Monitoring Network Activity; Rebooting The System - Sun Microsystems SunSwift Installation And User Manual

Monitoring Network Activity

Perform the following task to verify that the system recognizes the Ethernet
connection. Make sure that you are connected to an active network.
To monitor network activity or incoming network packets, type the following at
the ok prompt, including quotation marks and spaces:
ok apply watch-net <full path name of the hme interface>
Internal loopback test -- succeeded.
Transceiver check -- passed.
Looking for Ethernet Packets.
'.' is a Good Packet. 'X' is a Bad Packet.
Type any key to stop.
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Note – In the example above,
of the hme interface. Use the show-devs command at the ok prompt to display the
full path name of the hme device.

Rebooting the System

After you have examined the network activity, perform a reconfiguration boot on
your system so the operating environment can recognize the adapter.
Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system.
ok boot -r
Refer to the Solaris 2.x Peripheral's Handbook for more information.
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<full path name of the hme interface> is the full path name