Sun Microsystems GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter - Manual

Sun Microsystems GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter

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Table of Contents:

  • Page 3 – Contents; Preface
  • Page 4 – Network Configuration; ce
  • Page 5 – Configuring VLANs
  • Page 6 – netlbtest; Index
  • Page 7 – Figures
  • Page 9 – Tables
  • Page 11 – Declaration of Conformity
  • Page 15 – Regulatory Compliance Statements; FCC Class A Notice
  • Page 17 – BSMI Class A Notice
  • Page 19 – How This Book Is Organized; Appendix A describes how to install the driver software manually.
  • Page 20 – Using UNIX Commands; This document might not contain information on basic UNIX; Typographic Conventions; su
  • Page 21 – Shell Prompts
  • Page 22 – Third-Party Web Sites
  • Page 23 – “Hardware Overview” on page 1; Hardware Overview
  • Page 24 – LED Displays on the MMF Adapter
  • Page 25 – LED Displays on the UTP Adapter
  • Page 26 – Hardware and Software Requirements; Caution –; Patch Requirements
  • Page 27 – Product Features; Key Protocols and Interfaces; Full-duplex gigabit Ethernet interface
  • Page 29 – Installing the Adapter; Note –; cfgadm
  • Page 30 – To Install the Adapter; Power off all of the peripherals connected to your system.; Save the filler panel screw for Step 9.; it is firmly seated in the slot.
  • Page 31 – Detach the wrist strap and close the system unit.; Green LEDs will not light until the correct driver is installed.; To Verify the Hardware Installation; supported if your system is running Solaris 9 x86 software.; sequence to interrupt the boot process and display the OpenBoot (; ok
  • Page 32 – List the network devices on your system.; network
  • Page 33 – file for a list of device properties.; properties
  • Page 35 – Type the following when you finish looking at the; Setting the; true
  • Page 36 – List the network devices on your system.; Rebooting the System; After verifying the adapter installation, use the; Using the Installation Script
  • Page 37 – connected to your system.; download instructions.; Change to the directory were the installation script resides:; Or
  • Page 38 – The script displays a menu of products:; Example 1: All Requirements Met on SPARC Systems
  • Page 39 – Example 2: All Requirements Met on Solaris 9 x86 Systems
  • Page 40 – Example 3: Updates Required
  • Page 42 – Example 4: Packages Missing
  • Page 43 – Verifying the Software Installation
  • Page 44 – Use the; modinfo; command to verify that you have the current driver (v1.136 or; If you type; Configuring the Network Host Files; After installing the driver software, you must create a
  • Page 45 – command to search the; number file, where number corresponds to the instance
  • Page 47 – “Configuring the Network Host Files” on page 25; command to set up the adapter ’s
  • Page 48 – Create an appropriate entry in the; up
  • Page 49 – support diskless clients.; command to install the three GigaSwift Ethernet software; Install the
  • Page 50 – Eject the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver CD from the CD-ROM drive.; number file in the diskless client’s root directory.; file in the diskless client’s root directory.; Edit the; boot from the GigaSwift Ethernet port.; GigaSwift Ethernet interface.; installing the Solaris Operating System over the network.
  • Page 51 – Find the root directory of the client system.; grep; If the root directory is not found in the
  • Page 52 – Eject the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver CD from the CD-ROM drive.; shutdown; command to find the device path of the
  • Page 53 – k must be set to; Proceed with the Solaris Operating System installation.
  • Page 54 – software on the client system.; pkginfo; Solaris installation.
  • Page 55 – The structure of the; depicts the device link parameters you can specify on the boot net
  • Page 57 – The link partner must be configured as link-clock slave.; Link partner must autonegotiate in order to link-up at 1000 Mbps.
  • Page 59 – Configuring Driver Parameters
  • Page 62 – Flow Control Parameters; The
  • Page 63 – Gigabit Link Clock Mastership Controls; Interpacket Gap Parameters
  • Page 65 – Interrupt Parameters; describes the receive interrupt blanking values.; Random Early Drop Parameters
  • Page 67 – Jumbo Frames; ifconfig
  • Page 68 – Set the instance to accept jumbo frames:; Setting
  • Page 69 – Setting Parameters Using the; file to identify the instance associated with a; Noninteractive and Interactive Modes
  • Page 70 – To Use the; ndd; To Use the; To modify a parameter value in interactive mode, specify; ndd
  • Page 71 – To list all the parameters supported by the; Setting the Autonegotiation Mode; By default, autonegotiation is set to
  • Page 72 – To Disable Autonegotiation Mode; off; parameter to
  • Page 73 – To Set Driver Parameters Using a
  • Page 74 – Set the parameters for the above devices in the; Usability Enhancements to the Driver
  • Page 75 – To get the link status of a driver, type the following command:; kstat
  • Page 76 – These statistics are part of the statistics presented by the
  • Page 77 – Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities; describes the read-only link partner capabilities.
  • Page 80 – To Check Link Partner Settings; If you are running the Solaris 8 Operating System, type the; command as
  • Page 83 – To Discover Link Partner Capabilities; command to discover link partner capabilities.
  • Page 84 – To Discover Link Settings; command to discover link settings.; Configuration Checking; Layer 2 Configuration Checking; Layer 3 Configuration Checking
  • Page 85 – “Overview of VLANs” on page 63; Overview of VLANs
  • Page 88 – shows the Ethernet Tag Header format.; received by that adapter must be in VLAN-tagged format.
  • Page 89 – To Configure Static VLANs; number file for each VLAN that will be configured for; each adapter on the server.; and; to configure a VLAN virtual device, for example:; The output of; you’ve set up on the server.
  • Page 91 – Installing the Software Manually; “Installing the Driver Software Manually” on page 69; Installing the Driver Software Manually; To Install the Driver Software Manually
  • Page 93 – If you intend to use VLAN, you must install VLAN packages when you; vlan; drivers are installed on the system:; If you are using a Solaris SPARC system:
  • Page 94 – replacing the; OS_VER with your version of the Solaris operating system:
  • Page 95 – Select the packages you want to install:; all; If the packages are already installed, verify the patch version.
  • Page 96 – Verifying Patches; lists and describes the patch versions:; To Install Patches; Verify patch versions for the GigaSwift Etnernet driver:
  • Page 97 – The patch version should be -24 or greater.
  • Page 98 – To Install a Sun VLAN Utility Patch; Verify patch versions for the VLAN utility software:; The patch version should be -04 or greater.; If the patch versions are not correct, install the correct patch.
  • Page 103 – Features Not Currently Supported
  • Page 104 – Please select the product to install: 2
  • Page 105 – Example: All Requirements Met on Solaris x86 Systems
  • Page 106 – To Install the Software Manually; You will see the following files and directories in the
  • Page 108 – A menu similar to the following displays:; Press Return or type
  • Page 109 – command to verify that you have the current driver (v1.137 or; Type
  • Page 111 – Specifications; Connectors
  • Page 113 – Performance Specifications
  • Page 115 – SunVTS Diagnostic Software; nettest
  • Page 116 – Ensure that the SunVTS software and the; down; unplumb
  • Page 117 – To Run the FCode Self-Test Diagnostic; test; to shut down and halt the system.
  • Page 118 – configuration variable to false.; system may be different from the examples shown here.; command and the device paths found in Step 6, to test the adapter
  • Page 120 – PROM to the standard operating mode.; configuration variable to true.; Troubleshooting Issues; To Set Autonegotiation to; You can set autonegotiation to
  • Page 121 – cfg; to display the Configuration menu and prompt; Replace portnumber with the Ethernet port used by the adapter.; Type the following to apply and save your changes.
  • Page 122 – documentation that shipped with your switch:; Failure to Configure GigaSwift Ethernet Instance; prtconf
  • Page 123 – Nonspecific Issues; describes the problems you may encounter in using the GigaSwift
  • Page 124 – Add the following lines to the
  • Page 125 – SYMBOLS
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Page 3 - Contents; Preface

iii Contents Preface xix 1. Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Overview 1 Hardware Overview 1 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF Adapter 1 LED Displays on the MMF Adapter 2 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP Adapter 2 LED Displays on the UTP Adapter 3 Hardware and Software Requirements 4 Patch Requirements 4 Product Fe...

Page 4 - Network Configuration; ce

iv Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004 Setting the local-mac-address? Variable 13 Rebooting the System 14 Using the Installation Script 14 ▼ To Install the Software Using the Installation Script 15 Verifying the Software Installation 21 Configuring the Network ...

Page 5 - Configuring VLANs

Contents v Setting Parameters Using the ce.conf File 50 ▼ To Set Driver Parameters Using a ce.conf File 51 Usability Enhancements to the Driver 52 GigaSwift Ethernet Driver Operating Statistics 54 Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities 55 5. Configuring VLANs 63 Overview of VLANs 63 Configuring VLA...

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