Sun Microsystems Network Card 802 1304 10 User Manual

SunFastEthernet Adapter Product Note  
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Part No.: 802-1304-10  
Revision A, July 1994  
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SunFastEthernet Adapter  
The following data is in addition to that detailed in the SunFastEthernet  
Adapter User Guide, P/ N 801-6109-10.  
Hardware Requirements  
OpenBoot Prom (OBP) version 2.3 is the first OBP version that supports the  
SunFastEthernet Adapter. Verify your OBP version by typing the banner  
command at the ok prompt. If the OBP version is earlier than 2.3 then the OBP  
must be upgraded.  
Software Requirements  
Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/94  
Solaris™ 2.3 Hardware: 5/ 94 is the first Solaris release supporting the  
SunFastEthernet Adapter™.  
Mandatory Patch Requirements  
Patch ID number 101820-01 is required for a SunFastEthernet Adapter when  
used with Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/ 94. Contact your local Sun provider.  
Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 8/94 or Later  
The Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 8/ 94 software is shipped on a single CD. The CD  
software for this distribution is divided into five software packages or clusters  
(see following table). The driver for the SunFastEthernet Adapter  
(SUNWbmac) is bundled on the “Entire Distribution plus OEM Support” cluster  
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which automatically installs the driver SUNWbmac. For the “Entire  
Distribution”, “Programmer” and ”End User Support” clusters, the driver is  
installed only if SunFastEthernet Adapter hardware is installed in the system.  
Table 1 Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 8/ 94 CD  
Cluster  
Size  
Entire Distribution plus OEM Support 298.80 MByte  
Entire Distribution  
Programmer  
298.1 MByte  
220Mbyte  
End User System Support  
Core System Support  
125.37 MByte  
59.88 MByte  
If SunFastEthernet hardware was not installed when the Solaris 2.3 Hardware:  
8/ 94 software distribution was installed using one of the last four clusters,  
then the driver is not automatically installed via suninstall, instead, the driver  
must be installed using the pkgadd command. Refer to “Adding SUNWbmac  
using Pkgadd Command”, page 5, in the SunFastEthernet User Guide, P/ N  
801-6109-10.  
Net-Install Servers (Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/94 Only)  
Note – The Solaris CD cannot be used to do a net-install (read only), thus the  
following section is applicable only when the Solaris CD image is archived to a  
disk.  
To allow net-install over the be interface the be minor-device- number must be  
added to your particular architectures name_to_major file. To determine the be  
minor-device-number proceed as follows:  
1. Determine the directory where the Solaris CD image is loaded.  
For example, if the Solaris software is located within a directory named DIR,  
then type the following:  
# cd DIR/export/exec/kvm  
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2. Use the ls command to list the directory contents.  
Different directories for supported architectures will be listed.  
3. Use the cd command and go to the directory containing your particular  
architecture.  
4. Type the following line to get a listing for the minor device number for  
the be0 device:  
# ls -l devices/pseudo/clone@0:be  
The resultant listing will have the following format:  
crw-rw-rw 1 root sys 11,<minor-device number> <date>  
/devices/pseudo/clone@0:be  
5. For the above example the minor-device-number should be added to the  
etc/name_to_major file as follows:  
be <minor-device-number>  
Diskless Clients (Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/94 Only)  
For support of diskless client booting do the following:  
1. Go to your clients root partition and use your favorite editor to add an  
entry for the be device to your clients name_to_major file as follows:  
# cd /export/root/<client name>/etc  
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2. Edit the name_to_major file by adding an entry for the be device.  
If the major device number for the last file entry is “n” then use” n+1” for  
the be channel major device number. As shown in the example, if the last  
entry is qe 104 then use be 105.  
qec 103  
qe 104  
be 105  
3. Copy be driver to clients root partition as follows:  
# cd /export/root/<client name>/kernel/drv  
then:  
# cp /kernel/drv/be .  
Speed Selection  
If you receive the following messages after connecting to a 10 or 100Mbps  
network then more than likely the external hub and the SunFastEthernet are  
out of sync. In these instances speed selection may be done manually using the  
be_speed utility as indicated in the procedure that follows:  
# 100 Mbps Link Up  
Link Down  
10 Mbps Link Up  
Link Down  
This utility is available in the directory / usr/ sbin only if patch ID 101820-01 is  
installed. This patch is mandatory for the Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/ 94 release;  
for the Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 8/ 94 release the patch is needed only if the  
be_speed utility is required.  
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To use the utility, type the following at the prompt:  
# /usr/sbin/be_speed beX <arguments>  
Wherein X is the SunFastEthernet Adapter card number and the arguments  
are:  
auto (automatic speed selection)  
100 (forces 100 Mbps mode)  
10 (forces 10 Mbps mode)  
If no arguments are selected then the current mode (auto or forced) and speed  
(10 or 100Mbps) of the interface will be printed.  
Speed Selection  
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