I

increasing TCP/IP performance, 15 installing

adapter into system, 6

driver software from the CD-ROM, 11 hardware, 6

instance numbers, finding, 12, 37 interface signals, 21

internal transceiver, 23, 28

inter-packet gap driver parameters, 25, 26, 36, 37 IPG parameters, 25, 26, 36, 37

L

lance_mode, 26

LEDs, 2

local-mac-addressproperty, 18

local-mac-address? variable, 18

M

MAC address, 18

N

ndd utility, 15 auto-negotiation mode, 34 interactive mode, 32 listing qfe parameters, 33 non-interactive mode, 32 selecting a device, 31 setting forced mode, 34 setting qfe parameters, 30

network speed, forcing between 10 and 100 Mbps, 16, 27, 34

nibble time delay, 26

O

OpenBoot PROM displaying revision level, 3 requirements, 3 selftest diagnostics, 39

operation mode full-duplex, 17 half-duplex, 17

ordering Sun documentation, xiv

P

parameters, setting, 23 to 38 path_to_inst output, 12, 31, 37 PCI connector, 1

PCI fast Ethernet and expansion ASIC, 23, 25, 26

pci_pci "pci1011,25" entry, 5

performance specifications, 20 physical dimensions, 19

pin descriptions, 21 power requirements, 20 product overview, 1

Q

qfe driver

adding an additional delay, 26 configuring parameters, 15, 23 to 38 defining current status, 25 inter-packet gap parameters, 25 lance_mode, 26

max. number of back-to-back packets, 28 operational mode parameters, 27 parameters, 24

reporting

link partner capabilities, 29 transceiver capabilities, 28

setting parameters, 30

in the /etc/system file, 35 using the qfe file, 36

R

reconfiguration boot, 9 related documents, xii

ordering, xiv

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