Sun™ FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note
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3. apter With an External Transceiver If your adapter is connected to an external transceiver you will see incorrect error messages when using the OpenBoot PROM OBP test net command Although the test net command will pass the first time it is used it will fail on subsequent tests even though the Ethernet interface is functional and can be used You can avoid seeing these false test failures by using the OBP reset all command between testing the adapter with test net command Refer to bug id 4062368 for more information Note Refer to the OpenBoot 3 x Command Reference Manual part number 802 5837 xx for more information about the test net and reset all commands This document can be found in the Solaris 2 6 Answerbook Known Problems The following sections list the known problems and workarounds if they exist Fiber Optic Transceivers The Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter s MII interface does not support external Fiber Optic FX transceivers However the adapter s MII interface does support TX T4 and AUI external transceivers that comply with the IEEE 802 3u standard Refer to bug id 4062714 for more information FastEthernet Switches 100BASET There are two FastEthernet 100BASET switches which currently do not operate with the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter m Bay Networks Model 28115 m Fore Systems all models 6 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note August 1997 Autonegotiation Autonegotiation is b
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5. nstallation and User s Guide for more information about configuring the driver software Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note 3 v To Replace the Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter With a SunSwift PCI Adapter in the Same PCI Slot Note Refer to your system s installation or service manual for detailed instructions for the following three steps 1 Power off your system and open the system unit 2 Replace the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter with the SunSwift PCI adapter 3 Close the system unit 4 Power on the system and when the OpenBoot PROM s banner is displayed press the Stop A keys to interrupt the boot process and to display the ok prompt 5 At the ok prompt use the show nets command to list the system s network devices and to verify the SunSwift PCI adapter s installation You will see the system s network devices which should be similar to the example below ok show nets a pci 1f 4000 pci 2 SUNW hme O 1 b pci 1f 4000 network 1 1 q NO SELECTION Enter Selection q to quit q ok m hme identifies the SunSwift PCI adapter s Ethernet device m network identifies the on board Ethernet Device Make a note of the SunSwift adapter s hme pathname for future reference Note If these devices are not listed check that the adapter is properly seated and reinstall the adapter if necessary 6 Perform a reconfiguration boot on your system After rebooting your system login as
6. r with a SunSwift PCI adapter see page 4 Note If you are adding a new adapter into a different PCI slot refer to the adapter s installation and user s Guide for instructions on how to install the adapter and configure the software v To Replace the SunSwift PCI Adapter With a Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter in the Same PCI Slot Note Refer to your system s installation or service manual for detailed instructions for the following three steps 1 Power off your system and open the system unit 2 Replace the SunSwift PCI adapter with the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter 3 Close the system unit 4 Power on the system and when the OpenBoot PROM s banner is displayed press the Stop A keys to interrupt the boot process and to display the ok prompt 5 At the ok prompt use the show nets command to list the system s network devices and to verify the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter s installation You will see the system s network devices which should be similar to the example below ok show nets a pci 1f 4000 SUNW hme 2 1 b pci 1f 4000 network 1 1 q NO SELECTION Enter Selection q to quit q ok m hme identifies the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter s Ethernet device m network identifies the on board Ethernet Device Make a note of the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter s hme pathname for future reference Note If these devices are not listed check that the adapter is properly seated and
7. reinstall the adapter if necessary 2 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note August 1997 6 Perform a reconfiguration boot on your system ok boot r After rebooting your system login as super user root 7 At the command line use the grep command to search the etc path_to_inst file for hme devices grep hme etc path_to_inst pcie1f 4000 network 1 1 0 hme On board hme interface pci 1f 4000 pci 2 SUNW hme 0 1 1 hme SunSwift PCI hme interface pci lf 4000 SUNW hme 2 1 2 hme Sun FastEthernet PCI hme interface In the example above the network 1 1 instance is the on board FastEthernet device the old SUNW hme 0 1 instance is for the previous SunSwift PCI adapter and the new SUNW hme 2 1 instance is for the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter You will need to know the instance number for Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter In the above example the instance number for the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter is 2 which is shown in bold 8 Using the instance number found in Step 7 rename the etc hostname hme lt num gt file previously used by the SunSwift PCI adapter to reflect the new instance number used by the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter For example if the previous file had an hme1 extension and the new instance number is 2 you would type mv etc hostname hmel etc hostname hme2 9 Halt and reboot your system init 6 Note Refer to the Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter I
8. roken 10Mbps in the hme driver Refer to bug id 4064879 for more information Patch 104212 06 fixes bug 4064879 Ultra 170E In the Ultra 170E an MII AUI transceiver hangs the network in 10Base T mode Refer to bug id 1252776 for more information Patch 10412 04 fixes bug 1252776 and resolves the problems with MII AUI transceivers in full duplex mode on dumb 10Base T hubs Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note 7 8 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note August 1997
9. super user root 4 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note August 1997 7 At the command line use the grep command to search the etc path_to_inst file for hme devices grep hme etc path_to_inst pcie1f 4000 network 1 1 0 hme On board hme interface pci 1if 4000 SUNW hme 2 1 1 hme Sun FastEthernet PCI hme interface pci 1f 4000 pci 2 SUNW hme 0 1 2 hme SunSwift PCI hme interface In the example above the network 1 1 instance is the on board FastEthernet device the old SUNW hme 2 1 instance is for the previous Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter and the new SUNW hme 0 1 instance is for the SunSwift PCI adapter You will need to know the instance number for the SunSwift PCI adapter In the above example the instance number for the SunSwift PCI adapter is 2 which is shown in bold 8 Using the instance number found in Step 7 rename the etc hostname hme lt num gt file previously used by the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter to reflect the new instance number For example if the previous file had an hme1 extension and the new instance number is 2 you would type mv etc hostname hmel etc hostname hme2 9 Halt and reboot your system init 6 Note Refer to the SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide for more information about configuring the driver software Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note 5 Using the test net Command on an Ad
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