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Platform Notes: The Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver • March 1999

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To Set Parameters Using the

ge.conf

File on a PCI adapter

1. Set the

ipg1

and

ipg2

parameters for the above devices in the

kernel/drv/ge.conf

file.

2. Save the

ge.conf

file.

3. Save and close all files and programs, and exit the windowing system.

4. Halt and reboot the system by typing the

init 6

command at the superuser

prompt.

Network Configuration

This section describes how to configure the driver after it has been installed on your
system.

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To Configure the Host Files

After installing the Sun GigabitEthernet adapter driver software, you must create a
file for the adapter’s Ethernet interface. You must also create both an IP address and
a host name for the Ethernet interface in the

/etc/hosts

file.

name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@4,4000” unit-address=”4” ipg1=20

ipg2=10;

name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@6,2000” unit-address=”1” ipg1=20

ipg2=10;

name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@4,2000” unit-address=”1” ipg1=20

ipg2=10;

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