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SunSwift ™ SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide Part No.: 802-6021-10 Revision A, January 1996 The Network Is the Computer ™ Sun Microsystems Computer Company 2550 Garcia A venue Mountai.
Please Recycle Copyright 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Gar cia A venue, Mountain V iew , California 94043-1 100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This pr oduct or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation.
iii Contents 1. Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter .
iv SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3.5.2 Diskless Client Booting for Solaris 2.4 . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 3.5.3 Booting From the Network Using Solaris 2.4 . . . . . 3-8 3.6 Post-Installation Procedur es (Optional) .
v Pr eface This manual describes how to install and use your SBus card. The procedur es in this manual assume that you are a system or network administrator experienced in installing similar hardwar e and that you are familiar with Solaris administration.
vi SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 T ypographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Shell Pr ompts The following table shows the default system prompt and super user prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell.
Preface vii Related Documents The following documents contain topics that relate to the information in the SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide . Ordering Sun Documents The SunDocs Order Desk is a distribution center for Sun Micr osystems technical documents.
viii SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 Sun W elcomes Y our Comments Please use the Reader Comment Card that accompanies this document. W e are interested in impr oving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions.
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 r eceived, including interference that may cause undesir ed operation.
x SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996.
1-1 Pr eparing for Installation 1 The SunSwift™ SBus Adapter offers Fast Ethernet and FastW ide SCSI-2 capabilities on the same SBus card. 1.1 Featur es This SBus card of fers the following features: • Switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet. Automatically sets 10/100 Mbps speed.
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 following har.
Preparing for Installation 1-3 1 SCSI Cabling Y ou can daisy chain up to 15 devices on the SunSwift SBus Adapter as follows: • Single byte data transfers from an odd memory addr ess to a SCSI device are not supported by the SunSwift SBus Adapter SCSI-2 ( fas ) device.
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2-1 Installing the Adapter 2 This chapter tells you how to install the adapter in your system and verify that the 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 detailed instructions for the following tasks.
2-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 2 2.2 V erifying 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.
Installing the Adapter 2-3 2 2.3 Watching Network Activity Make sure that you ar e connected to an active network. ♦ Y ou 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.
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3-1 Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Softwar e On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3 This chapter describes SunSwift SBus Adapter software installation requir ements for Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 software versions only . Note – Y ou must have already installed the SunSwift SBus Adapter in your system prior to performing the following tasks.
3-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.1 Preparing for Softwar e Installation Note – If the CD-ROM drive that you are using for softwar e installation is attached to a remote machine, r efer to your SunOS installation guide for remote CD-ROM access.
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-install client system over the SunSwift SBus Adapter ( hme ) interface.
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 .
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 Adapter .
3-6 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.5 Booting The following sections discuss various ways of booting. See the section that applies to your specific needs. 3.5.1 Booting Fr om the Network Using Solaris 2.5 T o use the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface as the boot device for Solaris 2.
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 .
3-8 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.5.3 Booting Fr om 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.
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 .
3-10 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.6 Post-Installation Procedur es (Optional) Perform the tasks in the following sections to verify and customize the performance of the SunSwift SBus Adapter . 3.6.1 Using Hubs That Do Not Send Link Pulses Certain hubs are not compliant with the IEEE 802.
Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-1 1 3 3.6.2 Configuring Driver Parameters The hme device driver , which is loaded from the CD-ROM, contr ols the SUNW,hme Ethernet device. The device driver automatically selects the link speed using the auto-negotiation protocol with the link partner .
3-12 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.6.4 For cing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 1. At the ok prompt, use the show-devs command to list the system devices. Y ou should see the full path name of the hme device, similar to the example below: 2.
Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-13 3 3.6.5 Auto-Negotiation A key feature of the SunSwift SBus Adapter is auto-negotiation.
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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 r uns diagnostic hardwar e tests.
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.
Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.4 A-3 A The Sundiag window is divided into four small windows: • The system status window at the upper-left of the scr een displays the status of the tests. • The performance monitor panel in the upper-middle of the scr een displays the performance statistics for the system that is under test.
A-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 A A.1.3 Starting the T est 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 .
B-1 Interface Signals B B.1 SunSwift SBus Adapter Connectors B.2 RJ-45 Connector Signals Pin Signal 1 T ransmit+ 2 T ransmit- 3 Receive+ 4 No Connection 5 No Connection 6 Receive- 7 No Connection 8 No.
B-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 B B.3 SCSI-2 Connector Signals Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 2.
C-1 Specifications C C.1 Physical Characteristics C.2 Power Requirements C.3 Performance Specifications Length 5.78 in. (147.70 mm) W idth 3.3 in. (83.82 mm) W eight 4.0 oz. (1 13.40 g) Maximum Power Dissipation Power Consumption 9.5 W att 0.9 Amps @ 5V olts V oltage T olerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple Maximum 100 mV Operational Current 1.
C-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 C.
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If you already are a holder of Sun Microsystems SunSwiftTM, but have not read the manual yet, you should do it for the reasons described above. You will learn then if you properly used the available features, and whether you have not made any mistakes, which can shorten the lifetime Sun Microsystems SunSwiftTM.
However, one of the most important roles played by the user manual is to help in solving problems with Sun Microsystems SunSwiftTM. Almost always you will find there Troubleshooting, which are the most frequently occurring failures and malfunctions of the device Sun Microsystems SunSwiftTM along with tips on how to solve them. Even if you fail to solve the problem, the manual will show you a further procedure – contact to the customer service center or the nearest service center
