Preface, How this book is organized – Sun Microsystems GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter User Manual

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Preface

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 configure the driver
software.

These instructions are designed for enterprise system administrators with experience
installing network hardware and software.

How This Book Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides a description of the adapter, including hardware and software.

Chapter 2 describes how to install the adapter in your system and how to verify that
it has been installed correctly. It then describes how to install the driver software
using the automated script. Finally, the chapter describes how to edit the network
host files after installing the adapter on your system.

Chapter 3 describes how to edit the network host files after the hardware and
software have been installed on your system.

Chapter 4 describes how to configure the driver parameters used by the Sun
GigaSwift Ethernet adapter.

Chapter 5 explains VLANs in detail and provides configuration instructions and
examples.

Appendix A describes how to install the driver software manually.

Appendix B describes the features and limitations of using the Sun GigaSwift
Ethernet driver software in the Solaris 9 x86 Operating System.

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