Setting Ce Driver Parameters; Setting Parameters Using The Ndd Utility; To Specify Device Instances For The Ndd Utility - Sun Microsystems x4422a User Manual

Then the machine is an UltraSPARC III, and you can safely enable the
infinit_burst parameter.

Setting ce Driver Parameters

You can set the ce device driver parameters in two ways:
Using the ndd utility
Using the ce.conf file
If you use the ndd utility, the parameters are valid only until you reboot the system.
This method is good for testing parameter settings.
To set parameters so they remain in effect after you reboot the system, create a
/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/ce.conf file and add parameter values to this
file when you need to set a particular parameter for a device in the system.

Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility

Use the ndd utility to configure parameters that are valid until you reboot the
system. The ndd utility supports any networking driver, which implements the Data
Link Provider Interface (DLPI).
The following sections describe how you can use the ce driver and the ndd utility to
modify (with the -set option) or display (without the -set option) the parameters
for each ce device.

To Specify Device Instances for the ndd Utility

Before you use the ndd utility to get or set a parameter for a ce device, you must
specify the device instance for the utility.
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