SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User`s Guide
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1. Specifications Performance Specifications Feature Specification PCI clock 33 MHz max PCI data burst transfer rate 132 MB sec SCSI synchronous transfer rate SCSI asynchronous transfer rate Transfer Size PCI Data Address Lines PCI modes SCSI interface SCSI Bus parity SCSI 8 Bit Bus devices SCSI 16 Bit Bus devices 100BASE TX transfer rate 10BASE T transfer rate 20 40 Mbytes sec Max 12 Mbytes sec 16 bit Max 6 Mbytes sec 8 bit 4 GByte max AD31 0 Master slave Single ended Yes Yes Yes lt 100 Mbps in each direction for full duplex lt 10 Mbps in each direction for full duplex 27 Physical Characteristics Dimension Measurement Length 6 6 in 167 64 mm Width 4 2 in 106 68 mm Height not including PCB Primary component side 0 570 in 14 48 mm Back side 0 105 in 2 67 mm Weight 141 75 grams Power Requirements Specification Measurement Maximum power consumption 15 Watts Voltage 5V 5 Ripple Maximum 100 mV 28 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and Users Guide August 1997 Environmental Specifications Condition Temperature Relative humidity Altitude Shock Vibration peak to peak displacement Vibration peak acceleration Operating Specification 0 to 55 C 32 to 131 F 5 to 95 non condensing 45 C wet bulb temperature 1000 to 15 000 feet 10g 1 2 sine wave 11 msec 0 005 in max2. 3 Create an appropriate entry in the etc hosts file for each active hme channel Using the example in Step 2 you will have zardoz cat etc hosts 127550 0 1 localhost 129 144 10 57 zardoz loghost 129 144 11 83 zardoz 11 129 144 12 41 zardoz 12 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Booting from the Network You can use the SunSwift PCI Adapter Ethernet interface as the boot device v To Boot from the Network 1 At the ok prompt type ok show devs The show devs command lists the system devices You should see the full path name of the hme device similar to this example pci81f 2000 pciQ02 SUNW hmeQ0 1 2 Type ok boot pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW hme 0O 1 Chapter 3 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter 13 Booting from a CD ROM Drive You can use a CD ROM drive connected to the SunSwift PCI adapter SCSI interface at target id 6 as the boot device for Solaris 2 5 1 systems v To Boot from a CD ROM Drive 1 At the ok prompt type ok show devs The show devs command lists the system devices You should see the full path name of the SCSI CD ROM device similar to the example below pci81f 4000 pci82 SUNW isptwoQ4 sd Note The above example is from a Sun Ultra 30 Series system On other Sun PCI systems the leading portion of the device path could be different Refer to the system s installation or service manual fo
3. The following tests are available to help identify problems when the system containing the SunSwift PCI adapter does not boot The FCode selftest is added to the device tree during the probing phase of the OpenBoot PROM start up sequence You can invoke the FCode selftest diagnostics by using the OpenBoot user interface test or test all commands If you encounter an error while running the diagnostics appropriate messages will be displayed Refer to the OpenBoot 3 x Command Reference Manual for more information on the test and test all commands selftest exercises most functionality of the adapter sub section by sub section and checks for the following conditions m Isolates faulty FRUs m Checks with a high confidence that no hardware fault exists on No Trouble Found NTF m Checks connectivity during adapter card installation m Verifies that all components are functional Ethernet FCode selftest Diagnostic Type the following to run selftest using the test command ok setenv diag switch true ok test device path Hme register test succeeded Internal loopback test succeeded Transceiver check Using Onboard Transceiver Link Up passed Hme register test succeeded Doing more loopback tests passed ok The following tests are run when the test command is executed hme register MAC Internal Loopback 100 MByte PHY Loopback 100 MB TP Loopback 10 MB XCVR Loopback SCSI FCode se
4. Monitoring Network Activity 10 Rebooting the System 10 Configuring Host Files 11 v To Prepare Your System for the Adapter 11 Booting from the Network 13 v To Boot from the Network 13 Booting from a CD ROM Drive 14 v To Boot from a CD ROM Drive 14 Contents Post Installation Procedures Optional 15 Increasing Performance with a Solaris 2 5 1 Patch 15 Configuring Driver Parameters 15 Using Hubs that Do Not Send Link Pulses 16 v To Use Hubs that Do Not Send Link Pulses 16 Increasing TCP IP Performance 17 v To Increase TCP IP Performance 17 Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 17 v To Force Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 17 local mac address Property 18 A Using the selftest Diagnostics 19 Ethernet FCode selftest Diagnostic 20 SCSI FCode selftest Diagnostics 20 B Interface Signals 23 SunSwift PCI Adapter Connectors 23 Single Ended SCSI 2 Connector Signals 23 RJ 45 Connector Signals 25 C Specifications 27 Performance Specifications 27 Physical Characteristics 28 Power Requirements 28 Environmental Specifications 29 vi SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Preface This manual describes how to install and use your SunSwift PCI Peripheral Component Interconnect adapter The procedures in this manual assume that you are a system or network administrator experienced in installing similar hardware in a Solaris operating environment How
5. 5 to 32 Hz 0 25g 5 to 500 Hz Sweep Rate 1 octave min Storage Specification 40 to 75 C 40 to 149 F 0 to 95 non condensing 10 C hour 1000 to 50 000 feet 60g 1 2 sine wave 11 msec 0 1 in max 5 to 17 Hz 0 25g 5 to 500 Hz Sweep Rate 1 octave min Appendix B Specifications 29 30 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Index NUMERICS 103934 05 software patch 15 A adapter auto negotiation protocol 9 backplate illustration 23 features 2 illustration 1 installing 5 verifying installation 7 auto negotiation 9 B backplate connectors 23 boot command 10 13 14 booting from a CD ROM 14 from the network 13 CD ROM booting from 14 path to device 14 configuring driver parameters 15 hme conf file 15 systen file 15 configuring driver 15 D diagnostics 4 Ethernet diagnostics 20 FCode selftest 19 SCSI diagnostics 20 documentation ordering x related ix driver parameters configuring 15 using the ndd utility 15 E editing hostname hmef files 11 hosts file 11 environmental specifications 29 Ethernet connector 1 using non compliant hubs 16 F features diagnostics 4 network interface 3 Index 31 PCI bus 2 Ethernet interface 2 SCSI interface 3 SCSI interface 3 RISC processor 3 forcing network speed 17 full duplex mode 9 H half duplex mode 9 hardware installation 5 requirement
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7. hme ending with the instance number of the SunSwift PCI adapter s instance number For example if the system s etc path_to_inst file lists the adapter s instance number as 1 you would create a file called etc hostname hmel Note If you have replaced a Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter with the SunSwift PCI adapter using the same PCI slot you will need to rename the existing hostname hme lt num gt file to reflect the new instance number used by the SunSwift PCI adapter For example if the previous file had a hme1 extension and the new instance number is 2 you would rename the file to hostname hme2 Chapter 3 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter 11 12 m Do not create an etc hostname hme lt num gt file for a SunSwift PCI adapter channel you do not plan to use The etc hostname hme lt num gt file must contain the hostname for the appropriate network interface m The hostname should have an IP address and should be entered in the etc hosts file m Thehostname should be different from any other hostname of any other interface for example etc hostname hme0 and etc hostname hmel cannot share the same hostname The following is an example of the etc hostname hme lt num gt files required for a machine called zardoz that will be known as zardoz 11 and zardoz 12 on the networks connected to the hme0 and hme1 Ethernet interfaces zardoz cat etc hostname hme0 zardoz 11 zardoz cat etc hostname hmel zardoz 12
8. that is not capable of auto negotiation your system will automatically select the speed and half duplex mode If the SunSwift PCI adapter is connected to a Link Partner in which auto negotiation protocol is not operational you can configure the device to not use this protocol and force the driver to set up the link in the mode and speed of your choice Refer to the Platform Notes The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver document for more information on the hme device driver and auto negotiation This document is also available in the Solaris AnswerBook Chapter 3 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter 9 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 Note In the example above full path name of the hme interface is the full path name 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 reconfi
9. 36 37 38 39 40 Signal SCSI D lt 12 gt _ SCSI D lt 13 gt _ SCSI D lt 14 gt _ SCSI D lt 15 gt _ SCSI DATA PARITYI SCSI D 0 23 24 TABLEB 1 Single Ended Connector Signals Continued Pin Signal Pin Signal 7 SCSI GND 41 SCSI D lt 1 gt _ 8 SCSI_GND 42 SCSI D lt 2 gt _ 9 SCSI_GND 43 SCSI_D lt 3 gt _ 10 SCSI GND 44 SCSI 4 11 SCSI GND 45 SCSI_D lt 5 gt _ 12 SCSI GND 46 SCSI D 6 13 SCSI GND 47 SCSI D lt 7 gt _ 14 SCSI GND 48 SCSI DATA PARITYO 15 SCSI GND 49 SCSI GND 16 SCSI GND 50 SCSI GND 17 SCSI TERMPOWER 51 SCSI TERMPOWER 18 SCSI TERMPOWER 52 SCSI TERMPOWER 19 OPEN 53 OPEN 20 SCSI GND 54 SCSI GND 21 SCSI GND 55 SCSI ATN 22 SCSI GND 56 SCSI GND 23 SCSI GND 57 SCSI 24 SCSI GND 58 SCSI 25 SCSI GND 59 SCSI_RST_ 26 SCSI_LGND 60 SCSI_MSG_ 27 SCSI_GND 61 SCSI_SEL_ 28 SCSI GND 62 SCSI CD 29 SCSI GND 63 SCSI REQ 30 SCSI GND 64 SCSI IO 31 SCSI GND 65 SCSI_D lt 8 gt _ 32 SCSI GND 66 SCSI_D lt 9 gt _ 33 SCSI_GND 67 SCSI D 10 34 SCSI GND 68 SCSI D lt 11 gt _ SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 RJ 45 Connector Signals TABLE B 2 Hj 45 Connector Signals Pin Signal 1 Transmit Transmit Receive No Connection No Connection Receive No Connection D N Os Gi amp N No Connection Appendix B Interface Signals 25 26 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and Users Guide August 1997
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11. SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide Sun microsystems THE NETWORK IS THE COMPUTER Sun Microsystems Computer Company A Sun Microsystems Inc Business 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View CA 94043 USA 415 960 1300 fax 415 969 9131 Part No 802 6628 11 Revision A August 1997 Copyright 1997 Sun Microsystems Inc 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View California 94043 1100 U S A 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 AnswerBook SunDocs SunSwift SunVTS FastEthernet and Solaris are trademarks registered trademarks or service marks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and other countries AII 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 are based upon an ar
12. This Book Is Organized The document is organized as follows Chapter 1 About the SunSwift PCI Adapter describes the hardware and software requirements for the SunSwift PCI Adapter as well as the adapter features Chapter 2 Installing the SunSwift PCI Adapter tells you how to install the SunSwift PCI Adapter into your system Chapter 3 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter explains how to verify that the adapter is functioning properly and how to customize its performance Appendix A Using the selftest Diagnostics describes how to use the FCode selftest to verify the functionality of the adapter Appendix B Interface Signals presents the PCI adapter s Ethernet and SCSI pin characteristics Appendix C Specifications lists the hardware specifications Preface vii Using UNIX Commands This document may not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system booting the system and configuring devices See one or more of the following for this information m Solaris 2 x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals m AnswerBook online documentation for the Solaris 2 x software environment m Other software documentation that you received with your system Typographic Conventions TABLE P 1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol Meaning Examples AaBbCc123 The names of commands files Edit your login file and directories on screen Use 1s a to li
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14. ce 5 Type ok nvstore Ok setenv use nvramrc true 6 Reboot your system 16 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Increasing TCP IP Performance You can increase the TCP IP performance of the SunSwift PCI adapter by changing the TCP highwater mark to 64K This can be done with the ndd 1M utility as follows v To Increase TCP IP Performance As superuser type ndd set dev tcp tcp_xmit_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev tcp tcp_recv_hiwat 65535 ndd set dev tcp tcp_cwnd_max 65534 The changes will take effect immediately and affect all system networking interfaces Forcing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps Y To Force Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 1 At the ok prompt use the show devs command to list the system devices The full path name of the hme device similar to this example should be displayed pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW hme 0 1 2 Type ok nvedit 3 Type the following pressing the Return key at the end of line 0 0 probe all install console banner 1 apply transfer speed 10 full path name of the hme device 4 Press the Control C keys after typing full path name of the hme device Note In the above example the speed is forced to 10 Mbps To force the speed to 100 Mbps replace 10 with 100 Chapter 3 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter 17 5 Type ok nvstore ok setenv use nvramrc tru
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16. classe A respecte toutes les exigences du R glement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada DOC Class B Notice Avis DOC Classe B This Class B digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Reglement sur le mat riel brouilleur du Canada VCCI iv LDLT S E VCCI BEIT DLT B REVCCIDRAMHSI VATF VYavBELOATY a PR RECT CHSORMMIZIL PR OJHHAZNE CHUS DREUX AACE CHIT BU TE SONS ARIE CH SR MEDEE AA U Ze ERU BEER EA EE S EB e VCC AES C WAUTHOET LMT AS EH IE HRI PEU 7e Hi T CHJHNCAUSe 274 FEV a Va RIC BEF ADS EME ET BORON TEL lt BROMUS ESV S HVCCIBEICDIWT 5B SREVCCIOZCR AMbAEU ZA4Wr LvavwBkOW7vsavitN HOE BRRECST TCHSOMM Cl FORMAS LUET Et RE ERE 7 EE R EL 7 IC 35 v CHE 3 e ERRE CEE TOKER LE Ze BW E LA ARRE ERAR Aika VCCD PER RLT OUET LAL AE 274 QRR T TEA TE S EORAE7 ES C C735 033 HO RU AIC HES TEL 33800 SR KS SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Contents About the SunSwift PCI Adapter 1 Hardware and Software Requirements 2 Features 2 Installing the SunSwift PCI Adapter 5 v Tolnstall the Adapter 5 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter 7 Verifying the Installation 7 v To Verify the Installation 7 Diagnostics Testing 8 Auto Negotiation 9
17. e 6 Reboot your system Refer to the Platform Notes The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver document for more information on the hme device driver and forcing network speed This document is also available on the Solaris AnswerBook local mac address Property The network interface of the SunSwift PCI Adapter is assigned a unique MAC Media Access Control address which represents the 48 bit ethernet address for the channel The OpenBoot firmware reports this MAC address via the local mac address property in the device nodes corresponding to the network interfaces A system is not obligated to use this assigned MAC address if it has a system wide MAC address In such cases the system wide MAC address applies to all network interfaces on the system The device driver or any other adapter utility can use the network device s MAC address 1ocal mac address while configuring it In future Solaris releases you will be able to use the channel s MAC address when booting over the network The mac address property of the network device specifies the network address system wide or 1ocal mac address used for booting the system To start using the MAC addresses assigned to the network interface of the adapter set the NVRAM configuration variable local mac address to true ok setenv local mac address true 18 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Using the selftest Diagnostics
18. guration 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 10 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Configuring Host Files After installing the SunSwift PCI Adapter you must create a hostname hme lt num gt file for its Ethernet interface You must also assign an IP address and a hostname for its Ethernet interface in the etc hosts file Your system motherboard Ethernet interface network uses the hme device driver as well with an interface identified as hme0 The number 0 following hme represents the first instance of the interface You can find the interface numbers in the etc path to inst file To Prepare Your System for the Adapter At the command line use the grep command to search the etc path to inst file for hme devices f grep hme etc path to inst pci 1f 4000 network 1 1 0 hme pci 1l 2000 pci 2 SUNW hme 0 1 1 hme In the example above the network 1 1 instance is the on board FastEthernet device and the SUNW hme 0 1 instance is the SunSwift PCI adapter For clarity the instance numbers are bold In this example you would create an etc hostname hmel file because the adapter s hme instance number is 1 Create an etc hostname hme lt num gt file Replace the lt num gt following the
19. in your system in three ways m Configure the hme driver parameters generally for all SUNW hme devices in the system by entering the parameter variables in the etc systen file m Set a parameter on a per device basis by creating the hme conf file in the kernel drv directory m Use the ndd 1M utility to temporarily change a parameter This change is lost when you reboot the system Refer to the Platform Notes The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver document for more information on configuring driver parameters This document is also available on the Solaris AnswerBook Chapter 3 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter 15 Using Hubs that Do Not Send Link Pulses Certain 10BASE T hubs are not compliant with the IEEE 802 3 Ethernet standards for link pulses so therefore they do not send link pulses To connect your system to these non compliant hubs you need to disable your system from looking for link pulses v To Use Hubs that Do Not Send Link Pulses 1 At the ok prompt type ok show devs The show devs command lists the system devices You should see the full path name of the hme device similar to this example pci81f 2000 pci82 SUNW hmeQ0 1 2 Type ok nvedit 3 Type the following pressing the Return key at the end of line 0 0 probe all install console banner 1 apply disable link pulse lt full path name of the hme device 4 Press the Control C keys after typing full path name of the hme devi
20. including Fast 10 MHz and Wide 16 bit SCSI options support Asynchronous and synchronous transfer modes support Synchronous SCSI data transfer rates a Wide and Ultra SCSI 40 Mbytes sec a Ultra SCSI 20 Mbytes sec a Wide and Fast SCSI 20 Mbytes sec a Fast SCSI 10 Mbytes sec a Normal 5 Mbytes sec Fast single ended 8 16 Bit SCSI asynchronous transfer rate a Max 12 Mbytes sec 16 bit a Max 6 Mbytes sec 8 bit Up to 32 byte data FIFO between the DMA and SCSI channels 32 bit transfer counter 4 GB max block length 8 bit or 16 bit data and parity compatible optional checking Fast SCSI single ended Max cable length of 6 m 19 ft 15 targets FAST 20 Ultra single ended SCSI MAX cable length Up to 6 devices maximum 3 meters a More than 6 devices maximum 1 5 meters Chapter 1 About the SunSwift PCI Adapter 3 Diagnostic Support m RISC runs onboard diagnostic on power up Ultra Drive Cable Length m Four or less SCSI devices attached maximum 3 meter cable length m Five or more devices attached maximum 1 5 meter cable length Non Ultra Drive Cable Length m Maximum cable length of 6 meters 19 7 feet Note If you mix Ultra drives with non Ultra drives the total length of all cables cannot exceed 3 meters 4 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 CHAPTER 2 Installing the SunSwift PCI Adapter oO A o This chapter contains procedures for instal
21. lftest Diagnostics Type the following to run selftest using the test command ok setenv diag switch true ok test device path ok The following register tests are available on the ISP1040B PCI Configuration Space Registers Bus Configuration Registers RISC Registers Command DMA Register SXP Registers RISC Registers 20 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and Users Guide August 1997 The following FIFO tests are available m DMA Data Channel FIFO m DMA Command Channel FIFO The following Loopback tests are available Host to DMA DMA Data Channel DMA Command Channel FIFO DMA Host Test Host DMA Command Channel FIFO SXP FIFO DMA Data Channel FIFO DMA Data Channel FIFO SXP FIFO Host SXP FIFO Note The ok prompt will be displayed without any error messages if all of the tests run successfully Appendix A Using the selftest Diagnostics 21 22 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Interface Signals SunSwift PCI Adapter Connectors 34 1 8 1 555 ER A EN EI 68 68 pin SCSI 2 Connector CE RJ 45 Connector FIGURE B 1 SunSwift PCI Adapter Backplate Single Ended SCSI 2 Connector Signals TABLEB 1 Single Ended Connector Signals Pin Signal SCSI GN SCSI GN SCSI GN SCSI GN SCSI GN SCSI GN ON N D D D D D D 35
22. ling the adapter in your system Note Refer to your system installation or service manual and the SCSI device installation manual as necessary for detailed instructions for the following tasks To Install the Adapter Power off your system and open the system unit Attach the wrist strap s adhesive copper strip to the metal casing of the power supply Wrap the other end twice around your wrist with the adhesive side against your skin Holding the PCI card by the edges unpack and place it on an antistatic surface Identify the slot number in which you want to insert the SunSwift PCI adapter Remove the PCI filler panel from the slot that you selected Holding the PCI card by the edges align the card edge connector with the PCI slot Slide the card face plate into the small slot at the end of the PCI opening Applying even pressure at both corners of the card push the PCI card until it is firmly seated in the slot Caution Do not use excessive force when installing the adapter into the PCI slot You may damage the adapter s PCI connector If the adapter does not seat properly when you apply even pressure remove the adapter and carefully reinstall it again If necessary reinstall the PCI filler panel in the unused PCI opening Detach the wrist strap and close the system unit Note See the next chapter to complete the software configuration and additional setup procedures 6 SunSwif
23. r more information 2 Type ok boot pciQ1f 4000 pciQ2 SUNW isptwo 4 sdQ6 0 f The above command should start booting the system from the CD ROM media loaded in the CD ROM drive 14 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Post Installation Procedures Optional Perform the tasks in the following sections to customize the performance of the SunSwift PCI Adapter Increasing Performance with a Solaris 2 5 1 Patch To achieve the best performance from the SunSwift PCI adapter on systems running the Solaris 2 5 1 Hardware 4 97 operating environment you should install the 103934 05 patch Higher revisions of this patch if available should also increase the adapter s performance You can safely install this patch after you have installed the adapter into your system Note You can download this patch from the SunSolve Online website http sunsolve sun com Otherwise please contact your local SunService representative for assistance or contact your local SunService authorized service provider for information on how to receive and install this patch Configuring Driver Parameters The hme device driver controls the SUNW hme Ethernet device The device driver automatically selects the link speed using the auto negotiation protocol with the link partner See Auto Negotiation on page 9 You can manually configure the hme device driver parameters to customize each SUNW hme device
24. rates uses and can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed and used in accordance with the instructions may cause harmful interference to radio communications However there is no guarantee that interference will not occur in a particular installation If this equipment does cause harmful interference to radio or television reception which can be determined by turning the equipment off and on the user is encouraged to try to correct the interference by one or more of the following measures e Reorient or relocate the receiving antenna Increase the separation between the equipment and receiver e Connect the equipment into an outlet on a circuit different from that to which the receiver is connected e Consult the dealer or an experienced radio television technician for help Shielded Cables Connections between the workstation and peripherals must be made using shielded cables in order to maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits Networking connections can be made using unshielded twisted pair UTP cables Modifications Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems Inc may void the authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment Regulatory Compliance Statements iii DOC Class A Notice Avis DOC Classe A This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil num rique de la
25. rdware 4 97 release Firmware OpenBoot PROM version 3 0 or greater Peripherals Attached to PCI Adapter SCSI 2 devices SCSI Cables Only standard Sun supported cabling to ensure reliable SCSI interface connections Features Following is a list of the SunSwift PCI adapter features PCI PCI Local Bus Rev 2 1 compliant 32 bit PCI up to 33 MHz Universal add in 3 3V and 5V signaling Two 64K x 8 OpenBoot Flash ROMs one per function Built in PCI bridge PCI Ethernet Interface 32 bit PCI up to 33 MHz 32 bit target access to internal registers 8 16 or 32 bit target access to configuration registers 32 bit master data transfers Two DMA channels with 2 Kbyte FIFOs Unique IEEE MAC address stored on board 2 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Network Interface 10BASE T and 100BASE TX interfaces with auto negotiation full duplex capabilities PCI SCSI Interface 16 bit target access to SCSI controller internal registers 8 16 or 32 bit target access to configuration registers 32 bit master data transfers 128 byte DMA FIFO Dual channel SCSI DMA controller Supports 8 16 32 and 64 byte PCI bursts SCSI RISC Processor Execution of multiple I O control blocks from the host Reduced host intervention and interrupt overhead SCSI Interface ANSI X3 131 1994 SCSI 2 compliant ANSI X3T10 1071D SCSI 3 Fast 20 compliant ANSI X3T9 2 86 109 Rev 10g SCSI 2 specification
26. s 2 hme device 8 hme conf file configuring parameters 15 hostname hme file editing 12 example 11 hosts file editing 11 example 12 increasing TCP IP performance 17 instance numbers finding 11 isptwo SCSI interface 8 L link pulses disabling non compliant hubs 16 Ethernet standard 16 local mac address property 18 M MAC address property 18 monitoring network activity 10 N ndd utility 15 increasing TCP IP performance 17 network interface 3 8 11 network speed forcing between 10 and 100 Mbps 17 non compliant Ethernet hubs using 16 nvedit command 16 17 nvstore command 16 18 O OpenBoot PROM requirements 2 selftest diagnostics 19 setting the 1ocal mac address variable 18 watch net output 10 optimizing performance 15 P path_to_inst output 11 PCI connector 1 Ethernet interface 2 local bus 2 performance increasing with patch 15 specifications 27 physical dimensions 28 post installation procedures 15 power requirements 28 R rebooting your system 10 reconfiguration boot 10 requirements attached peripherals 2 firmware 2 hardware 2 OpenBoot PROM 2 SCSI cables 2 software 2 32 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 RJ 45 connector signals 25 9 SCSI cable requirements 2 4 connector 1 23 interface 3 isptwo interface 8 PCI interface 3 RISC processor 3 scsi interface 8 scsi interface 8 selftest diagnostics E
27. st all files computer output You have mail AaBbCc123 What you type when 5 su contrasted with on screen assword computer output AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide terms words to be emphasized Command line variable replace with a real name or value These are called class options You must be root to do this To delete a file type rm filename SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Shell Prompts TABLE P 2 Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine names C shell superuser machine names Bourne shell and Korn shell Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser Related Documentation The following documents contain topics that relate to the information in the SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide Title Part Number Solaris 2 x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals 801 5488 SunVTS 2 0 User s Guide 802 5331 Platform Notes The hme SunFastEthernet Device Driver 802 2023 OpenBoot 3 x Command Reference Manual 802 5837 Ordering Sun Documents SunDocs is a distribution program for Sun Microsystems technical documentation Contact SunExpress for easy ordering and quick delivery You can find a listing of available Sun documentation on the World Wide Web TABLE P 3 SunExpress Contact Information Country Telephone Fax Belgium 02 720 09 09 02 725 88 50 Canada 1 800 873 7869 1 800 944 0661 France 0800 90 61 57 0800 90 61 58
28. t PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 CHAPTER 3 Using the SunSwift PCI Adapter This chapter tells you how to verify that the adapter is functioning properly and how to optimize its performance Verifying the Installation Before booting the system verify the installation by performing the tasks that follow Refer to the Solaris 2 5 1 Handbook for SMCC Peripherals manual or your Solaris documentation for the detailed instructions v To Verify the Installation 1 Power on the system 2 When the banner is displayed press the Stop A keys to interrupt the boot process and to get to the ok prompt 3 Use the show devs command to list the system devices You should see SunSwift PCI adapter output similar to the example below ok show devs SUNW ffb le 0 SUNW UltraSPARC 0 0 pci 1f 2000 pci 1f 4000 counter timer 1f 1c00 virtual memory memory 0 0 aliases options openprom chosen packages pciQ1f 2 pci pci pci pci pci pci pci pci pciQ2 pci 2 SUNNW isptwo 4 pci82 SUNW hmeQ0 1 pci82 pcil108e 100080 pci82 SUNW isptwoQ4 st pci 2 SUNW isptwo 4 sd scsi 3 network 1 1 ebusQ1 C cO cO cO cO cO cO 98 98 CY CO OQ OO Fh Fh Fh Fh Fh Fh Fh Fh Bop BM NM NH isptwo identifies the SCSI interface on the SunSwift PCI adapter hme identifies the adapter Ethernet de
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30. thernet diagnostics 20 SCSI diagnostics 20 show devs output 8 16 software requirements 2 specifications environmental 29 performance 27 physical dimensions 28 power requirements 28 Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter replacing 11 SunDocs distribution x SunSolve Online website 15 system file 15 TCP IP performance increasing 17 V verifying adapter installation 7 Ww watch net output 10 Index 33 34 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Ordering Sun Documents SunDocs is a distribution program for technical documentation and is available from SunExpress order or for more information Country Phone Fax Country Phone Fax Belgium 02 72 09 09 02 72 88 50 Luxembourg 32 2 72 09 09 32 2 725 88 50 Canada 1 800 873 7869 1 800 944 0661 Sweden 020 79 57 26 020 79 57 27 France 0800 90 61 57 080 90 61 58 Switzerland 0800 55 19 26 0800 55 19 27 Germany 01 30 81 61 31 01 30 81 61 92 United Kingdom 0800 89 88 88 0800 89 88 87 Holland 06 022 34 45 06 022 34 46 United States 1 800 873 7869 1 800 944 0661 Japan 0120 33 9096 0120 33 9097 World Wide Web nttp www sun com sunexpress Sun Welcomes Your Comments We are interested in improving our documentation and welcome your comments Use the reader comment card or send comments via email to smcc docs sun com You can also send a fax to SMCC Doc Feedback at 1 415 786 6443 Please include the part number of your documen
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32. vice network identifies the motherboard network interface scsi identifies the motherboard SCSI interface If these devices are not listed check that the adapter is properly seated and reinstall the adapter if necessary Diagnostics Testing For SunSwift PCI adapter diagnostic testing see Appendix A Using the selftest Diagnostics and refer to the SunVTS User s Guide 8 SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide August 1997 Auto Negotiation A key feature of the SunSwift PCI Adapter is auto negotiation The auto negotiation protocol as specified by the 100BASE T standard selects the operation mode half duplex or full duplex and the auto sensing protocol selects the speed 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps for the adapter The link speed and modes supported by the SunSwift PCI Adapter are listed as follows in decreasing order of priority 100 Mbps full duplex 100 Mbps half duplex 10 Mbps full duplex 10 Mbps half duplex When the system is booted the SunSwift PCI adapter advertises these capabilities to the Link Partner at the other end of the link a hub switch or another network interface card NIC in a host system If the Link Partner also supports auto negotiation it will advertise its capabilities over the link The common highest priority mode supported by both sides will be selected automatically for the link operation If the SunSwift PCI adapter is connected to a remote system or to an interface
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