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• Sun™ GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide
• Regulatory Compliance Statements
  • FCC Class A Notice
    • 1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
    • 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undes...
  • FCC Class B Notice
    • 1. This device may not cause harmful interference.
    • 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undes...
  • ICES-003 Class A Notice - Avis NMB-003, Classe A
  • ICES-003 Class B Notice - Avis NMB-003, Classe B
  • BSMI Class A Notice
• Declaration of Conformity
  • EMC
    • European Union
  • Safety
  • Supplementary Information
• Declaration of Conformity
  • EMC
    • European Union
  • Safety
  • Supplementary Information
• Contents
  • 1. Product Overview1
  • 2. Installing the Adapter9
  • 3. Network Configuration25
  • 4. Configuring Driver Parameters37
  • 5. Configuring VLANs63
  • A. Specifications 69
  • B. Diagnostic Software and Troubleshooting Issues73
• Figures
• Tables
  • Preface
• How This Book Is Organized
• Using UNIX Commands
• Typographic Conventions
• Shell Prompts
• Related Documentation
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• Sun Welcomes Your Comments
  • 1
  • Product Overview
• Hardware Overview
  • Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter
    • FIGURE11 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter
  • LED Displays
    • TABLE11 Front Panel Display LEDs for the MMF Adapter
  • Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter
    • FIGURE12 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter
  • LED Displays
    • TABLE12 Front Panel Display LEDs for the UTP Adapter
• Hardware and Software Requirements
• Patch Requirements
• Product Features
  • Key Protocols and Interfaces
  • Diagnostic Support
    • 2
    • Installing the Adapter
• Installing the Driver Software
  • 1. Become superuser.
  • 2. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver 1.0 Update 1 CD into a CD-ROM drive that is connected...
    • TABLE21 Files and Directories on the CD-ROM
  • 3. Install the software packages by typing the following at the command line, replacing the OS_VE...
  • 4. Select the packages you want to install:
  • To Install Driver Software for Solaris 2.6 Operating Environments
    • 1. Become superuser.
    • 2. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver 1.0 CD into a CD-ROM drive that is connected to your ...
    • 3. Install the software packages by typing the following at the command line.
• Verifying Patches
• Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration
  • To Install the Adapter
    • 1. Halt and power off your system.
    • 2. Power off all of the peripherals connected to your system.
    • 3. Open the system unit.
    • 4. Attach the adhesive copper strip of the antistatic wrist strap to the metal casing of the powe...
    • 5. Holding the PCI adapter by the edges, unpack it and place it on an antistatic surface.
    • 6. Using a No. 1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the PCI filler panel from the slot in which you wan...
    • 7. Holding the PCI adapter by the edges, align the adapter edge connector with the PCI slot. Slid...
    • 8. Applying even pressure at both corners of the adapter, push the PCI adapter until it is firmly...
    • 9. Secure the adapter to the PCI slot using the screw you removed in Step6.
    • 10. Detach the wrist strap and close the system unit.
    • 11. Connect the cables.
      • FIGURE21 Connecting the Fiber Optic Cable
      • FIGURE22 Cat-5 Twisted-Pair Cable
  • To Verify the Installation
    • 1. Power on the system, and when the banner appears, press the Stop-A key sequence to interrupt t...
    • 2. List the network devices on your system.
    • 3. View the device that you installed.
    • 4. View the.properties file for a list of device properties.
  • Setting the localmac-address Property
    • To Set the GigaSwift Ethernet Device Primary Boot Device
      • 1. List the network devices on your system.
      • 2. Set the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet device to be your default boot device, type:
  • Rebooting the System
• Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration
  • To Install an Adapter in a Dynamic Reconfiguration System
    • 1. Verify that the selected board slot is ready for the adapter.
    • 2. If the status of the slot is not “empty” or “disconnected”, type:
    • 3. Physically insert the adapter into the slot and look for an acknowledgement on the console, su...
    • 4. Connect any peripheral cables and interface modules to the adapter.
    • 5. Connect the cables to the card and to an Ethernet network.
    • 6. Configure the adapter with the following command:
      • a. Connect the adapter and slot:
      • b. Configure the adapter and slot:
    • 7. Reconfigure the devices on the adapter
    • 3
    • Network Configuration
• Configuring the Network Host Files
  • 1. At the command line, use the grep command to search the /etc/path_to_inst file for ce interfaces.
  • 2. Use the ifconfig command to setup the adapter’s ce interface.
  • 3. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active ce interface.
• Setting Up a GigaSwift Ethernet Network on a Diskless Client System
  • To Set Up a GigaSwift Ethernet Port on a Diskless Client
    • 1. Locate the root directory of the diskless client on the host server.
    • 2. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver 1.0 Update 1 CD into the server’s CD-ROM drive.
    • 3. Use the pkgadd -R command to install the three GigaSwift Ethernet software packages to the dis...
    • 4. Eject the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver 1.0 Update 1 CD from the CD-ROM drive.
    • 5. Create a hostname.cenumber file in the diskless client’s root directory.
    • 6. Edit the hosts in the diskless client’s root directory.
    • 7. Be sure to set the MAC address on the server side and rebuild the device tree if you want to b...
    • 8. To boot the diskless client from the GigaSwift Ethernet port, type the following boot command:
• Installing the Solaris Operating Environment Over a GigaSwift Ethernet Network
  • To Install the Solaris Environment Over a GigaSwift Ethernet Network
    • 1. Prepare the install server and client system to install the Solaris operating environment over...
    • 2. Find the root directory of the client system.
    • 3. Insert the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver 1.0 Update 1 CD into the install server’s CD- ROM drive.
    • 4. On the install server, install the GigaSwift Ethernet software to the client’s root directory,...
    • 5. Eject the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver 1.0 Update 1 CD from the CD-ROM drive.
    • 6. Shut down and halt the client system.
    • 7. At the ok prompt, use the show-nets command to find the device path of the GigaSwift Ethernet ...
    • 8. At the ok prompt, boot the client system using the full device path of the Gigabit Ethernet de...
    • 9. Proceed with the Solaris operating environment installation.
    • 10. After installing the Solaris operating environment, install the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet softwa...
    • 11. Confirm that the network host files have been configured correctly during the Solaris install...
• Booting Over the GigaSwift Ethernet Network
  • TABLE31 Device Link Parameters
  • TABLE32 link-clock Capabilities for Link Up
  • 4
  • Configuring Driver Parameters
• GigaSwift Ethernet Device Driver Parameters
  • Driver Parameter Values and Definitions
    • TABLE41 ce Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions 
  • Operational Mode Parameters
    • TABLE42 Operational Mode Parameters 
  • Flow Control Parameters
    • TABLE43 Read-Write Flow Control Keyword Descriptions
  • Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls
    • TABLE44 Forced Mode Parameter
  • Interpacket Gap Parameters
    • TABLE45 Parameters Defining enable-ipg0 and ipg0
    • TABLE46 Read-Write Interpacket Gap Parameter Values and Descriptions
  • Interrupt Parameters
    • TABLE47 RX Blanking Register for Alias Read
  • Random Early Drop Parameters
    • TABLE48 RX Random Early Detecting 8-Bit Vectors
  • PCI Bus Interface Parameters
    • TABLE49 PCI Bus Interface Parameters
• Setting ce Driver Parameters
  • Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility
  • To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility
    • 1. Check the /etc/path_to_inst file to identify the instance associated with a particular device.
    • 2. Use the instance number to select the device.
    • Noninteractive and Interactive Modes
      • Using the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode
      • Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode
    • Setting the Autonegotiation Mode
    • To Disable Autonegotiation Mode
      • 1. Set the following driver parameters to the values that are described in the documentation that...
      • 2. Set the adv-autoneg-cap parameter to 0.
  • Setting Parameters Using the ce.confFile
  • To Set Driver Parameters Using a ce.conf File
    • 1. Obtain the hardware path names for the ce devices in the device tree.
      • a. Check the /etc/driver_aliases file to identify the name associated with a particular device:
      • b. Locate the path names and the associated instance numbers are in the /etc/path_to_inst file.
    • 2. Set the parameters for the above devices in the /platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/ce.conf file.
    • 3. Save the ce.conf file.
• Usability Enhancements to the Driver
• GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics
  • TABLE410 Read-Only ce Device Capabilities
  • Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities
    • TABLE411 Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities 
    • TABLE412 Transmit and Receive Parameters
    • To Check Link Partner Settings
      • CODEEXAMPLE41 Output from kstat Command 
      • Additional Uses for the kstat Command
        • 5
        • Configuring VLANs
• An Overview of VLANs
  • .
    • FIGURE51 Example of Servers Supporting Multiple VLANs with Tagging Adapters
• Configuring VLANs
  • FIGURE52 Ethernet Tag Header Format
  • To Configure Static VLANs
    • 1. Create one hostname6.cenum file for each VLAN which will be configured for each adapter on the...
    • 2. Use the ifconfig(1M) to configure a VLAN virtual device, for example:
    • 3. On the switch, set VLAN tagging and set VLAN ports to coincide with the VLANs you’ve set up on...
    • A
    • Specifications
• Connectors
  • FIGUREA1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter Connector
  • TABLEA1 SC Connector Link Characteristics (IEEE P802.3z)
  • FIGUREA2 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter Connector
  • TABLEA2 Cat-5 Connector Link Characteristics
• Performance Specifications
  • TABLEA3 Performance Sepcifications
• Physical Characteristics
  • TABLEA4 Physical Characteristics
• Power Requirements
  • TABLEA5 Power Requirements
  • B
  • Diagnostic Software and Troubleshooting Issues
• SunVTS Diagnostic Software
• Using the OpenBoot PROM FCode Self- Test
  • Running the Ethernet FCode Self-Test Diagnostic
    • 1. Shut down the system.
    • 2. At the ok prompt, set the auto-boot? configuration variable to false.
    • 3. Reset the system.
    • 4. Type show-nets to display the list of devices.
    • 5. Type the following to run the self-test using the test command:
    • 6. After testing the adapter, type the following to return the OpenBoot PROM to standard operatin...
    • 7. Set the auto-boot? configuration parameter to true.
    • 8. Reset and reboot the system.
• Troubleshooting Issues
  • Known Incompatibilities with Pre-IEEE 802.3z Network Switches
  • To Set Autonegotiation to off for a SunSwitch or an Alteon ACE 110 Switch
    • 1. Establish a connection to the switch using either a serial connection or a Telnet connection.
    • 2. At the Main# prompt, type cfg to display the Configuration menu and prompt (Configuration#).
    • 3. Type the following to disable autonegotiation on a GigaSwift Ethernet port.
    • 4. Type the following to apply and save your changes.
  • To Set Autonegotiation to off for Other Noncompliant Network Equipment
    • 1. Set the following GigaSwift Ethernet driver parameters to values according to the documentatio...
    • 2. Set the adv-autoneg-cap parameter to 0.
  • Failure to Configure GigaSwift Ethernet Instance
  • Non-Specific Issues
    • TABLEB1 Troubleshooting the GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter
    • 1. Add the following lines to the /etc/system file:
    • 2. Reboot system.
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