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Increasing TCP/IP Performance 14 Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 15 Auto-Negotiation 16 local-mac-address Property 16 A. Specifications 19 Physical Dimensions 19 Power Requirements 20 Performance Specifications 20 B. Interface Signals 23 C. Configuring the Quad FastEthernet Device...
Page 7 - Regulatory Compliance Statements
H Running the Ethernet FCode Selftest Diagnostic 42 E. Regulatory Compliance Statements 45 FCC Class A Notice 45 FCC Class B Notice 46 DOC Class A Notice - Avis DOC, Classe A 47 DOC Class B Notice - Avis DOC, Classe B 47 Declaration of Conformity 48 EMC 48 Supplementary Information 49 Index 51 Conte...
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Page 9 - How This Book Is Organized; viii
Preface The Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide providesinstallation instructions for the Sun TM Quad FastEthernet TM PCI Adapter. This manual also describes how to configure the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver software. These instructions are designed for system administrat...
Page 10 - Related Documents; UNIX Commands; ix
Related Documents The following documents contain topics that relate to the information in the SunQuad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide. Title Part Number Your system installation or service manual (System dependent) Solaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals (Release dependent)...
Page 11 - Typographic Conventions; Shell Prompts
Typographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Typeface orSymbol Meaning Example AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files, anddirectories; on-screen computeroutput Edit your .login file. Use ls -a to list all files. You have mail. AaBbCc123 What you ty...
Page 12 - Ordering Sun Documents; xi
Shell Prompt Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser # Ordering Sun Documents SunDocs SM is a distribution program for Sun Microsystems technical documentation. Contact SunExpress for easy ordering and quick delivery. You can find a listing ofavailable Sun documentation o...
Page 13 - Sun Welcomes Your Comments; xii
TABLE P–1 SunExpress Contact Information (continued) Sun Welcomes Your Comments Please use the Reader Comment Card that accompanies this document. We areinterested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments andsuggestions. If a card is not available, you can email or fax your comments ...
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Page 15 - Product Overview
CHAPTER 1 Product Overview The Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter contains four fully-buffered twisted-pairEthernet ports (RJ-45), providing four switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX channels,on a PCI adapter. Figure 1–1 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Figure 1–2 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Back Pa...
Page 16 - Features
Features This PCI adapter offers the following features: 4 Fully complies with the ANSI/IEEE std. 802.3 CSMA/CD physical layerspecification 4 Four Switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet channels with auto negotiation.Conforms to IEEE 802.3u Ethernet standard 4 Provides operations of up to 100 meter...
Page 17 - Displaying the OpenBoot PROM Revision Level; to check your system’s OpenBoot PROM
Checking the OpenBoot PROM RevisionLevel You can use the OpenBoot command .version to display your system’s OpenBoot PROM revision level. Displaying the OpenBoot PROM Revision Level 1. At the ok prompt, type .version to check your system’s OpenBoot PROM revision level. ok .version Release 3.00 Versi...
Page 19 - Installing the Adapter; file for the line required by the adapter.; Using a text editor, add the following line to the end of the
CHAPTER 2 Installing the Adapter This chapter tells you how to install the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter in yoursystem and how to verify that it has been installed correctly. Adding an Entry to the driver_aliases File If your system is running the Solaris 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97 operating environme...
Page 20 - Power off your system and open the system unit.
Installing the Adapter Note - Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed instructions for the following tasks. 1. Power off your system and open the system unit. 2. Attach the adhesive copper strip of the wrist strap to the metal casing of the power supply. Wrap the other end t...
Page 21 - Verifying the Installation; interrupt the boot process and to get to the; command to list the system devices.; Diagnostic Testing; Examining Network Activity
Verifying the Installation After you have installed the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter, but before you bootyour system, perform the following tasks to verify the installation. Refer to theSolaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals manual or your Solaris documentationfor the detailed instructions. ...
Page 22 - at the
1. Examine network activity and incoming network packets by typing watch-net-all at the ok prompt. The watch-net-all command monitors network traffic on all network interfaces in the system. In the example below, the watch-net-all command tests all four of the adapter’s interfaces, two of which are ...
Page 23 - Rebooting the System; Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system.
Rebooting the System After you have examined the network activity, perform a reconfiguration boot onyour system so the operating environment can recognize the Sun Quad FastEthernetPCI adapter. 1. Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system. ok boot -r Refer to the Solaris 2.x Peripheral’s Handbook ...
Page 25 - Configuring the Driver Software; command to search the
CHAPTER 3 Configuring the Driver Software This chapter describes how to configure the driver software used by the Sun QuadFastEthernet PCI adapter. Installing the Driver Software The Sun Quad FastEthernet 2.0 CD-ROM contains the software required by the SunQuad FastEthernet PCI adapter. Install the ...
Page 26 - instance number of each interface you plan to use.
"/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@3,1" 7 "qfe" In the example above, the four SUNW,qfe@ x ,1 instances are from a Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter installed in slot 2. For clarity, the instance numbers arebold. 2. Create an /etc/hostname.qfe <num> file, where <num> correspond...
Page 27 - Booting From the Network
3. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active qfe channel. Using the example in Step 1 on page 11, you will have: # cat /etc/hosts# # Internet host table#127.0.0.1 localhost 129.144.10.57 zardoz loghost 129.144.11.83 zardoz-11129.144.12.41 zardoz-12 129.144.13.67 zardoz-13129...
Page 28 - Configuring Driver Parameters; Increasing TCP/IP Performance
Post-Installation Procedures (Optional) Perform the tasks in the following sections to customize the performance of the SunQuad FastEthernet PCI adapter. Configuring Driver Parameters The qfe device driver, which is loaded from the CD-ROM, controls the SUNW,qfe Ethernet devices. The device driver au...
Page 29 - Type the following, pressing the Return key at the end of line
Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100Mbps 1. At the ok prompt, use the show-devs command to list the system devices. You should see the full path names of the qfe devices, similar to the example below: /pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@0,1 /pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@1,1/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe...
Page 30 - Property
Auto-Negotiation A key feature of the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter is auto-negotiation. Theauto-negotiation protocol, as specified by the 100BASE-T standard, selects theoperation mode (half-duplex or full-duplex), and the auto-sensing protocol selectsthe speed (10 Mbps or 100 Mbps) for the adap...
Page 33 - Specifications
APPENDIX A Specifications Physical Dimensions TABLE A–1 Physical Dimensions Assembly Dimension Measurement Length 7.395 in (186.06 mm) Width 4.759 in (120.88 mm) Height: Primary component side 0.570 in. (14.48 mm) Back side 0.105 in. (2.67 mm) Weight 5.2 oz (148 g) 19
Page 34 - Performance Specifications
Power Requirements TABLE A–2 Power Requirements Specification Measurement Maximum Power Dissipation 14 Watts Maximum Power Consumption 2.8 Amps @ 5V Voltage Tolerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple Maximum 100 mV Operational Current 5V, 2.0 Amps Performance Specifications TABLE A–3 Performance Specifications Spec...
Page 37 - Interface Signals
APPENDIX B Interface Signals Figure B–1 32-Pin RJ-45 Connectors TABLE B–1 Pin Descriptions for the 32-Pin RJ-45 Connectors: Channels 0 - 3 Description CH0 CH1 CH2 CH3 TD+ 1 9 17 25 TD– 2 10 18 26 RD+ 3 11 19 27 Not Used 4 12 20 28 Not Used 5 13 21 29 RD– 6 14 22 30 Not Used 7 15 23 31 Not Used 8 16 ...
Page 39 - Internal Transceiver
APPENDIX C Configuring the Quad FastEthernetDevice Driver Parameters The qfe device driver controls the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter’s SUNW,qfe Ethernet devices. You can manually configure the qfe device driver parameters to customize each SUNW,qfe device in your system. This appendix provides ...
Page 40 - Driver Parameter Values and Definitions
Driver Parameter Values and Definitions This section describes the parameters and settings for the qfe device driver. Table C–1 lists these parameters. TABLE C–1 qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions Parameter Status Description transceiver_inuse Read only Defines the current status link_st...
Page 41 - Defining the Current Status
TABLE C–1 qfe Driver Parameter, Status, and Descriptions (continued) Parameter Status Description 100hdx_cap Read only Local transceiver capability of thehardware 10fdx_cap Read only Local transceiver capability of thehardware 10hdx_cap Read only Local transceiver capability of thehardware lp_autone...
Page 42 - Inter-Packet Gap Parameters
TABLE C–2 Read-Only Parameters Defining the Current Status Parameter Values Description link_status 0 1 Current link status = Link down = Link up link_speed 0 1 Valid only if the link is up = 10 Mbps = 100 Mbps link_mode 0 1 Valid only if the link is up = Half duplex = Full duplex Inter-Packet Gap P...
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If your network has systems that use longer IPG (the sum of ipg1 and ipg2 ) and if those machines seem to be slow in accessing the network, increase the values of ipg1 and ipg2 to match the longer IPGs of other machines. Defining an Additional Delay Before Transmittinga Packet Using lance_mode and i...
Page 45 - Reporting Transceiver Capabilities
Defining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets toTransmit The pace_size parameter (see Table C–6) defines the maximum number of back-to-back packets you can transmit at one time. If the value is zero, there is nolimit to the number of back-to-back packets that can be transmitted. TABLE C–6 Back-to-back...
Page 46 - Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities
TABLE C–7 Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities (continued) Parameter Values Description 10fdx_cap 0 1 Local transceiver capability of the hardware; initialized at startup = Not 10Mbit/sec full-duplex capable = 10Mbit/sec full-duplex capable 10hdx_cap 0 1 Local transceiver capability of the hardware; i...
Page 47 - Setting Parameters Using the; Identifying Device Instances; To Specify the Device Instance for the; file to identify the instance associated with a
If the link partner is capable of auto-negotiation (when lp_autoneg_cap is 1) then the speed and mode information is displayed when you use auto-negotiation and getthe link partner capabilities. Setting qfe Driver Parameters You can set the qfe device driver parameters in three ways ( ndd , /etc/sys...
Page 48 - Use the instance number to select the device.; Non-Interactive and Interactive Modes; Using the
"/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@1,1" 5 "qfe""/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@2,1" 6 "qfe""/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@3,1" 7 "qfe" In the example above, the four SUNW,qfe@ x ,1 instances are from a Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter installed in slot 2. For cl...
Page 49 - To modify a parameter value in interactive mode, specify; To list all the parameters supported by the
Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode 1. To modify a parameter value in interactive mode, specify ndd /dev/qfe , as shown below. The ndd utility then prompts you for the name of the parameter: # ndd /dev/qfename to get/set? (Enter the parameter name or ? to view all parameters) After entering th...
Page 50 - Setting Forced Mode; To Select One Local Transceiver Capability and; Select one of the following capabilities:; Auto-Negotiation Mode; To Set the Mode to Auto-Negotiation; advertise to the remote system, and set its value to 1.
Setting Forced Mode This section describes how to set forced mode (not capable of auto-negotiation). To Select One Local Transceiver Capability and Setting Forced Mode 1. Select one of the following capabilities: adv_100fdx_cap , adv_100hdx_cap , adv_10fdx_cap , or adv_10hdx_cap , and set its value ...
Page 53 - Obtain the hardware path names for the; devices in the device tree.
Setting ipg Driver Parameters Using a qfe.conf File 1. Obtain the hardware path names for the qfe devices in the device tree. Typically the path names and the associated instance numbers will be present inthe /etc/path_to_inst file. # grep qfe /etc/path_to_inst "/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/SUNW,qfe@0,1&#...
Page 55 - Running Diagnostics Tests
APPENDIX D Running Diagnostics Tests This appendix describes how to test the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter with itsFCode PROM selftest . Note - To test the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter further, refer to the SunVTS User’s Guide that shipped with your operating system. Using the OpenBoot PROM...
Page 57 - standard operating mode:
The following tests are run when the test command is executed: 4 hme register 4 MAC internal loopback 4 External loopback 4 100 Mbps PHY loopback 4 10 Mbps PHY loopback If the test passes, you will see these messages: Hme register test --- succeeded.Internal loopback test -- succeeded Transceiver ch...
Page 60 - FCC Class B Notice
Shielded Cables: Connections between the workstation and peripherals must bemade using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radiofrequency emission limits. Networking connections can be made using unshieldedtwisted-pair (UTP) cables. Modifications: Any modifications made to this ...
Page 62 - Declaration of Conformity; EMC; European Union — EC
Declaration of Conformity Compliance ID: QFEPCI Product Name: SUN QFE PCI This product has been tested and complies with: EMC European Union — EC This equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC Directive 89/336/EEC: EN55022 / CISPR22 (1985) Class A EN50082-1 IEC801-2 (1991) 4 kV (...
Page 63 - Safety; Supplementary Information
IEC801-4 (1988) 1.0 kV Power Lines, 0.5 kV Signal Lines EN61000-3-2/IEC1000-3-2(1994) Pass Safety This equipment complies with the following requirements of the Low VoltageDirective 73/23/EEC: 4 EN60950/IEC950 (1993) Supplementary Information This product was tested and complies with all the require...
Page 65 - Index
