Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation User’s Guide
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 1Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter
Product Overview
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Features
 Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level
Checking the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level
Hardware and Software Requirements
1Hardware and Software Requirements
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Installing the Adapter
 Installing the Adapter
 Ok show-devs
Verifying the Installation
 Examining Network Activity
 Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system
Rebooting the System
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 Configuring the Driver Software
Installing the Driver Software
Configuring the Host Files
 Etc/hosts file
 # cat /etc/hosts
Reboot your system
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Booting From the Network
 Configuring Driver Parameters
Post-Installation Procedures Optional
Increasing TCP/IP Performance
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Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps
 Auto-Negotiation
 Local-mac-address Property
 Specifications
Physical Dimensions
Table A-1Physical Dimensions
 Performance Specifications
Power Requirements
Table A-2Power Requirements
Table A-3Performance Specifications
 Ethernet channels
Interface Signals
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 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 Status
Table B-1qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
Table B-2Read-Only Parameters Defining the Current Status
 Ipg1 = 8 default at initialization
 Operational Mode Parameters
Table B-5Operational Mode Parameters
Table B-4Parameters Defining lancemode and ipg0
 Reporting Transceiver Capabilities
Defining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to Transmit
Table 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
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Running Diagnostics Tests
 Reset the system
Running the Ethernet FCode Selftest Diagnostic
Shut 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
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