Page 3 - Contents; Installing SunSwift SBus; hme
iii Contents 1. Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 2. Installing the Adap...
Page 5 - Preface; UNIX Commands
v Preface This manual describes how to install and use your SBus card. The procedures in this manual assume that you are a system or networkadministrator experienced in installing similar hardware and that you arefamiliar with Solaris administration. UNIX Commands This document may not include speci...
Page 6 - Typographic Conventions
vi SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 Typographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Shell Prompts The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser promptfor the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell. Ty...
Page 7 - Related Documents
Preface vii Related Documents The following documents contain topics that relate to the informationin the SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide. Ordering Sun Documents The SunDocs Order Desk is a distribution center for Sun Microsystemstechnical documents. You can use major credit card...
Page 8 - Sun Welcomes Your Comments
viii SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 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 f...
Page 9 - FCC Class B Notice—United States; Shielded Cables
Preface ix FCC Class B Notice—United States This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause und...
Page 11 - Preparing for Installation
1-1 Preparing for Installation 1 The SunSwift™ SBus Adapter offers Fast Ethernet and FastWide SCSI-2capabilities on the same SBus card. 1.1 Features This SBus card offers the following features: • Switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet. Automatically sets10/100 Mbps speed. Conforms to IEEE 802.3u E...
Page 12 - Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter
1-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 1 1.2 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the followinghardware and software requirements: Hardware Requirements Sun SPARCstation™ systems with an available SBus slot S...
Page 13 - SCSI Cabling; Ethernet Cabling
Preparing for Installation 1-3 1 SCSI Cabling You can daisy chain up to 15 devices on the SunSwift SBus Adapter as follows: • Single byte data transfers from an odd memory address to a SCSI device arenot supported by the SunSwift SBus Adapter SCSI-2 ( fas ) device. Refer to SMCC Open Issues Suppleme...
Page 15 - Installing the Adapter; Performing the Installation
2-1 Installing the Adapter 2 This chapter tells you how to install the adapter in your system and verify thatthe adapter is correctly installed. 2.1 Performing the Installation Note – Refer to your system installation or service manual (and the SCSI device installation manual, as necessary) for deta...
Page 16 - Verifying the Installation; to interrupt the boot process and to get to the; command to list the system devices.; Note –; Diagnostics Testing
2-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 2 2.2 Verifying the Installation After the SunSwift SBus Adapter is installed, and before booting the system,verify installation by performing the following tasks. Refer to the Solaris 2.xHandbook for SMCC Peripherals manual or you...
Page 17 - Watching Network Activity; Where to Proceed
Installing the Adapter 2-3 2 2.3 Watching Network Activity Make sure that you are connected to an active network. ♦ You can watch network activity or incoming network packets by typing watch-net-all : Note – The network speed is the same as the speed of the hub to which your system is connected. See...
Page 20 - Preparing for Software Installation; For Solaris 2.5 Systems; As superuser, check for the; driver and its revision number by using
3-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 3 3.1 Preparing for Software Installation Note – If the CD-ROM drive that you are using for software installation is attached to a remote machine, refer to your SunOS installation guide forremote CD-ROM access. For Solaris 2.5 Syst...
Page 21 - Updating the Solaris 2.4 Archive to Use the; file by adding an entry for the SunSwift SBus; driver from the SunSwift SBus Adapter CD-ROM to the
Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-3 3 3.2 Net-Install of Solaris 2.4 Over the hme Interface This section is only applicable if you are installing Solaris 2.4 on a net-installclient system over the SunSwift SBus Adapter ( hme ) interface. Note – The Solaris 2....
Page 22 - detailed instructions.; Host File Configuration; for the first card use channel
3-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 3 5. Complete the client installation. Refer to your Solaris documentation for detailed instructions. 6. Reboot the system. 7. Install the software drivers from the CD-ROM that came with the SunSwift SBus Adapter. Refer to the CD-R...
Page 23 - Caution –; As superuser, check for the adapter packages by using the
Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-5 3 2. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active hme channel.Using the example in step 1, you will have: 3.4 Caution: Package Dependency Caution – There is a package dependency with the SunSwift SBus ...
Page 25 - Go to your client’s root partition by typing the following:; driver from the CD-ROM to the client’s root partition as
Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-7 3 3.5.2 Diskless Client Booting for Solaris 2.4 In order to boot a diskless client with a local SunSwift SBus Adapter interface( hme ) on a Solaris 2.4 system, the following tasks must be performed on the boot server. 1. Go...
Page 26 - Type the following exactly as shown, spaces and quotation marks
3-8 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 3 3.5.3 Booting From the Network Using Solaris 2.4 The device name of newer SBus cards for Solaris 2.5 is identified by a“SUNW,” prefix. If your system is running Solaris 2.4, it will not recognize thedevice. Perform the following ...
Page 27 - to list your system devices and verify
Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-9 3 6. Press the Stop-A keys to get to the ok prompt. 7. At the ok prompt, type show-devs to list your system devices and verify that the name property was changed correctly.You should see the full path name of the hme device...
Page 28 - Using Hubs That Do Not Send Link Pulses; Type the following, pressing the Return key at the end of line
3-10 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 3 3.6 Post-Installation Procedures (Optional) Perform the tasks in the following sections to verify and customize theperformance of the SunSwift SBus Adapter. 3.6.1 Using Hubs That Do Not Send Link Pulses Certain hubs are not comp...
Page 30 - Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps
3-12 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 3 3.6.4 Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 1. At the ok prompt, use the show-devs command to list the system devices. You should see the full path name of the hme device, similar to the example below: 2. Type: 3. T...
Page 33 - Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.4
A-1 Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.4 A Note – For Solaris 2.5 diagnostics testing, refer to the SunVTS 1.0 User’s Guide. A.1 Sundiag Sundiag is an on-line system exerciser that runs diagnostic hardware tests. It isused primarily with the OpenWindows software interface that enables you toquickly a...
Page 34 - File; Login as superuser and then type the following:
A-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 A A.1.1 Editing .usertest File 1. Login as superuser and then type the following: 2. Edit the file .usertest by adding the following line wherein the format is test label, test name, and command-line arguments.The example given is ...
Page 36 - Watch the console window for messages.
A-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 A A.1.3 Starting the Test 1. Review the information in the control panel, which identifies the devices that are available for testing.Click on the device that you want to test, in this case (USER 0) nettest .Your selection is confi...
Page 37 - Interface Signals; B.1 SunSwift SBus Adapter Connectors
B-1 Interface Signals B B.1 SunSwift SBus Adapter Connectors B.2 RJ-45 Connector Signals Pin Signal 1 Transmit+ 2 Transmit- 3 Receive+ 4 No Connection 5 No Connection 6 Receive- 7 No Connection 8 No Connection RJ-45 Connector 68-pin SCSI-2 Connector 1 8 1 35 68 34
Page 39 - Specifications; C.1 Physical Characteristics
C-1 Specifications C C.1 Physical Characteristics C.2 Power Requirements C.3 Performance Specifications Length 5.78 in. (147.70 mm) Width 3.3 in. (83.82 mm) Weight 4.0 oz. (113.40 g) Maximum Power DissipationPower Consumption 9.5 Watt0.9 Amps @ 5Volts Voltage Tolerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple Maximum 100 m...
