Monitoring network activity, Rebooting the system – Sun Microsystems Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter 805-1759-10 User Manual

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Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • July 1997

Monitoring Network Activity

Perform the following task to verify that the system recognizes the Ethernet
connection. Make sure that you are connected to an active network.

●

To monitor network activity or incoming network packets, type the following at
the

ok

promp:

Note –

In the example above, <full path name of the

hme

interface>

is the full path name

of the

hme

interface. Use the

show-devs

command at the

ok

prompt to display the

full path name of the

hme

device.

Rebooting the System

After you have examined the network activity, perform a reconfiguration boot on
your system so the operating environment can recognize the Sun FastEthernet PCI
Adapter.

●

Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system.

Refer to the Solaris 2.x Peripheral’s Handbook for more information.

ok apply watch-net

<full path name of the

hme

interface>

Internal loopback test -- succeeded.

Transceiver check -- passed.

Looking for Ethernet Packets.

‘.’ is a Good Packet. ‘X’ is a Bad Packet.

Type any key to stop.

............................................

ok boot -r

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