot PROM Revision Level

●At the ok prompt, type .version to check your system’s OpenBoot PROM revision level.

ok .version

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Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation User’s Guide Please Recycle Regulatory Compliance Statements DOC Class a Notice Avis DOC, Classe a EMC Page Contents Specifications Running Diagnostics Tests Page How This Book Is Organized Preface Related Documents Unix Commands Shell Prompts Typographic Conventions Table P-1SunExpress Contact Information Ordering Sun DocumentsSun Welcomes Your Comments 1Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Product Overview 2Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Back Panel Features Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision LevelHardware and Software Requirements 1Hardware and Software RequirementsPage Using a text editor, add the following line to the end Installing the Adapter Installing the Adapter Ok show-devs Verifying the Installation Examining Network Activity Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system Rebooting the SystemPage Configuring the Host Files Configuring the Driver SoftwareInstalling the Driver Software Etc/hosts file # cat /etc/hosts Reboot your system At the ok prompt type Booting From the Network Configuring Driver Parameters Post-Installation Procedures OptionalIncreasing TCP/IP Performance As superuser root, type Type Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Auto-Negotiation Local-mac-address Property Table A-1Physical Dimensions SpecificationsPhysical Dimensions Performance Specifications Power RequirementsTable A-2Power Requirements Table A-3Performance Specifications Ethernet channels Interface SignalsPage Internal Transceiver Configuring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters Qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Driver Parameter Values and Definitions Inter-Packet Gap Parameters Defining the Current StatusTable B-1qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Table B-2Read-Only Parameters Defining the Current Status Ipg1 = 8 default at initialization Table B-4Parameters Defining lancemode and ipg0 Operational Mode ParametersTable B-5Operational Mode Parameters Reporting Transceiver Capabilities Defining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to TransmitTable B-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission Capability Table B-7Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities Table B-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility Setting qfe Driver Parameters Use the instance number to select the device To Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption Using the ndd Utility in Non-Interactive Mode # ndd /dev/qfe \? Setting Forced Mode Table B-9Setting Variables in the /etc/system File Setting Parameters in the /etc/system File Setting the ipg1 and ipg2 Parameters Setting Parameters Using the qfe.conf File Etc/pathtoinst file 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 Running the Ethernet FCode Selftest DiagnosticShut down the system Type show-devsto display the list of devices Ok setenv diag-switch? false Reset and reboot the system Set the auto-boot?configuration parameter to true Editing IndexEditing, 11 example Creating, 12 editing, 11 examples LEDs Watch-net-all output Page Ordering Sun Documents AIR Mail PAR Avion