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vii Contents Preface xv 1. Overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter 1 Product Description 2 Features 3 Overview of the Installation Procedur e 4 Installation Methods 4 Models of Hot Swap 4 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 5 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 6 2.
viii Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter in Cold-Swap Mode 21 ▼ T o Power Of f the Server 21 ▼ T o Install .
Contents ix Booting the System Over a Sun Quad FastEthernet Interface 48 ▼ T o Boot the System Over the Network 48 A. Specif ications 51 Ethernet Port Locations and Descriptions 52 Operation Specifi.
x Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000 Disabling the Network Interfaces and Removing the Adapter 76 ▼ T o Disable the Network Interfaces and Remove the Adapter 76 Replacing the Adapter and Activating the Network Interfaces 78 ▼ T o Replace the Adapter and Activate the Network Interfaces 78 D.
xi Figur es FIGURE 1-1 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter (Rear-Access Version) 2 FIGURE 1-2 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter (Front-Access Version) 3 FIGURE 2-1 CompactPCI Slot Pa.
xii Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 FIGURE 3-6 Ejection Lever Tabs Installed in the Slot’s Cutouts (Two Types of Levers) 33 FIGURE 3-7 Lo.
xiii T ables T ABLE 1-1 Rear-Access Installation Overview 5 T ABLE 1-2 Front-Access Installation Overview 6 T ABLE A-1 Pin Descriptions for the Four 8-Pin RJ-45 Connectors (Ports 0 to 3) 53 T ABLE A-2.
xiv Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000.
xv Pr eface The Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide provides installation and conf iguration instructions for the Sun Quad FastEthernet™ 6U CompactPCI adapter . These instructions are designed for system administrators with experience installing similar hardwar e.
xvi Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000 Using UNIX Commands This document may not contain information on basic UNIX ® commands and procedur es such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices.
Pref ace xvii Shell Pr ompts Related Documentation T ABLE P-2 Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine_name % C shell superuser machine_name # Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn she.
xviii Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000 Accessing Sun Documentation Online The docs.sun.com sm web site enables you to access Solaris technical documentation on the W eb. Y ou can browse the docs.
1 CHAPTER 1 Overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter This chapter contains an overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter, including: ■ “Product Description” o.
2 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Pr oduct Description The Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter contains four fully buffered twisted-pair Ethernet ports (RJ-45), providing four switchable 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX channels, on a CompactPCI adapter .
Chapter 1 Overview of the Sun Quad F astEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter 3 FIGURE 1-2 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter (Fr ont-Access V ersion) Caution – Do not attempt to use the rear -access adapter ’s rear transition car d ( FIGURE 1- 1 ) with the front-access adapter ( FIGURE 1-2 ).
4 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Overview of the Installation Pr ocedur e This section presents an overview of the terminology and lists the major tasks you will perform when installing the adapter into your system.
Chapter 1 Overview of the Sun Quad F astEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter 5 CompactPCI platform without affecting the other functions of the platform. The standard also def ines state transitions for the hardware and softwar e connection processes that allow the car d to be connected and configured.
6 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Installing the Fr ont-Access Adapter The following table lists the main procedures you will perform when you install and configur e the front-access adapter ( FIGURE 1-2 ).
7 CHAPTER 2 Installing the Rear -Access Adapter This chapter describes how to install the rear -access version of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter in a hot-swap-compatible server .
8 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Pr eparing for the Installation Before installing the adapter , prepare for the installation by assembling the appropriate tools, unpacking the ship kit, selecting a CompactPCI slot, and determining a mode of installation.
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 9 Selecting a CompactPCI Slot Pair in the System The rear -access version of the adapter is exclusively designed to be installed in a rear -accessible 6U system.
10 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Determining the Installation T ype Y ou can install the adapter in the system in either a hot-swap mode or in a cold- swap mode. (See “Installation Methods” on page 4 for more information.
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 11 ▼ T o Install the Rear T ransition Car d Install the rear transition car d in the rear CompactPCI slot that you selected in “Selecting a CompactPCI Slot Pair in the System” on page 9. 1. Retrieve the wrist strap from the adapter ’ s ship kit.
12 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 5. W ith the card resting on the mat, press the levers outward to open the ejection levers. The card may contain dif ferent types of ejection levers. For example, FIGURE 2-3 shows two possible types of levers.
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 13 FIGURE 2-4 Aligning the Rear T ransition Card W ith the CompactPCI Slot Card Guide 7. Push the card all the way in the slot until the two ejection levers move inward. The tabs of the ejection levers (see FIGURE 2-5 ) should fit smoothly into the rectangular cutouts in the top and bottom of the slot.
14 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 8. Close the ejection levers by pushing the levers in toward the card. The card may contain dif ferent types of ejection levers. For example, FIGURE 2-6 shows two possible types of levers.
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 15 FIGURE 2-7 Ejection Levers Installed in the Slot’s Cutouts (T wo T ypes of Levers) 9. Using a No. 0 Phillips screwdriver , tighten the captive screws inside the card’ s top and bottom ejection levers.
16 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 ▼ T o Install the Rear -Access Front Car d After installing the rear transition card, you can install the fr ont card. The fr ont card is hot-swap aware, which means the system will r ecognize the card during the installation.
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 17 Before installing the car d in the system, you will need to open the card’s ejection levers (see FIGURE 2-9 ). FIGURE 2-9 Location of the Fr ont Card’s Ejection Levers 6. W ith the card resting on the on the mat, press the levers outward to open the ejection levers.
18 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 7. Lift up the card, and keeping it perfectly vertical, carefully slide the card into the selected slot. Be sure to align the top and bottom of the car d into the slot’s card guides ( FIGURE 2-10 ).
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 19 10. Locate the hot-swap LED on the front card to determine if the card has been activated and is attached to the system (see FIGURE 2-1 1 ). FIGURE 2-11 Location of the Rear -Access Adapter ’s Hot-Swap LED on the Front Card The hot-swap LED shows whether the adapter has been activated.
20 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 12. Log in to the server . Refer to the server ’s documentation for the procedure. 13. At the terminal prompt, type the hot-swap software commands to identify and attach the adapter to the server .
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 21 16. Remove the wrist strap from the chassis and from your wrist. See “Connecting the Cables to the Rear T ransition Card” on page 26 for instructions on connecting the cables to the rear transition card.
22 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 2. Follow the appropriate procedures, as documented in the system’ s service manual, to shut down and power off the server . Refer to the system’s documentation for the complete power off procedur e.
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 23 6. Lift up the card, and keeping it perfectly vertical, carefully slide the card into the selected rear slot. Be sure to align the top and bottom of the car d into the slot’s card guides ( FIGURE 2-4 ).
24 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 4. If the front slot contains a factory-installed f iller panel, remove the f iller panel before installing the card. Refer to the system’s documentation for instructions on how to remove the filler panel.
Chapter 2 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 25 ▼ T o Power On the Server This procedur e describes a general overview for powering on the server . Refer to your server ’s documentation for the exact procedure. 1. Before powering on the server , make sure that all any peripheral devices connected to the server are powered on.
26 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Connecting the Cables to the Rear T ransition Car d After installing the adapter in the system, you can attach the Ethernet cables to the Ethernet ports on the rear transition car d.
27 CHAPTER 3 Installing the Fr ont-Access Adapter This chapter describes how to install the front-access version of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter in a CompactPCI hot-swap-compatible server . The front-access version of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter contains a hot-swap LED, four Ethernet ports, and link LEDs.
28 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Pr eparing for the Installation Before installing the adapter , prepare for the installation by assembling the appropriate tools, unpacking the ship kit, selecting a CompactPCI slot, and determining a mode of installation.
Chapter 3 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 29 Determining the Installation T ype Y ou can install the adapter in the system in either a hot-swap mode or in a cold- swap mode.
30 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 4. If the slot contains a factory-installed f iller panel, remove the f iller panel before installing the adapter . Refer to the system’s documentation for instructions on how to remove the filler panel.
Chapter 3 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 31 FIGURE 3-2 Opening the Ejection Levers (T wo T ypes of Levers) 7. Lift up the adapter , and keeping it perfectly vertical, carefully slide the adapter into the selected slot. Be sure to align the top and bottom of the adapter into the slot’s car d guides ( FIGURE 3-3 ).
32 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 8. Push the adapter all the way into the slot until the two ejection levers move inward. The tabs of the ejection levers (see FIGURE 3-4 ) should fit smoothly into the rectangular cutouts in the top and bottom of the slot.
Chapter 3 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 33 When installed correctly , the ejection lever tabs will fit smoothly into the r ectangular cutouts in the top and bottom of the slot ( FIGURE 3-6 ). FIGURE 3-6 Ejection Lever T abs Installed in the Slot’s Cutouts (T wo T ypes of Levers) 10.
34 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 The hot-swap LED shows whether the adapter has been activated. ■ If the hot-swap LED is OFF (unlit), the I/O slots in the server have been set to full hot swap and the adapter has been activated.
Chapter 3 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 35 For example, if the attachment point ID is pci_pci0:cpci_slot3 (the third CompactPCI slot on the server), you would type: The hot-swap LED should go off, indicating that the adapter has been activated. 14.
36 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Installing the Fr ont-Access Adapter in Cold-Swap Mode Note – When installing the adapter in a server in cold-swap mode, you must consult the documentation that shipped with the server .
Chapter 3 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 37 3. V erify that the system’ s power LED is off (unlit), indicating that the system is completely powered off. Refer to the system’s documentation for the location of the power LED. For example, on a Netra ct server , the power LED is on the front panel.
38 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 8. Push the adapter all the way into the slot until the two ejection levers move inward. The tabs of the ejection levers (see FIGURE 3-4 ) should fit smoothly in the rectangular cutouts in the top and bottom of the slot.
Chapter 3 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 39 3. During the power on sequence, watch the hot-swap LED on the adapter ( FIGURE 3-7 ). ■ The LED should blink quickly and then stay off if the adapter was installed correctly . ■ If the hot-swap LED remains on (lit), the adapter was not installed correctly .
40 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Connecting the Cables to the Fr ont-Access Adapter After installing the adapter , you can attach the Ethernet cables to the adapter ’s connectors. ▼ T o Connect the Cables to the Fr ont-Access Ethernet Ports 1.
41 CHAPTER 4 Conf iguring the Network Software This chapter describes how to configur e the network software files associated with the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter. This chapter also contains additional software and f irmware procedur es that may be needed when configuring the adapter .
42 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Attaching the Sun Quad FastEthernet Interfaces to the Network The adapter ’s four FastEthernet network interfaces are controlled by the Sun Quad FastEthernet qfe (1M) device driver .
Chapter 4 Configur ing the Networ k Software 43 In the preceding example, the four SUNW,qfe instances are fr om a Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter. The path_to_inst file contains the full device path names to the four SUNW,qfe instances, the instance numbers (shown in bold type), and the driver names ( qfe ).
44 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Using the instance examples in Step 2, the following example shows the four /etc/hostname.
Chapter 4 Configur ing the Networ k Software 45 5. Activate the new qfe interfaces using the ifconfig command. For each adapter interface, type the following at the command line, replacing instance wi.
46 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 If the adapter is connected to a link partner with which the autonegotiation protocol fails to operate successfully , you can conf igure the device not to use this protocol and force the driver to set up the link in the mode and speed of your choice.
Chapter 4 Configur ing the Networ k Software 47 2. At a terminal prompt, type the following command to set the property to true: 3. Use the ifconfig command to stop all network activity travelling over the adapter ’ s Ethernet interfaces.
48 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 6. Use the ifconfig command to activate the adapter ’ s Ethernet interfaces.
Chapter 4 Configur ing the Networ k Software 49 3. At the ok prompt, type show-nets to list the network devices on your system. Y ou should see the full path name of the qfe devices, similar to the following example: 4. Select the qfe device that you want to use as a boot device.
50 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000.
51 APPENDIX A Specif ications This appendix defines the connector pin descriptions and lists the specif ications for the rear - and front-access versions of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter.
52 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Ethernet Port Locations and Descriptions FIGURE A-1 shows the four Ethernet port connectors of both the rear-access and front-access versions of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter.
Appendix A Specifications 53 Operation Specif ications T ABLE A-1 Pin Descriptions for the Four 8-Pin RJ-45 Connectors (Ports 0 to 3) Description P ort 0 P ort 1 P ort 2 P ort 3 Not Used 1 1 1 1 Not U.
54 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Physical Dimensions Physical Dimensions of the Rear -Access Adapter T ABLE A-3 Physical Dimensions (Rear-Access) Dimension Measurement Front card: Length 233.
Appendix A Specifications 55 Physical Dimensions of the Fr ont-Access Adapter Envir onmental Specif ications T ABLE A-4 Physical Dimensions (Front-Access) Dimension Measurement Length (with the card guide) 233.35 mm (9.19 in.) Length (without the card guide) 100.
56 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Power Requir ements T ABLE A-6 Power Requirements Specification Measurement Maximum power dissipation 14 watts Maximum power consumption 2.8 amps @ 5V V oltage tolerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple Maximum 100 mV Operational current 5V , 2.
57 APPENDIX B Conf iguring the Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters The qfe (1M) device driver controls the four Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter SUNW,qfe Ethernet devices. Y ou can manually set the qfe device driver parameters to customize each SUNW,qfe device in your system.
58 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters This section describes the hardware overview of the local transceiver used in the adapter and defines the qfe device driver parameters.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 59 Device Driver Parameter V alues and Def initions T ABLE B-1 lists the qfe device driver parameters.
60 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Parameters that Def ine the Curr ent Status The read-only parameters described in T ABLE B-2 explain the operational mode of the interface. The following parameters display the current status of an interface.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 61 If your network has systems that use longer IPG (the sum of ipg1 and ipg2 ), and if those systems seem to be slow when accessing the network, increase the values of ipg1 and ipg2 to match the longer IPGs of the other systems.
62 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Operational Mode Parameters T ABLE B-5 describes the operational mode parameters and their default values.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 63 Def ining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to T ransmit The pace_size parameter (see T ABLE B-6 ) defines the maximum number of back-to- back packets you can transmit at one time.
64 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Parameters That Report the Link Partner Capabilities T ABLE B-8 describes the read-only link partner capabilities.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 65 Setting the qfe Device Driver Parameters This section describes how to set the qfe device driver parameters in three ways: ■ Using the ndd utility ■ Using the qfe.
66 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 ▼ T o Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility 1. Check the /etc/path_to_inst f ile to identify the instance number associated with a particular SUNW,qfe device.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 67 Using the ndd Utility in Noninteractive Mode This section describes how to modify a parameter value and how to display a parameter value using the ndd utility in noninteractive mode.
68 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 ● T o list all the parameters supported by the qfe driver , type ndd /dev/qfe ? at a terminal prompt.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 69 Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode ● T o modify a parameter value in interactive mode, start the utility as shown below . The ndd utility prompts for the name of a parameter: After you type the parameter name, the ndd utility prompts for the parameter value.
70 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Setting Forced Mode Using the ndd Utility This section describes how to force a network speed over an interface (forced mode) and to disable autonegotiation.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 71 T o Enable Autonegotiation Using the ndd Utility This section describes how to set at least one of the four operational modes and enable autonegotiation. See “Autonegotiation Protocol” on page 45 for more information about the autonegotiation and operational modes.
72 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Setting Parameters Using the qfe.conf File T o set the qfe driver parameters for qfe devices so that the parameter variables stay in effect after r ebooting the system, create a qfe.
Appendix B Configur ing the Sun Quad FastEthernet De vice Driver P arameters 73 ▼ T o Set Driver Parameters By Cr eating a qfe.conf File 1. Log in to the system. Refer to the server ’s documentation for the procedure. 2. Obtain the hardware path names for the qfe devices in the device tree.
74 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 In the third line of the pr evious example: ■ Name = SUNW,qfe ■ Parent = /pci@1f,0/pci@1/pci@1/pci@a.
75 APPENDIX C Removing and Replacing the Adapter This appendix describes how to disable the adapter ’s qfe interfaces prior to removing the adapter fr om a system, and how to activate the interfaces after replacing the adapter .
76 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Disabling the Network Interfaces and Removing the Adapter This procedur e describes how to disable the adapter ’s qfe interfaces before removing the adapter fr om a hot-swap server .
Appendix C Removing and Replacing the Adapter 77 3. Remove the adapter from the system as documented in the system’ s service manual. Caution – Yo u must follow the instructions outlined in your system’s service manual for the removal of network interface I/O cards.
78 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Replacing the Adapter and Activating the Network Interfaces This procedur e describes how to activate the qfe interfaces after replacing the adapter into the system.
79 APPENDIX D T esting the Adapter This appendix describes how to test the adapter using either the SunVTS diagnostic application or the onboard FCode self-test.
80 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 Using the SunVTS Diagnostic Softwar e The SunVTS software executes multiple diagnostic hardwar e tests from a single user interface. It is used to verify the configuration and functionality of most har dware controllers and devices.
Appendix D T esting the Adapter 81 Using the OpenBoot PROM FCode Self-T est The Sun Quad FastEthernet adapter ’s self-test verifies the correct operation of the adapter and identifies any har dware pr oblems with the adapter . The self-test is a suite of tests that reside in the adapter ’s FCode PROM.
82 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 4. Set the diag-switch? parameter to true to see the diagnostic power-on self-test (POST) messages. 5. Reset the system to activate these parameter changes.
Appendix D T esting the Adapter 83 The following tests are run when you execute the test command: ■ HME register ■ MAC internal loopback ■ 100 Mbps PHY loopback ■ 10 Mbps PHY loopback Note – T o test all of the interfaces of the adapter , you will need to execute the test command separately for each SUNW,qfe interface.
84 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 9. Reset and reboot the system. Refer to the system’s documentation for the correct procedur es for bringing up the system.
Inde x 85 Index A activating network interfaces, 78 autonegotiation, 45, 64, 71 B booting over a qfe network, 48 C cabling front-access adapter, 40 rear -access adapter, 2 6 cold swap defined, 4, 7 ,.
86 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 overview of installation, 6 powering off the server, 38 preparing for installation, 8, 28 removing, 76 r.
Inde x 87 ok prompt, 48, 8 1 test command, 82 viewing device path names, 43 , 49 operation mode full-duplex, 45 half-duplex, 45 operation specifications, 53 P path_to_inst file, 42, 66, 73 PCI FastEth.
88 Sun Quad F astEther net 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide • June 2000 SUNW,qfe devices, 42, 49, 57, 65, 82 T test diagnostic command, 81 testing, 79 to 84 tools requir ed for.
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