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Sun Microsystems SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation And User Manual

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SunFastEthernet
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Installation and User's Guide
The Network Is the Computer
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Sun Microsystems Computer Company
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Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
415 960-1300
fax 415 969-9131
Part No.: 802-6022-11
Revision A, July 1996

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  • Page 1 ™ SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 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.: 802-6022-11 Revision A, July 1996...
  • Page 2 Sun. Sun, Sun Microsystems, le logo Sun, Solaris et SunFastEthernet sont des marques déposées ou enregistrées par Sun Microsystems, Inc. aux Etats- Unis et dans d’autres pays.
  • 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 DOC Class A Notice - Avis DOC, Classe A This Class A digital apparatus meets all of requirements the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations. Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada. DOC Class B Notice - Avis DOC, Classe B This Class B digital apparatus meets all of requirements the Canadian Interference-Causing Equipment Regulations.

  • Page 5: Table Of Contents

    Contents Preface ..........1.
  • Page 6 4.2.7 Installation Verification ..... . . 4-11 4.3 Setting Up Diskless Clients ......4-12 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 7 4.3.1 Setting Up to Write to the Server /usr Partition . . 4-12 4.3.2 Building a New Kernel ......4-13 4.4 Getting the Diskless Client(s) Ready .
  • Page 8 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 9: Preface

    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 familiar with Solaris administration. UNIX Commands This document may not include specific software commands or procedures. Instead, it may name software tasks and refer you to operating system documentation or the handbook that was shipped with your new hardware.
  • Page 10 The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell. Shell Prompt C shell machine_name% C shell superuser machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 11 Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver 802-5333 Ordering Sun Documents The SunDocs Order Desk is a distribution center for Sun Microsystems technical documentation. You can use major credit cards and company purchase orders. You can order documentation in the following ways:...
  • Page 12 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 13: Preparing For Installation

    Preparing for Installation The SunFastEthernet™ Adapter is an SBus card that operates at either 10 or 100 Mbps, with both an RJ-45 and an MII connector. SBus connector connector Ethernet connector 1.1 Features This SBus card offers the following features: •...

  • Page 14: Requirements For Using The Adapter

    *Two SBus adapters maximum. Note – The information above is the most up-to-date as of the printing of this manual. Visit Sun on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com for more information. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 15: Openboot Prom Release 2.26 Required

    1.2.1 OpenBoot PROM Release 2.26 Required Your system OpenBoot PROM must be release 2.26 or later if you are installing the SunFastEthernet Adapter in SPARCserver 1000/1000E or SPARCcenter 2000/2000E systems. Release 2.26 is required on all installed system boards. If any installed system board PROM is earlier than 2.26, you must replace its PROM before installing the SunFastEthernet Adapter in your system.
  • Page 16 Prior to proceeding, you should decide which network connection to use — either the SunFastEthernet Adapter RJ-45 or the MII, but not both. See Chapter 3, Section 3.6.6, “External Transceivers” or your external transceiver documentation for more detailed information. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 17: 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 for detailed instructions for the following tasks. 1.

  • Page 18: Verifying The Installation

    2.3 and 2.4, see Appendix A, “Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.3 and 2.4.” • For SunFastEthernet Adapter diagnostics testing on systems running Solaris 2.5 and SunOS versions 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4, refer to the SunVTS 2.0 User’s Guide (part number: 802-5331). SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 19: 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 20 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 21: Installing Sunfastethernet Adapter 2.1 Software

    Installing SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 Software On Solaris 2.x Systems This chapter describes SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 software installation requirements for systems running Solaris 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 software versions only. See Chapter 4, “Installing SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 Software On Solaris 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 Systems” for systems running Solaris 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 software (SunOS versions 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4).

  • Page 22: Preparing For Software Installation

    Installing Software From the CD-ROM for Solaris 2.3, 2.4 and 2.5 Install the software drivers from the CD-ROM that came with the SunFastEthernet Adapter. Refer to the CD-ROM documentation that came with your adapter for driver installation instructions (Part No: 804-5304-11). SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 23: 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 SunFastEthernet 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 SunFastEthernet Adapter files.

  • Page 24: Host File Configuration

    The host name should have an IP address and should be entered in the /etc/hosts file. • The host name should be different from any other host name of any other interface, for example: /etc/hostname.le0 and /etc/hostname.hme0 cannot share the same host name. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 25: Caution: Package Dependency

    • Following is an example of the /etc/hostname.hme<num> files required for a machine called zardoz that will be known as zardoz-11 and zardoz-12 on the networks connected to the hme0 and hme1 Ethernet interfaces. zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme0 zardoz-11 zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme1 zardoz-12 2.

  • Page 26: Booting

    In order to boot a diskless client with a local SunFastEthernet 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 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 27 2. Edit the name_to_major file by adding an entry for the SunFastEthernet 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. As shown in the example below, if the last entry for the major device number is 104, use 105 for the hme device.

  • Page 28: Booting From The Network Using Solaris

    2: “ hme” nameprop 3: device-end 4. Press the Control-C keys after typing device-end 5. At the ok prompt, type: ok nvstore ok reset Your system will reset and the banner will appear. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 29 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.

  • Page 30: Post-Installation Procedures (Optional)

    1: apply disable-link-pulse (full path name of the hme device) 4. Press the Control-C keys after typing (full path name of the hme device). 5. At the ok prompt, type: ok nvstore ok setenv use-nvramrc? true 6. Reboot your system. 3-10 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 31: 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 32: Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps And 100 Mbps

    Refer to the Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver document (Part No: 802-5333) for more information on the hme device driver and forcing network speed. This document is also available on the Solaris 2.5 and the Solaris 2.5: 1/96 AnswerBook. 3-12 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 33: Auto-Negotiation

    3.6.5 Auto-Negotiation A key feature of the SunFastEthernet 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 34: External Transceivers

    Note – When using an external transceiver with the SunFastEthernet Adapter, your system may not report the speed at which the link is operating, either 10 or 100 Mbps. 3-14 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 35: Installing Sunfastethernet

    Installing SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 Software On Solaris 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 Systems This chapter describes the SunFastEthernet Adapter installation requirements for systems running Solaris 1.1.1 and 1.1.2 software versions only (SunOS 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4). There is a restriction of 32 SunFastEthernet Adapter cards that can be installed in one system.

  • Page 36: Preparing For Software Installation

    # ln -s /usr sun4 • You need approximately 500 Kbytes of free space in the destination partition. You can check the amount of free space by using the df command in the directory /export/exec/sun4. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 37: Installing From The Cd-Rom

    4.2 Installing from the CD-ROM 4.2.1 Access to Remote CD-ROM 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 and proceed with the installation procedures in the sections that follow. 4.2.2 Using cdm When installing the SunFastEthernet Adapter software from a CD-ROM, you can use the cdm program.

  • Page 38: Installing Script Using Cdm

    4. Display Application Text File 5. Print Application Text File 6. List Applications 7. List Categories 8. Change Current Category 9. Change Current Directory 10. Show Program Environment Please enter a number or q to quit: SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 39 6. Enter 3 to initiate the installation. You will see the following display: Begin installation now? 7. Enter y to begin installation. You will then see the following display, followed by copyright information: Executing installation file ... The following product will be installed: Product Name: 2.1 SunFastEthernet Controller Driver Sun Platforms:...
  • Page 40 48 blocks a sun4/HME/usr/bin/hmestats 48 blocks Software successfully extracted. Installing SunFastEthernet 2.1 driver software on SunOS version: 4.1.3_U1 SunOS version 4.1.4 will display if your system is running that version. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 41 Note – The install script assumes you have assigned the host name for the SunFastEthernet interface. For example, if you want to call the SunFastEthernet system5, then system5 should exist in the /etc/hosts file or NIS hosts maps (if you are running NIS), otherwise the script exits, and you will have to restart cdm again.
  • Page 42 You will see the following display if you have previously configured a kernel by the name of HME: File already exists, OK to overwrite (y/n) [y]: File protection on files and HME adjusted ..SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 43 Enter y to continue. You will see the following display: Doing a “make depend” /etc/config HME run successfully ..Issuing make ... (deleted for brevity) loading vmunix rearranging symbols text data 1572864 467712 209448 2250024 225528 ’make’ ran successfully ..Followed by: *************************************************************** The SunFastEthernet 2.1 driver has been...

  • Page 44: Host File Configuration

    The host name should have an IP address and should be entered in the /etc/hosts file. • The host name should be different from any other hostname of any other interface, for example: /etc/hostname.le0 and /etc/hostname.hme0 cannot share the same host name. 4-10 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 45: Sunfastethernet Directories

    • Following is an example of the /etc/hostname.hme<num> files required for a machine called zardoz that will be known as zardoz-11 and zardoz-12 on the networks connected to the hme0 and hme1 Ethernet interfaces. zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme0 zardoz-11 zardoz # cat /etc/hostname.hme1 zardoz-12 2.

  • Page 46: Setting Up Diskless Clients

    If your server exports /usr read-only to the diskless client, then you need to refer to the “System Administrators Guide” for the server operating system, to find out how to export the /usr filesystem read/write to the diskless client. 4-12 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 47: Building A New Kernel

    4.3.2 Building a New Kernel The following instructions are a supplement to the instructions in Chapter 8, “Administering Workstations,” in the SunOS manual, “System and Network Administration.” You can use the script install_hme on the client machine to configure a new kernel containing a linkable driver for the SunFastEthernet Adapter.

  • Page 48: Getting The Diskless Client(S) Ready

    The show-devs command lists the system devices. You should see the full path name of the hme device, similar to the example below: /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/SUNW,hme@3,8c00000 2. Type: ok nvedit 4-14 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 49 3. Type the following exactly as shown, spaces and quotation marks included, pressing the Return key at the end of lines 0, 1 and 2: 0: probe-all install-console banner 1: cd (full path name of the hme device) 2: “ hme” nameprop 3: device-end 4.
  • Page 50 4-16 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 51: Running Diagnostics

    Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.3 and 2.4 Note – For SunFastEthernet Adapter diagnostics testing on systems running Solaris 2.5 and SunOS versions 4.1.3_U1 and 4.1.4, refer to the SunVTS 2.0 User’s Guide (part number: 802-5331). 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 52: Editing .Usertest File

    After you enter the sundiag command, the Sundiag window is displayed on your screen, refer to Figure A-1. This window is the primary interface for running Sundiag. Refer to the Sundiag manual that came with your operating system for further details. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
  • Page 53 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. •...

  • Page 54: 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 SunFastEthernet Adapter card is ready for operation in your system. Click on the Quit button to exit Sundiag. SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 55: Interface Signals

    Interface Signals B.1 SunFastEthernet Adapter Connectors 40-pin MII Connector RJ-45 Connector B.2 RJ-45 Connector Signals Signal Transmit+ Transmit- Receive+ No Connection No Connection Receive- No Connection No Connection...

  • Page 56: Mii Connector Signals

    B.3 MII Connector Signals Signal Signal MDIO RXD<3> RXD<2> RXD<1> RXD<0> RX_DV RX_CLK RX_ER TX_ER TX_CLK TX_EN TXD<0> TXD<1> TXD<2> TXD<3> SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...

  • Page 57: Specifications

    Specifications B.1 Physical Dimensions Dimension Measurement Length 5.78 in. (147.70 mm) Width 3.3 in. (83.82 mm) Weight 4.0 oz. (113.40 g) B.2 Power Requirements Specification Measurement Maximum Power Dissipation 9.5 Watts Maximum Power Consumption 1.9 Amps @ 5V Voltage Tolerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple Maximum 100 mV...

  • Page 58: Performance Specifications

    100BASE-TX using Category 5 (data-grade) cable; 10BASE-T using Category 3 (voice-grade) cable or better Single UTP RJ-45 for both 10 and 100 Mbps Ethernet Version Conforms to IEEE 802.3u SBus Burst Sizes 16/32/64 bytes SBus Parity SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User’s Guide—July 1996...
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