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External I/O Expansion Unit for SPARC Enterprise M
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000 Servers Installation and Service Manual • April 2011
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Software Commands for the External
I/O Expansion Unit
From the host server, you can use the following commands to identify and locate the
PCI cards in the I/O boats:
For the following examples of program output, assume an External I/O Expansion
Unit has one PCI Express boat and one PCI-X boat. The boats contain six PCI cards
each:
TABLE C-5
Diagnostic and Maintenance Commands
Command
Comments
Reference
ioxadm
(8)
The
ioxadm
(8) command displays information about the External
I/O Expansion Unit. System administrators and service personnel
can use
ioxadm
to manage External I/O Expansion Unit functions.
show-devs
Displays device tree information for PCI cards and other devices
attached to the host. Run this command from the OpenBoot prompt.
cfgadm
(1M)
The
cfgadm
(1M) command displays dynamic reconfiguration
information for a system. Run this command from the Oracle Solaris
superuser prompt.
prtdiag
(1M)
The
prtdiag
(1M) command displays system configuration and any
failed field replaceable units (FRUs). Run this command from the
Oracle Solaris superuser prompt.
TABLE C-6
PCI Cards in a Typical External I/O Expansion Unit
Boat
Slot
PCI Card
PCI Express boat
1
Dual gigabit Ethernet
2
Dual gigabit Ethernet
3
Dual gigabit Ethernet
4
4 gigabit fibre channel
5
Dual 4 gigabit fibre channel
6
Dual 4 gigabit fibre channel
PCI-X boat
1
Quad gigabit Ethernet
2
4 gigabit fibre channel
3
Gigaswift gigabit Ethernet
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