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- Page 1 ™ SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide The Network Is the Computer ™ Sun Microsystems Computer Company 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 USA 415 960-1300 fax 415 969-9131 Part No.: 802-6021-10 Revision A, January 1996...
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Page 3: Table Of Contents
Contents 1. Preparing for Installation ......1.1 Features ......... 1.2 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter . - Page 4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 3.5.2 Diskless Client Booting for Solaris 2.4 ... 3.5.3 Booting From the Network Using Solaris 2.4 ..3.6 Post-Installation Procedures (Optional) ....3-10 3.6.1 Using Hubs That Do Not Send Link Pulses.
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Page 5: Unix Commands
Preface This manual describes how to install and use your SBus card. The procedures in this manual assume that you are a system or network administrator experienced in installing similar hardware and that you are familiar with Solaris administration. UNIX Commands This document may not include specific software commands or procedures. -
Page 6: Typographic Conventions
Typographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Typeface or Symbol AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 Shell Prompts The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell. Shell C shell C shell superuser... -
Page 7: Related Documents
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- Page 9 Connections between the workstation and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits. Modifications Modifications to this device, not approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc. may void the authority granted to the end user by the FCC to operate the equipment. DOC Class B Notice—Canada This digital apparatus does not exceed Class B limits for radio noise emission for a digital apparatus as set out in the Radio Interference Regulations of the Canadian Department of Communications.
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Page 11: Preparing For Installation
Preparing for Installation The SunSwift™ SBus Adapter offers Fast Ethernet and FastWide SCSI-2 capabilities on the same SBus card. SBus connector 1.1 Features This SBus card offers the following features: • • • Switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet. Automatically sets 10/100 Mbps speed. Conforms to IEEE 802.3u Ethernet standard. 20 Mbytes/s, 16-bit, single-ended SCSI-2 controller. -
Page 12: Requirements For Using The Sbus Adapter
1.2 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the following hardware and software requirements: SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 Hardware Requirements Sun SPARCstation™ systems with an available SBus slot Software Requirements Solaris™... - Page 13 SCSI Cabling You can daisy chain up to 15 devices on the SunSwift SBus Adapter as follows: Wide-to-wide devices Use a 68-pin to 68-pin cable. Always put wide SCSI devices closest to the host system. Wide-to-narrow devices Use a 68-pin to 50-pin cable. You can include only one wide-to-narrow cable along a chain of peripherals.
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Page 15: Installing The Adapter
Installing the Adapter 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. -
Page 16: Verifying The Installation
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.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals manual or your Solaris documentation for the detailed instructions. 1. -
Page 17: Watching Network Activity
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 ok watch-net-all /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/SUNW,hme@3,8c00000 Internal loopback test -- succeeded. Transceiver check -- Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. passed Using Onboard Transceiver - Link Up. - Page 18 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996...
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Page 19: Installing Sunswift Sbus
Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems This chapter describes SunSwift SBus Adapter software installation requirements for Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 software versions only. Note – You must have already installed the SunSwift SBus Adapter in your system prior to performing the following tasks. -
Page 20: Preparing For Software Installation
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 for remote CD-ROM access. For Solaris 2.5 Systems Some newer systems are pre-loaded with the SunSwift SBus Adapter driver (hme). -
Page 21: Net-Install Of Solaris 2.4 Over The Hme Interface
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. Note – The Solaris 2.4 CD-ROM cannot be used to perform a net-install (read only), thus the Solaris 2.4 CD image archive is required to update certain SunSwift SBus Adapter files. -
Page 22: Host File Configuration
5. Complete the client installation. Refer to your Solaris documentation for 6. Reboot the system. 7. Install the software drivers from the CD-ROM that came with the 3.3 Host File Configuration After installing the SunSwift SBus Adapter software, you must create a hostname.hme<num>... -
Page 23: Caution: Package Dependency
2. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active hme channel. Using the example in step 1, you will have: zardoz # cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 129.144.10.57 zardoz 129.144.11.83 zardoz-11 129.144.12.41 zardoz-12 3.4 Caution: Package Dependency Caution – There is a package dependency with the SunSwift SBus Adapter. Before proceeding, perform the following task. -
Page 24: Booting
3.5 Booting The following sections discuss various ways of booting. See the section that applies to your specific needs. 3.5.1 Booting From the Network Using Solaris 2.5 To use the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface as the boot device for Solaris 2.5 systems, perform the following tasks. -
Page 25: Diskless Client Booting For Solaris 2.4
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 to your client’s root partition by typing the following: # cd /export/root/<client name>/etc 2. -
Page 26: Booting From The Network Using Solaris 2.4
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 the device. Perform the following tasks to set up your system so the device driver can recognize the SunSwift SBus Adapter. - Page 27 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, excluding SUNW, prior to hme, similar to the example below: /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/hme@3,8c00000 8.
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Page 28: Post-Installation Procedures (Optional)
3.6 Post-Installation Procedures (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 802.3 Ethernet standards for link pulses, therefore do not send link pulses. -
Page 29: Configuring Driver Parameters
3.6.2 Configuring Driver Parameters The hme device driver, which is loaded from the CD-ROM, controls the SUNW,hme Ethernet device. The device driver automatically selects the link speed using the auto-negotiation protocol with the link partner. (See Section 3.6.5, “Auto-Negotiation.”) You can manually configure the hme device driver parameters to customize each SUNW,hme device in your system in one of three ways: •... -
Page 30: Mbps
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. 2. Type: 3. Type the following, pressing the Return key at the end of line 0: 4. -
Page 31: Auto-Negotiation
3.6.5 Auto-Negotiation A key feature of the SunSwift SBus Adapter is auto-negotiation. The auto- negotiation protocol, as specified by the 100BASE-T standard, automatically selects the operation mode (half-duplex or full-duplex) and speed (10 Mbps or 100 Mbps) for the adapter. The hme device driver operates the SUNW,hme device by default in half-duplex mode only. - Page 32 3-14 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996...
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Page 33: A. Running Diagnostics For Solaris 2.4
Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.4 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 is used primarily with the OpenWindows software interface that enables you to quickly and easily set test parameters to run tests. -
Page 34: A.1.1 Editing .Usertest File
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 A.1.2 The Sundiag Window Note – Examples in this section show Sundiag running in the OPEN LOOK® environment. - Page 35 The Sundiag window is divided into four small windows: • The system status window at the upper-left of the screen displays the status of the tests. • The performance monitor panel in the upper-middle of the screen displays the performance statistics for the system that is under test. •...
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Page 36: A.1.3 Starting The Test
A.1.3 Starting the Test 1. Review the information in the control panel, which identifies the devices 2. Click on the Start button. 3. Watch the console window for messages. 4. To interrupt a test or to stop after a test is completed, click on the Stop If no problems are identified during the testing, the SunSwift SBus Adapter is ready for operation in your system. -
Page 37: B.1 Sunswift Sbus Adapter Connectors
Interface Signals B.1 SunSwift SBus Adapter Connectors RJ-45 Connector B.2 RJ-45 Connector Signals 68-pin SCSI-2 Connector Signal Transmit+ Transmit- Receive+ No Connection No Connection Receive- No Connection No Connection... -
Page 38: B.3 Scsi-2 Connector Signals
B.3 SCSI-2 Connector Signals Signal SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_TERMPOWER SCSI_TERMPOWER PULLUP SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996 Signal SCSI_D<12>_ SCSI_D<13>_... -
Page 39: C.1 Physical Characteristics
Specifications C.1 Physical Characteristics Length Width Weight C.2 Power Requirements Maximum Power Dissipation Power Consumption Voltage Tolerance Ripple Operational Current C.3 Performance Specifications Maximum Ethernet Transfer Rate 10/100 Mbps Network Interface Ethernet Version SCSI Interface SBus Clock SBus Burst Sizes SBus Modes SBus Parity SBus Version... - Page 40 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—January 1996...