16 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide February 2003
FIGURE2-2 Cat-5 Twisted-PairCable
To Verify the Installation
After you have installed the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter, but before you boot
your system, perform the following tasks to verify the installation. Refer to the
Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals manual or your Solaris documentation for the
detailed instructions.
Note – Verificationis not required if your system supports dynamic reconfiguration
(DR).
1. Power on the system, and when the banner appears, press the Stop-A key
sequence to interrupt the boot process and display the OpenBoot (ok) prompt.
If the card is properly installed and the cables are properlyconnected to a
compatible network, you will see the following message:
xcvr addr:0x00 - link up 1000 Mbps full duplex