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iii Contents Preface xix 1. Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Overview 1 Hardware Overview 1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter 1 LED Displays on the MMF Adapter 2 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter 2 LE.
iv Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 Setting the local-mac-address? V ariable 13 Rebooting the System 14 Using the Installation Script 14 ▼ T o Install the Software Using the Installation Script 15 Verifying the Software Installation 21 Configuring the Network Host Files 22 3.
Contents v Setting Parameters Using the ce.conf File 50 ▼ T o Set Driver Parameters Using a ce.conf File 51 Usability Enhancements to the Driver 52 GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics 54 Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities 55 5. Conf iguring VLANs 63 Overview of VLANs 63 Configuring VLANs 66 ▼ T o Configure Static VLANs 67 A.
vi Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 Configuring Driver Parameters 87 Configuring VLANs 87 C. Specif ications 89 Connectors 89 Performance Specifications 91 Physical Characteristics 91 Power Requirements 91 D.
vii Figur es FIGURE 1-1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter 2 FIGURE 1-2 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter 3 FIGURE 5-2 Ethernet Tag Header Format 66 FIGURE C-1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter Conn.
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ix T ables TABLE 1-1 Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Adapter 2 TABLE 1-2 Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP Adapter 3 TABLE 3-1 Device Link Parameters 33 TABLE 3-2 link-clock Capabilities for L.
x Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 TABLE C-1 SC Connector Link Characteristics (IEEE P802.3z) 89 TABLE C-2 Cat-5 Connector Link Characteristics 90 TABLE C.
xi Declaration of Conf ormity Compliance Model Number: GCS Product Family Name: Sun GigaSwift Copper Ethernet PCI Adapter Card (X4050A) EMC USA - FCC Class A This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This equipment may not cause harmful interference.
xii Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 EN61000-4-6 3 V EN61000-4-8 1 A/m EN61000-4-1 1 Pass EN61000-3-2 Pass EN61000-3-3 Pass Safety This equipment complies.
xiii Declaration of Conf ormity Compliance Model Number: GFS Product Family Name: Sun GigaSwift Fiber Ethernet PCI Adapter Card (X4051A) EMC USA - FCC Class A This equipment complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1) This equipment may not cause harmful interference.
xiv Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 EN61000-4-1 1 Pass EN61000-3-2 Pass EN61000-3-3 Pass Safety This equipment complies with the following requir ements of Low V oltage Directive 73/23/EEC: EC T ype Examination Certificates: EN 60950:2000, 3rd Edition T Ü V Rheinland Certificate No.
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x Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004.
xix Pr eface The Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide provides installation instructions for both the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP adapter and the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF adapter . This manual also describes how to conf igure the driver software.
xx Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 Appendix C lists the specifications for the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter . Appendix D provides an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic application and instructions for testing the adapter using the onboard FCode selftest.
Preface xxi Shell Pr ompts Related Documentation Accessing Sun Documentation Y ou can view , print, or purchase a br oad selection of Sun documentation, including localized versions, at: http://www.
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1 CHAPTER 1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Overview This chapter provides a description of the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP and MMF adapter hardwar e and software.
2 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 FIGURE 1-1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter LED Displays on the MMF Adapter Four LEDs are displayed on the fr ont panel of Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF adapter . They are labeled on the fr ont panel as shown in T ABLE 1- 1 .
Chapter 1 Sun GigaSwift Ether net Adapter Overview 3 FIGURE 1-2 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter LED Displays on the UTP Adapter T wo LEDs are displayed on the front panel of the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP adapter . They are labeled on the front panel as shown in T ABLE 1-2 .
4 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Har dware and Softwar e Requir ements Before using the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter, make sure your system meets th.
Chapter 1 Sun GigaSwift Ether net Adapter Overview 5 The Solaris 8 2/02 release includes Patch-ID Number 1 1 1883-05. Subsequent versions of the Solaris operating system may include the correct version.
6 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ■ PCI Local Bus Rev 2.2-compliant (6.6-inch x 2.5-inch short card) ■ IPv4 and IPv6 support ■ Load balancing for RX packets among multiple CPUs ■ Jumbo frames enables the Ethernet interfaces to send and receive packets of up to 9216 bytes ■ IEEE 802.
7 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Adapter This chapter describes how to install the adapter in your system and verify that it has been installed correctly . It then describes how to install the driver software using the automated script. Finally , this chapter describes how to edit the network host files after installing the adapter on your system.
8 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Note – Dynamic reconf iguration (DR) is a system-specific feature. If you have a Sun Enterprise system that supports DR, refer to the Sun Enterprise Dynamic Reconfiguration User’ s Guide and your system ’ s documentation for further information about DR.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 9 Caution – Do not use excessive force when installing the adapter into the PCI slot. Y ou might damage the adapter ’ s PCI connector . If the adapter does not seat properly when you apply even pressur e, remove the adapter and carefully r einstall it.
10 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 2. List the network devices on your system. Y ou should see the full path name of the network devices, similar to the example below .
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 11 4. V iew the .properties f ile for a list of device properties. The . properties command displays the specific information about the installed adapter . If you are using the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF adapter , your output will be similar to the following.
12 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 If you are using the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP adapter , your .properties output will be similar to the following.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 13 Note – If you are going to set the local-mac-address? variable, note the local MAC address of your device at this time. See “ Setting the local-mac-address? V ariable ” on page 13 for more information. 5. T ype the following when you f inish looking at the .
14 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 1. List the network devices on your system. 2. Set the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter device to be your default boot device. Note that the command shown in this example sets your boot device to be port 0 on the network portion of the card.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 15 ▼ T o Install the Softwar e Using the Installation Script 1. At the system console, become superuser (root). 2. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter CD into a CD-ROM drive that is connected to your system.
16 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 4. Execute the installation script: The script displays a menu of products: 5. Select 2, the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter, and answer the questions, if required, in the installation script.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 17 Example 2: All Requirements Met on Solaris 9 x86 Systems Following is an example of an installation script output if the driver and patch requir ements ar e met on Solaris 9 x86 systems: *** Checking for correct version of GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Packages.
18 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Example 3: Updates Required The following is an example of an installation script output, if the packages ar e found and need updating by patching. Note – The following two examples are from a SP ARC system.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 19 *** Installing patch 112817-16 for Solaris 9... Checking installed patches... Verifying sufficient filesystem capacity (dry run method)... Installing patch packages... Patch number 112817-16 has been successfully installed.
20 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Example 4: Packages Missing Following is an example of an installation script output if the package(s) are not found.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 21 V erifying the Softwar e Installation Unless you have the latest version of the driver software installed, the gr een LEDs on the adapter will not go on. If you are using a SP ARC system, be sur e that you have version 1.
22 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ● Use the modinfo command to verify that you have the current driver (v1.
Chapter 2 Installing the Adapter 23 1. At the command line, use the grep command to search the /etc/path_to_inst f ile for ce interfaces. In the example above, the device instance is from a Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter. For clarity , the instance number is in bold italics.
24 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 3. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts f ile for each active ce interface. For example: # cat /etc/hosts # # Internet host table # 127.0.0.1 localhost 129.144.
25 CHAPTER 3 Network Conf iguration This chapter describes how to edit the network host files after the adapter has been installed on your system. This chapter contains the following sections: ■ “.
26 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Use the ifconfig command to assign an IP address to the network interface. T ype the following at the command line, replacing ip-address with the adapter ’ sI P address: Refer to the ifconfig (1M) man page and the Solaris documentation for mor e information.
Chapter 3 Network Configuration 27 Setting Up a GigaSwift Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System Before you can boot and operate a diskless client system across a gigabit Ethernet network, you must first install the GigaSwift Ethernet software packages into the root dir ectory of the diskless client.
28 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 4. Eject the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver CD from the CD-ROM drive. 5. Create a hostname.ce number f ile in the diskless client’ s root directory . Y ou will need to create an /export/root/ client-name /etc/hostname.
Chapter 3 Network Configuration 29 ▼ T o Install the Solaris Operating System Over a GigaSwift Ethernet Network 1. Prepare the install server and client system to install the Solaris Operating System over the network. The Solaris Advanced Installation Guide describes how to create the install server and set up the client systems.
30 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 4. On the install server , install the GigaSwift Ethernet software to the client’ s root directory , as determined in Step 2. Replace root-dir ectory with the location of the client ’ s root dir ectory .
Chapter 3 Network Configuration 31 8. At the ok prompt, boot the client system using the full device path of the Gigabit Ethernet device. The following examples show the options available: ■ Booting in autonegotiated mode: ■ Booting in autonegotiated verbose mode at 1000 Mbps half-duplex: Note – link-cloc k must be set to auto .
32 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 10. After installing the Solaris Operating System, install the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet software on the client system. The software installed in Step 4 was required to boot the client system over the GigaSwift Ethernet interface.
Chapter 3 Network Configuration 33 the device and its link partner . Attempting t o link-up with autonegotiation disabled requir es knowledge of the curr ent capabilities at which both the device and its link partner are conf igured.
34 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 The following examples show the usage of the boot net command line with device parameters specified: T o attempt to .
Chapter 3 Network Configuration 35 Note – The link partner must be configured as link-clock slave. T o attempt to autonegotiate the link while advertising 1000 Mbps full- and half- duplex, and link-clock auto capability to the link partner: Note – Link partner must autonegotiate in order to link-up at 1000 Mbps.
36 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004.
37 CHAPTER 4 Conf iguring Driver Parameters This chapter describes how to configur e the driver parameters used by the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter. This chapter contains the following sections: ■.
38 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Parameter V alues and Def initions T ABLE 4-1 describes the parameters and settings for the ce device driver .
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 39 Operational Mode Parameters The following parameters determine the transmit and receive speed and duplex. T ABLE 4-2 describes the operational mode paramet.
40 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Note – If a parameter ’ s initial setting is 0, it cannot be changed. If you try to change the setting, it will revert back to 0. If all these parameters are set to 1, autonegotiation uses the highest speed possible.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 41 Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Contr ols The concept of link clock mastership was introduced with gigabit twisted-pair technology . One side of the link is the master that provides the link clock and the other side is the slave that uses the link clock.
42 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 If enable_ipg0 is disabled, the value of ipg0 is ignored and no additional delay is set. Only the delays set by ipg1 and ipg2 will be used. Disable enable_ipg0 if other systems keep sending a large number of back-to-back packets.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 43 Interrupt Parameters T ABLE 4-7 describes the receive interrupt blanking values. Random Early Dr op Parameters T ABLE 4-8 describes the RX random early detection 8-bit vectors, which allow you to enable random early drop (RED) thresholds.
44 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 PCI Bus Interface Parameters These parameters allow you to modify PCI interface features to gain better PCI interperformance for a given application.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 45 Jumbo Frames The variable accept-jumbo enables the driver to instruct the upper layers that the driver is operating in Jumbo-frame mode. Note – Jumbo-frame mode is not supported in systems running Solaris 9 x86 software.
46 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Refer to the documentation that came with your switch for exact commands to configur e jumbo frames support. Jumbo Frames W ith T runking 1.3 When using jumbo frames with T runking 1.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 47 T o set parameters so they remain in ef fect after you reboot the system, create a /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/ce.conf file and add parameter values to this file when you need to set a particular parameter for a device in the system.
48 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 In noninteractive mode, you invoke the utility to execute a specific command. Once the command is executed, you exit the utility . In interactive mode, you can use the utility to get or set more than one parameter value.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 49 ● T o list all the parameters supported by the ce driver , type ? . See T ABLE 4-1 through T ABLE 4-12 for parameter descriptions. Setting the Autonegotiation Mode By default, autonegotiation is set to on .
50 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ▼ T o Disable Autonegotiation Mode If your network equipment does not support autonegotiation, or if you want to specify your network speed, you can set autonegotiation to off on the ce device.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 51 Note – Configuring the parameters by putting ndd commands in rcX.d scripts is not supported. The man pages for prtconf (1M) and driver.conf (4) include additional details. The next procedure shows an example of setting parameters in a ce.
52 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ■ The path name before the last component is the par ent name. ■ The number after the final @ character within quotes is the unit-addr ess. T o identify a PCI device unambiguously in the ce.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 53 Then you had to get the link status: Starting in the Solaris 9 Operating System, this method of determining the link status is discouraged, and in some cases, it is removed completely as a driver feature. The new improved appr oach moves all read-only parameters fr om the ndd options into kstat .
54 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics These statistics are part of the statistics presented by the netstat -k command. T ABLE 4-1 1 describes the read-only Media Independent Interface (MII) capabilities.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 55 Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities T ABLE 4-12 describes the read-only link partner capabilities. cap_10hdx Local interface half-duplex capability 0 =.
56 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 If the link partner is not capable of autonegotiation (when lp_autoneg_cap is 0), the remaining information described in T ABLE 4-12 is not relevant and the parameter value = 0.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 57 rx_split_pkts Number of packets that were split across two pages. rx_no_comp_wb Number of times the hardwar e cannot post completion entries for received data. rx_no_buf Number of times the hardwar e cannot receive data because there is no more r eceive buffer space.
58 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ▼ T o Check Link Partner Settings ● If you are running the Solaris 8 Operating System, type the netstat -k comma.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 59 cap_1000hdx 1 cap_100T4 0 cap_100fdx 1 cap_100hdx 1 cap_10fdx 1 cap_10hdx 1 cap_asmpause 0 cap_autoneg 1 cap_pause 0 code_violations 0 collisions 0 crc_err 0 crtime 2345.
60 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 obytes 0 obytes64 0 oerrors 0 opackets 0 opackets64 0 pci_bad_ack_err 0 pci_dmarz_err 0 pci_dmawz_err 0 pci_drto_err.
Chapter 4 Configuring Dr iver P arameters 61 ▼ T o Discover Link Partner Capabilities ● Use the kstat command to discover link partner capabilities.
62 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ▼ T o Discover Link Settings ● Use the kstat command to discover link settings. Conf iguration Checking The jumbo frame configuration checking occurs at Layer 2 or Layer 3, depending on the configuration method.
63 CHAPTER 5 Conf iguring VLANs This chapter explains VLANs in detail and provides configuration instructions and examples. VLANs: V irtual Local Area Networks (VLANs) are commonly used to split up gr.
64 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 VLANs are commonly used to separate groups of network users into manageable broadcast domains, to cr eate logical segmentation of workgroups, and to enforce security policies among each logical segment.
Chapter 5 Configuring VLANs 65 The physical LAN network consists of a switch, two servers, and five clients. The LAN is logically organized into thr ee differ ent VLANs, each repr esenting a different IP subnet. ■ VLAN 1 is an IP subnet consisting of the Main Server , Client 3, and Client 5.
66 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Conf iguring VLANs VLANs can be created accor ding to various criteria, but each VLAN must be assigned a VLAN tag or VLAN ID (VID). The VID is a 12-bit identifier between 1 and 4094 that identifies a unique VLAN.
Chapter 5 Configuring VLANs 67 ▼ T o Conf igure Static VLANs 1. Create one hostname6.ce number f ile for each VLAN that will be conf igured for each adapter on the server .
68 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004.
69 APPENDIX A Installing the Softwar e Manually This appendix describes how to install the driver software manually . It contains the following sections: ■ “ Installing the Driver Software Manuall.
70 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ■ If your system is not running V olume Manager , mount the CD-ROM as follows: Y ou will see the following files and dir ectories in the /cdrom/sun_gigaswift_ethernet_driver directory or the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory , depending on how you mounted the CD-ROM.
Appendix A Installing the Software Manually 71 Note – If you intend to use VLAN, you must install VLAN packages when you install the software packages.
72 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ■ If nothing is reported back on SUNWced or SUNWcedx , then proceed to Step 4 and select SUNWcea , SUNWceax , SUNWced.u , SUNWcedx.u , SUNWcedu , and SUNWcem (if present).
Appendix A Installing the Software Manually 73 ■ If your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software type the following: A menu similar to the following displays: 5.
74 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 V erifying Patches V erify whether your system has the needed patches for your version of the Solaris Operating System to ensure that you do not need to add patches. Note – If patches meet the requir ements, nothing needs to be installed on the install system.
Appendix A Installing the Software Manually 75 ■ T o verify patches for the Solaris 8 Operating System, type the following: The patch version should be -24 or greater . ■ T o verify patches for the Solaris 9 SP ARC Operating System, type the following: The patch version should be -17 or greater .
76 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ■ If your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software type the following: ▼ T o Install a Sun VLAN Utility Patch Note – The VLAN Utility is only supported in Solaris 8 and Solaris 9 software.
Appendix A Installing the Software Manually 77 4. If your system is running the Solaris 9 SP ARC Operating System, type the following: Y ou will see output similar to the following Solaris 9 SP ARC Op.
78 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004.
79 APPENDIX B Using the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver in Solaris 9 x86 Operating Systems This appendix describes the features and limitations of using the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet driver software in the.
80 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Patch Requir ements The software driver package pr ovided on the CD-ROM has current driver patch versions (at the time this document was created) preinstalled.
Appendix B Using the Sun GigaSwift Ether net Driver in Solaris 9 x86 Operating Systems 81 ■ Energy Star ® support Featur es Not Currently Supported The following features ar e not currently supported for the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet driver software in the Solaris 9 x86 Operating System.
82 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 2. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter CD into a CD-ROM drive that is connected to your system. ■ If your system is running Sun Enterprise V olume Manager , it should automatically mount the CD-ROM to the /cdrom/cdrom0 directory .
Appendix B Using the Sun GigaSwift Ether net Driver in Solaris 9 x86 Operating Systems 83 Note – After the installation script runs, you see a summary of the software package or patch that was installed. Y ou can also find a log of the installation in /var/tmp .
84 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Installing the Softwar e Manually ▼ T o Install the Softwar e Manually 1. Become superuser . 2. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter CD into a CD-ROM drive that is connected to your system.
Appendix B Using the Sun GigaSwift Ether net Driver in Solaris 9 x86 Operating Systems 85 Note – If you intend to use VLAN, you must install VLAN packages when you install the software packages.
86 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 3. Determine if the ce and vlan drivers are installed on the system: 4. Install the software packages by typing the following at the command line: A menu similar to the following displays: 5.
Appendix B Using the Sun GigaSwift Ether net Driver in Solaris 9 x86 Operating Systems 87 V erifying the Software Installation After you have run the automated installation script, check to be sure you have the current version of the driver installed.
88 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004.
89 APPENDIX C Specif ications This appendix lists the specifications for the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter . It contains the following sections: ■ “ Connectors ” on page 89 ■ “ Performance .
90 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 FIGURE C-2 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter Connector T able A-2 lists the characteristics of the Cat-5 connector used by the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP adapter .
Appendix C Specifications 91 Performance Specif ications Physical Characteristics Power Requir ements T ABLE C-3 Performance Sepcifications Feature Specification PCI clock 33/66 MHz max PCI data burst.
92 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004.
93 APPENDIX D Diagnostic Softwar e and T r oubleshooting Issues This appendix provides an overview of the SunVTS diagnostic application and instructions for testing the adapter using the onboard FCode self-test. There is also a section outlining some common troubleshooting issues.
94 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Refer to the SunVTS documentation (listed in T ABLE D-1 ) for instructions on how to run and monitor the nettest diagnostic.
Appendix D Diagnostic Software and T roubleshooting Issues 95 Using the OpenBoot PROM FCode Self- T est The Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter ’ s self-test verifies the corr ect operation of the adapter and identifies any har dware problems with the adapter .
96 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 3. At the ok prompt, set the auto-boot? conf iguration variable to false. 4. Set the diag-switch? parameter to true in order to see the diagnostic power-on self-test (POST) messages.
Appendix D Diagnostic Software and T roubleshooting Issues 97 Note – The speed , duplex , and link-clock parameters are optional tests. See T ABLE 3-1 for more information about these parameters.
98 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 8. After testing the adapter , type the following commands to return the OpenBoot PROM to the standard operating mode. 9. At the ok prompt, reset the auto-boot? conf iguration variable to true.
Appendix D Diagnostic Software and T roubleshooting Issues 99 The following procedur e describes how to turn autonegotiation off for one SunSwitch port. 1. Establish a connection to the switch using either a serial connection or a T elnet connection. Refer to the SunSwitch 1.
100 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 ▼ T o Set Autonegotiation to off for Other Noncompliant Network Equipment If your network equipment does not support autonegotiation, you can set autonegotiation to off on the GigaSwift Ethernet ( ce ) device.
Appendix D Diagnostic Software and T roubleshooting Issues 101 Nonspecif ic Issues T ABLE D-2 describes the problems you may encounter in using the GigaSwift Ethernet adapter as well as a solution for them: T ABLE D-2 T roubleshooting the GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Problem Description Solution prtdiag does not recognize the NIC in slot 0.
102 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 Pr oblem W ith DR Attach on Sun Enterprise Platforms DR attach does not configur e ce interfaces on Sun Enterprise 10000 platforms running the Solaris 2.6 Operating System.
103 Index SYMBOLS /etc/hostname.cenumber file, 23, 26 A assigning an IP address, 23, 26 autonegotiation setting disabling, 49 C ce driver parameter , status, and descriptions, 38 configuring device dr.
104 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide • August 2004 M MAC address, 13 mac-address pr operty, 13 Media Access Control (MAC), 13 N ndd utility, 47 NVRAM configuration, 1.
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