Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation User’s Guide
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 Product Overview
1Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter
 Features
2Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Back Panel
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Displaying the OpenBoot Prom Revision Level
Hardware and Software Requirements
1Hardware and Software Requirements
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 Installing the Adapter
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 Installing the Adapter
 Verifying the Installation
Ok show-devs
 Examining Network Activity
 Rebooting the System
Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system
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 Configuring the Host Files
Configuring the Driver Software
Installing the Driver Software
 Etc/hosts file
 Reboot your system
# cat /etc/hosts
 Booting From the Network
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 Post-Installation Procedures Optional
Configuring Driver Parameters
Increasing TCP/IP Performance
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 Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps
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 Auto-Negotiation
 Local-mac-address Property
 Table A-1Physical Dimensions
Specifications
Physical Dimensions
 Power Requirements
Performance Specifications
Table A-2Power Requirements
Table A-3Performance Specifications
 Interface Signals
Ethernet channels
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 Configuring the Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters
Internal Transceiver
 Driver Parameter Values and Definitions
Qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions
 Defining the Current Status
Inter-Packet Gap Parameters
Table 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 Parameters
Table B-5Operational Mode Parameters
 Defining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to Transmit
Reporting Transceiver Capabilities
Table B-6Back-to-back Packet Transmission Capability
Table B-7Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities
 Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities
Table B-8Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities
 Setting qfe Driver Parameters
Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
 To Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility
Use the instance number to select the device
 Using the ndd Utility in Non-Interactive Mode
To modify a parameter value, use the -setoption
 # ndd /dev/qfe \?
 Setting Forced Mode
 Setting Parameters in the /etc/system File
Table B-9Setting Variables in the /etc/system File
 Setting Parameters Using the qfe.conf File
Setting the ipg1 and ipg2 Parameters
 Setting ipg Driver Parameters Using a qfe.conf File
Etc/pathtoinst file
 Set the ipg1 and ipg2 parameters for the above four devices
Kernel/drv/qfe.conf file
 Running Diagnostics Tests
Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Selftest
 Running the Ethernet FCode Selftest Diagnostic
Reset the system
Shut down the system
Type show-devsto display the list of devices
 Ok setenv diag-switch? false
 Set the auto-boot?configuration parameter to true
Reset and reboot the system
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