Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation User’s Guide
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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 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
At the ok prompt type
Booting From the Network
Configuring Driver Parameters
Post-Installation Procedures Optional
Increasing TCP/IP Performance
As superuser root, type
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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
Using the OpenBoot Prom FCode Selftest
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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