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Quad FastEthernet
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Installation and User's Guide
Sun Microsystems Computer Company
A Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business
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Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
415 960-1300
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Part No.: 805-0732-10
Revision A, April 1997

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  • Page 1 ™ ™ Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide Sun Microsystems Computer Company A Sun Microsystems, Inc. Business 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 USA 415 960-1300 fax 415 969-9131 Part No.: 805-0732-10 Revision A, April 1997...
  • Page 2 14(g)(2)(6/87) and FAR 52.227-19(6/87), or DFAR 252.227-7015(b)(6/95) and DFAR 227.7202-3(a). Sun, Sun Microsystems, the Sun logo, FastEthernet, and Solaris are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and in other countries. All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International, Inc.
  • Page 3 FCC radio frequency emission limits. Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted-pair (UTP) cables. Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc. may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment.
  • Page 4 This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    1. Preparing for Installation ......Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Features... . .
  • Page 6 Installing the Solaris Environment on a System with the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter ....Host File Configuration....... . .
  • Page 7 Using the SunDiag System Exerciser..... . Editing the .usertest File ......SunDiag Main Window.
  • Page 8 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...
  • Page 9 Preface Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide provides installation instructions for the Sun™ Quad FastEthernet™ SBus Adapter. This manual also describes how to install and configure the Sun QuadFastEthernet driver software. These instructions are designed for a system administrator with networking experience.
  • Page 10 Related Documents The following documents contain topics that relate to the information in the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide. Title Part Number Your system installation or service manual (System dependent) Solaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals (Release dependent) SunVTS User’s Guide...
  • Page 11 Typographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example The names of commands, Edit your .login file. AaBbCc123 files, and directories; Use ls -a to list all files. on-screen computer output machine_name% You have mail.
  • Page 12 If a card is not available, you can email or fax your comments to us. Please include the part number of your document in the subject line of your email or fax message. • Email: smcc-docs@sun.com • Fax: SMCC Document Feedback 1-415-786-6443 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 13: Preparing For Installation

    Preparing for Installation The Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter contains four fully-buffered twisted-pair Ethernet ports (RJ-45), providing four switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX channels, on a single-wide SBus adapter. SBus connector Ethernet connectors Figure 1-1 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter...

  • Page 14: Sun Quad Fastethernet Sbus Adapter Features

    Multiple IDs with local media access control (MAC) IP storage • Full packet buffering for transmit and receive packets 64 Kbytes of memory for data • Link integrity LED for each channel Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 15: Hardware And Software Requirements

    Hardware and Software Requirements Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the following hardware and software requirements: Table 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements Supported Operating Solaris 2.4, 2.5, 2.5.1, 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97 releases Environments Supported Systems Solaris 2.4 SPARCstation™...

  • Page 16: Checking The Openboot Prom Revision Level

    Release 2.26 Version 1203 created 96/04/19 09:44:48 Warning for SPARCserver 1000/1000E and SPARCcenter 2000/2000E Systems Warning – If you are installing the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter in a SPARCserver 1000/1000E or a SPARCcenter 2000/2000E system, your system’s OpenBoot PROM must be release 2.26 or later. Release 2.26 is required on the master system board.

  • Page 17: Installing The Adapter

    Installing the Adapter This chapter tells you how to install the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter in your system and how to verify that it has been installed correctly. Checking for Other FastEthernet (hme) Devices Earlier versions of the FastEthernet (hme) driver, which are bundled with the Solaris 2.5 and 2.5.1 operating environments, do not support the functionality...

  • Page 18: Installing The Adapter On A System With An Hme Device

    Installing the Adapter on a System with an hme Device Before installing the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter into the system with an hme device, you must remove all lines containing the hme device from the /etc/path_to_inst file. Warning – If you do not remove these lines, the system will encounter problems when you reboot your system after the adapter installation.

  • Page 19: Installing The Adapter

    AnswerBook™ documentation. 2. If you are replacing an SBus card with the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter, remove the old card now. 3. Install the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter in the selected SBus slot.

  • Page 20: Examining Network Activity

    Note – In the example above, the number 1 following SUNW,hme@ corresponds to the SBus slot in which the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter resides. If you do not see the devices listed, check that the adapter is properly seated and, if necessary, reinstall the adapter.
  • Page 21 Examine network activity and incoming network packets by typing at the ok prompt. watch-net-all The watch-net-all command monitors network traffic on all network interfaces in the system. In the example below, the watch-net-all command tests all four of the adapter’s interfaces, two of which are connected to a network.

  • Page 22: Rebooting The System

    Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter. Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system. ok boot -r Refer to the Solaris 2.x Peripheral’s Handbook for more information. Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 23: Installing The Sun Quadfastethernet Driver Software

    Note – If you do not already have a FastEthernet (hme) device on your system, you will need to install the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter in your system prior to performing the tasks in this chapter. See “Checking for Other...

  • Page 24: Installing The Software Drivers From The Cd-Rom

    Installing the Software Drivers From the CD-ROM The Sun QuadFastEthernet Driver Software 1.0 CD-ROM (704-5788-10) contains the software required by the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter. Mounting the CD-ROM 1. Become superuser (root). 2. Insert the Sun QuadFastEthernet Driver Software 1.0 CD into a CD-ROM drive that is connected to your system.

  • Page 25: Files And Directories On The Cd-Rom

    Files and Directories on the CD-ROM You will see the following files and directories in the /cdrom/sun_quadfast_1_0 directory or the /cdrom directory, depending on how you mounted the CD-ROM. File or Directory Contents U.S. Copyright file Copyright French Copyright file FR_Copyright Contains the SUNWhmdl and SUNWhmdlu software packages that Sol_2.4...
  • Page 26 CD-ROM using the mount command, type: # /usr/sbin/pkgadd -d /cdrom/Sol_2.5.1 SUNWhmdl SUNWhmdlu 2. After the software has been installed, unmount and eject the CD-ROM as follows: # cd / # umount /cdrom # eject cdrom Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 27: Over The Hme Interface

    The final tasks of this procedure depend if you have already installed the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter into your system: If have not installed the adapter, install the adapter now. See “Installing the Adapter” on page 7 for installation instructions. Follow the instructions in the remainder of Chapter 2 to verify the adapter’s...
  • Page 28 Adapter 2.0), skip to Step 4. 3. If the /etc/name_to_major file does not contain a FastEthernet (hme) entry, add an entry for the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter device (hme). If the major device number for the last file entry is n then use n+1 for the hme channel major device number.
  • Page 29 Sun QuadFastEthernet Driver Software before rebooting. 9. Install the software drivers from the Sun QuadFastEthernet Driver Software CD-ROM that came with the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter. See “Installing the Software Drivers From the CD-ROM” on page 12 for more information.

  • Page 30: Installing The Solaris Environment On A System With The Sun Quad Fastethernet Sbus Adapter

    3. Reboot the system. Refer to the Solaris 2.x Peripheral’s Handbook for more information. Installing the Solaris Environment on a System with the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter After installing the Solaris environment on your system, you must install the Sun QuadFastEthernet software drivers before you reboot the system.

  • Page 31: Host File Configuration

    FastEthernet device, the SUNW,hme@0 instance is a FastEthernet adapter installed in SBus slot 0, and the four SUNW,hme@1 instances are from a Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter installed in slot 1. For clarity, the instance numbers are bold. 2. Create an /etc/hostname.hme<num> file, where <num> corresponds to the instance number of each interface you plan to use.
  • Page 32 Using the instance examples in Step 1, the following example shows the six /etc/hostname.hme<num> files required for a system called zardoz that has an onboard FastEthernet device (zardoz), a Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter (zardoz-11, zardoz-12, zardoz-13, and zardoz-14), and another FastEthernet SBus adapter (zardoz-15).

  • Page 33: Booting The System

    Solaris documentation if your operating environment is not detailed below. Booting From the Network on Solaris 2.5 and 2.5.1 Systems To use a Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter ethernet interface as the boot device for Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, or 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97 systems, perform the following tasks: 1.

  • Page 34: Booting A Diskless Client Running The Solaris 2.4 Operating Environment

    Booting a Diskless Client Running the Solaris 2.4 Operating Environment In order to boot a diskless client with a local Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter interface (hme) on a Solaris 2.4 operating environment, the following tasks must be performed on the boot server.

  • Page 35: Booting From The Network On Solaris 2.4 Systems

    If your system is running Solaris 2.4, it will not recognize these devices. Perform the following tasks to set up your system so the device driver can recognize the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter. Installing the Sun QuadFastEthernet Driver Software...
  • Page 36 1: cd 2: " hme" nameprop 3: device-end <full path to channel 4> 1: cd 2: " hme" nameprop 3: device-end 4. Press the Control-C keys after typing the final device-end. Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...
  • Page 37 5. At the ok prompt, type: ok nvstore ok reset-all Your system will reset and the banner will appear. 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.

  • Page 38: Post-Installation Procedures (Optional)

    Refer to the Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver document for more information. Increasing TCP/IP Performance The TCP/IP performance of the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter can be increased by changing the TCP high water mark to 64K. This can be done with the ndd utility as follows.

  • Page 39: Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps And 100 Mbps

    Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 1. At the ok prompt, use the show-devs command to list the system devices. You should see the full path names of the hme devices, similar to the example below: /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@1,8c30000 /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@1,8c20000 /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@1,8c10000 /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@1,8c00000...

  • Page 40: Auto-Negotiation

    If the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter is connected to a remote system or interface that is not capable of auto-negotiation, your system automatically selects the speed and half-duplex mode.

  • Page 41: Sun Quad Fastethernet Sbus Adapter's Local-Mac-Address Property

    The property’s value corresponds to the Ethernet numbers that can be used with the adapter. The Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter will have four MAC (machine access code) addresses encoded in the FCode PROM.
  • Page 42 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 43: Specifications

    Specifications Physical Dimensions Table A-1 Physical Dimensions Dimension Measurement Length 5.776 in. (146.71 mm) Width 3.3 in. (83.82 mm) Weight 4.3 oz. (125g) Power Requirements Table A-2 Power Requirements Specification Measurement Maximum Power Dissipation 14 Watts Maximum Power Consumption 2.8 Amps @ 5V Voltage Tolerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple...

  • Page 44: Environmental Specifications

    25 MHz max., 16.67 MHz min. Max SBus Burst Transfer Rate 29.6 (25 MHz), 19.7 (16.67 MHz) Mbytes/sec Steady State SBus Transfer Rate 5 Mbytes/sec Max Ethernet Transfer Rate 1.25 Mbytes/sec per channel Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...
  • Page 45 Table A-4 Performance Specifications SBus Data/Address Lines D (31:0)/PA (18:0) SBus Modes Master/Slave ≤20 pF Capacitance per SBus Signal Line SBus Version Rev B.0 Assumes 64 Byte Burst and 0 SBus Latency 4 Channels Running At Max Ethernet Speed Specifications...
  • Page 46 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 47: Interface Signals

    Interface Signals Figure B-1 32-Pin RJ-45 Connectors Table B-1 Pin Descriptions for 32-Pin RJ-45 Connector: Channels 0 - 3 Description TD– Not Used Not Used RD– Not Used Not Used...
  • Page 48 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...

  • Page 49: Running Diagnostics Tests

    .usertest file for the SunDiag™ system exerciser. There is also a section describing how to test the adapter with its FCode PROM selftest. Note – To test the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter on systems running the Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1, or 2.5.1 Hardware: 4/97 operating environments, refer to the SunVTS User’s Guide that shipped with your operating system.

  • Page 50: Editing The .Usertest File

    The example given is for a single hme0 interface; for multiple channels add an additional line for each channel using hme1, hme2, etc. Because testing the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter is user defined, default options are not displayed in SunDiag interface. Test options for an hme<num>...
  • Page 51 The SunDiag main 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. •...

  • Page 52: Starting The Test

    4. To interrupt a test or to stop after a test is completed, click on the Stop button. If no problems are identified during the testing, the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter is ready for operation in your system. Click the Quit button to exit the SunDiag exerciser.
  • Page 53 3. Reset the system. ok reset-all 4. Type show-devs to display the list of devices. You should see lines in the list of devices, similar to the example below, specific to the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter: ok show-devs . . . /sbus@1f,0/SUNW,hme@1,8c30000...
  • Page 54 Note – To test other channels of the adapter, you will need to execute the test command separately on each channel. 7. After testing the adapter, type the following to return the OpenBoot PROM to standard operating mode: ok setenv diag-switch? false Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...
  • Page 55 8. Set the auto-boot? configuration parameter to true. ok setenv autoboot? true 9. Reset and reboot the system. ok reset-all Running Diagnostics Tests...
  • Page 56 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—April 1997...
  • Page 57 Reader Comment Card Your comments and suggestions are important to us. Please let us know what you think about the Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide, part number 805-0732-10. 1. Were the procedures well documented? Please explain: 2.

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