To Install A Pci Card; To Verify The Board Is Seen By The System; To Obtain Additional Assistance - Sun Microsystems SPARCengine Ultra AXi Technical Manual

Refer to the documentation provided with the PCI card. Usually software drivers
and related documentation are provided on CD-ROM or floppy diskettes. Read all
documentation furnished with the package. The manufacturers Web Site may also be
referred to for the latest product and driver information.
E.6.1

To Install a PCI Card

1. Shut down the system
2. Install the PCI card
3. Make necessary connections
4. Power up the system
5. Boot with -rv options
6. at system prompt, become super user
7. Add package using pkgadd command
8. Reboot if necessary
E.6.2

To Verify the Board is Seen by the System

1. Use the prtconf -D command to print the device tree.
It should show the PCI bus instances #0 and #1 for the two PCI buses on Photon.
There will be instances of various PCI cards connected to each one. A PCI card will
show up as pciVVVV,DDDD, where VVVV is the vendor id, e.g. 1011 and DDDD is
the device id, e.g. 008e. If the driver for the card is already loaded, then you may see
the device name supplied by the driver in the device tree.
2. Use the modinfo command to see if the driver for the card is loaded or not.
Typically the description of the driver will contain name of the product or the
vendor.
3. At the OBP prompt the PCI board should be visible in the device tree even if the
driver is not installed.
E.6.3

To Obtain Additional Assistance

1. Run the following commands and record the output.
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