Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Adapter
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1. are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc Energy Star Logo is a registered trademark of EPA As an Energy Star Partner Sun Microsystems Inc has determined that this product meets the Energy Star R guidelines for energy efficiency The OPEN LOOK and Sun Graphical User Interface was developed by Sun Microsystems Inc for its users and licensees Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of Xerox in researching and developing the concept of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry Sun holds a non exclusive license from Xerox to the Xerox Graphical User Interface which license also covers Sun s licensees who implement OPEN LOOK GUIs and otherwise comply with Sun s written license agreements DOCUMENTATION IS PROVIDED AS IS AND ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES INCLUDING ANY IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT ARE DISCLAIMED EXCEPT TO THE EXTENT THAT SUCH DISCLAIMERS ARE HELD TO BE LEGALLY INVALID Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 Etats Unis Tous droits r serv s Ce produit ou document est prot g par un copyright et distribu avec des licences qui en restreignent l utilisation la copie la distribution et la d compilation Aucune partie de ce produit ou document ne peut tre reproduite sous aucune forme par quelque moyen que ce soit s2. 100 HDX mode nfs mount and RPC time out System panics in Solaris 7 11 99 environment when CPR attempts to suspend a non suspendable thread Inetboot may require several retries to complete with OBP 4 x If a PCI I O board of an UltraSPARC III system is filled with network adapters with an internal bridge for example GigaSwift Ethernet or Quad FastEthernet prtdiag displays the card on slot 0 Although the card in slot 1 is not recognized by prtdiag the card is fully operational and appears in the etc path_to_inst file ce000000 ce00000 or ce0000 configured as VID 0 is actually the regular ce0 interface not VID 0 of the ce0 interface VID 0 is not supported as an end user device In 10 100 HDX mode a system connected directly to a hub hangs after the root file system is mounted when performing netinstall or diskless boot The problem does not occur when the system connects directly to a 10 100 HDX switch The GigaSwift Ethernet driver uses certain not suspendable kernel threads When CPR attempts to suspend the driver the system panics Currently CPR is supported only in Sun desktop systems for example Ultra 10 and Ultra 60 Systems with OBP 4 x for example Sun Blade 1000 may automatically retry several times before completing The message below is displayed for each retry Retrying Check TFTP server and network setup Use prtconf pv instead of prtdiag This is normal behavior e Use 10 100 FDX
3. 4000 5000 and 6000 series systems using the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter require a shielded twisted pair Ethernet cable 2 Caution Installing the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter on the Enterprise 3000 4000 5000 and 6000 series systems is prohibited if option X 1080A Sun Enterprise Systems Interface card is already installed on the 2632A PCI I O board for these platforms Install the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter on the next available 2632A PCI I O card Using the infinit_burst Parameter Because only UltraSPARC III machines support the infinit_burst parameter it is turned off by default If you are using an UltraSPARC III machine you can enable this parameter To discover if your machine is an UltraSPARC III run the following command modinfo grep pcisch If you get the following response 22 101e1663 d5cl1 109 1 pcisch PCI Bus nexus driver 1 194 Then the machine is an UltraSPARC III and you can safely enable the infinit_burst parameter Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide May 2001 Troubleshooting TABLE 1 describes the problems you may encounter in using the GigaSwift Ethernet adapter as well as a solution for them TABLE 1 Problem Troubleshooting the GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Description Solution prtdiag does not recognize the NIC in slot 0 VLAN appears to accept VID 0 as end user input net install diskless boot hangs in 10
4. NS amp SUN microsystems Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 U S A 650 960 1300 Part No 806 2990 12 May 2001 Revision A Send comments about this document to docfeedback sun com Copyright 2001 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 USA All rights reserved This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use copying distribution and decompilation No part of this product or document may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors if any Third party software including font technology is copyrighted and licensed from Sun suppliers Parts of the product may be derived from Berkeley BSD systems licensed from the University of California UNIX is a registered trademark in the U S and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun logo AnswerBook2 docs sun com SunVTS OpenBoot SunSwitch Sun Blade Sun Fire Ultra Sun Enterprise Ultra Enterprise and Solaris are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and other countries All SPARC trademarks are used under license and are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc in the U S and other countries Products bearing SPARC trademarks
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6. clusive de Xerox sur l interface d utilisation graphique Xerox cette licence couvrant galement les licenci s de Sun qui mettent en place l interface d utilisation graphique OPEN LOOK et qui en outre se conforment aux licences crites de Sun CETTE PUBLICATION EST FOURNIE EN L ETAT ET AUCUNE GARANTIE EXPRESSE OU IMPLICITE N EST ACCORDEE Y COMPRIS DES GARANTIES CONCERNANT LA VALEUR MARCHANDE L APTITUDE DE LA PUBLICATION A REPONDRE A UNE UTILISATION PARTICULIERE OU LE FAIT QU ELLE NE SOIT PAS CONTREFAISANTE DE PRODUIT DE TIERS CE DENI DE GARANTIE NE S APPLIQUERAIT PAS DANS LA MESURE OU IL SERAIT TENU JURIDIQUEMENT NUL ET NON AVENU GS tem Ca Adobe PostScript Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter This book contains both new information and corrections to errors in the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide New information is presented in the first sections The errors are shown in headings that correspond with the titles of the chapters where the errors occur in the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide Note For information on how to get the latest patches and patch revisions visit the SunSolve website at http sunsolve sun com New Information The following sections contain new information that was not available at the time the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide was printed Hardware Requirements Enterprise 3000
7. for netinstall or diskless booting Connect the system to a 10 100 HDX switch e Turn off CPR e A CPR fix is incorporated in Solaris 8 Ignore these console messages until booting is complete LED Displays A total of nine LEDs are displayed on the front panel of the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet They are labeled on the front panel as shown in TABLE 2 Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter 3 The nine LEDs consist of a single purple LED and two packs of four green LEDs Note that all LEDs are sourced by the gigabit PHY except the last two LEDs TXM and RXM are sourced by the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MAC ASIC These LEDs are equivalent to TX and RX of the PHY except that they indicate the state of the MAC instead and can be used for diagnostic purposes to isolate a PHY or a MAC failure on the board TABLE2 Front Panel Display LEDs Label Meaning if On Active Color Source Link quality Gigabit link quality good Purple PHY 10000X Gigabit link is up Green PHY 100X 100BT link is up Green PHY 10X 10BT link is up Green PHY FDX Full Duplex Mode Green PHY TX PHY Transmitting data Green PHY RX PHY Receiving data Green PHY TXM MAC transmitting data Green MAC RXM MAC receiving data Green MAC Corrections to the User s Guide The following sections contains corrections to errors in the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide The section titles correspond to the chapter titles in the book to help
8. ll the three GigaSwift Ethernet software packages to the diskless client s root directory on the server You will need to install the SUNWced u SUNWcedm and SUNWcedu software packages to the client s root directory cd cdrom cdrom0 GigaSwiftEthernet Packages pkgadd R export root client name d SUNWced u SUNWcem SUNWcedu cd Diagnostic Software and Troubleshooting Issues In Running the Ethernet FCode Self Test Diagnostic on page 54 the first paragraph should read as follows To run the Ethernet diagnostics you must first bring the system to a stop at the OpenBoot prompt after issuing a reset all at the OBP ok prompt If you do not reset the system the diagnostic tests might cause the system to hang Step 5 on page 55 should read as follows Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter 7 5 Type the following to run the self test using the test command ok test device path The following tests are run when the test command is executed m ce register test happens only when diag switch is true a internal loopback test link up down test 8 Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide May 2001
9. ros sparc 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 3 SUNWced u Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter 32 bit Driver sparc sun4u 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 4 SUNWcedu Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Driver Headers sparc 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 5 SUNWcedx u Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter 64 bit Driver sparc sun4u 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 6 SUNWcem Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Driver Man Pages sparc 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 7 SUNWvld Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines sparc 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 8 SUNWvldu Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Headers sparc 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 9 SUNWvldx Sun Ethernet Vlan Utility Routines 64 bit sparc 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 Select package s you wish to process or all to process all packages default all q Step 3 on page 13 is incorrect It should read as follows 1 Set the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet device to be your default boot device type ok setenv boot device pci 1f 2000 pci 1 network 4 Note that the correct command has a space rather than between boot device and pci 1f 2000 pci 1 network 4 Configuring Driver Parameters The path to the ce conf file is incorrect in the last paragraph in Setting ce Driver Parameters on page 33 The paragraph should read as follows To set parameters so they remain in effect after you reboot the system create a platform sun4u kernel drv ce conf file and add parameter values to this file when you need to set a particular parameter for a device in the system 6 Relea
10. se Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide May 2001 The path to the ce conf file is also incorrect in the first paragraph of Setting Parameters Using the ce conf File The paragraph should read as follows You can also specify the driver parameter properties on a per device basis by creating a ce conf file in the plat form sun4u kernel drv directory Use a ce conf file when you need to set a particular parameter for a device in the system The parameters you set are read and write parameters that are listed in Driver Parameter Values and Definitions on page 26 Network Configuration In Setting Up a Diskless Client System on a GigaSwift Ethernet Network on page 19 the first paragraph should read as follows Before you can boot and operate a diskless client system across a gigabit Ethernet network you must first install the GigaSwift Ethernet software packages into the root directory of the diskless client located on the root server You can find the GigaSwift Ethernet software packages on the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Driver 1 0 CD Refer to the Solaris Advanced Installation Guide and the System Administration Guide for more information about installing and administering diskless client systems In the section To Set Up a Diskless Client on a GigaSwift Ethernet Network on page 20 the SUNWced package in Step 3 should show the u extension as follows Use the pkgadd R command to insta
11. you locate the erroneous information 4 Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User s Guide May 2001 Installing the Adapter Table 2 1 on page 6 is incorrect The SUNWced and SUNWcedx packages should have a u extension as shown in the following updated table TABLE 2 1 Files and Directories on the CD ROM File or Directory Contents Copyright U S copyright file FR_Copyright French copyright file Docs Contains PDF copy of the user manual GigaSwiftEthernet Contains the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet software packages Solaris_OS VER applicable to your version OS VER of the Solaris software Packages e SUNWcea 32 bit adb macros e SUNWceax 64 bit adb macros SUNWced u 32 bit adapter driver SUNWcedx u 64 bit adapter driver SUNWcedu adapter driver headers SUNWcem man pages optional The optional VLAN packages for Solaris 8 only e SUNWvid VLAN utility routines e SUNWvldx VLAN utility routines 64 bit SUNWvldu VLAN utility headers Release Notes for Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter 5 The menu of packages shown in Step 3 on page 7 should also show the SUNWced and SUNWcedx packages with the u extension as follows The following packages are available 1 SUNWcea Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Driver 32 bit adb Macros sparc 1 0 REV 2001 05 04 2 SUNWceax Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Driver 64 bit adb Mac
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