Reporting Local Pcs Capabilities; Reporting The Link Partner Capabilities - Sun Microsystems Solaris 7 User Manual

Reporting Local PCS Capabilities

describes the read-only PCS capabilities that GEM PCS supports. These
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parameters define the capabilities of the hardware.
Read-Only PCS Capabilities
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Parameter Description (Local PCS Capabilities)
1000autoneg_cap
0 = Not capable of autonegotiation
1 = Autonegotiation capable
Local PCS Full Duplex capability
1000fdx_cap
0 = Not 1000 Mbits/sec full-duplex capable
1 = 1000 Mbits/sec full-duplex capable
Local PCS Half Duplex capability
1000hdx_cap
0 = Not 1000 Mbits/sec half-duplex capable
1 = 1000 Mbits/sec half-duplex capable
Local PCS Flow Control capability
asm_dir_cap
0 = Not Asymmetric Pause capable
1 = Asymmetric Pause (from Local Device) capable
Local PCS Flow Control capability
pause_cap
0 = Not Symmetric Pause capable
1 = Symmetric Pause capable

Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities

describes the read-only link partner capabilities.
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Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities
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Parameter
lp_1000autoneg_cap
lp_1000fdx_cap
Description
0 = No autonegotiation
1 = Autonegotiation
0 = No 1000 Mbits/sec full duplex transmission
1 = 1000 Mbits/sec full duplex
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