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Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI
Adapter Installation and User’s
Guide

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Part No: 805-1797-10

Revision A, August 1997

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Page 1: ...Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide A Sun Microsystems Inc Business 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto CA 94303 4900 Part No 805 1797 10 Revision A August 1997 ...

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Page 4: ...PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT Copyright 1997 Sun Microsystems Inc 901 San Antonio Road Palo Alto Californie 94303 4900 U S A Tous droits réservés Ce produit ou document est protégé par un copyright et distribué avec des licences qui en restreignent l utilisation la copie et la décompilation Aucune partie de ce produit ou de sa documentation associée ne peut être reproduite sous aucune for...

Page 5: ...he Adapter 5 Adding an Entry to the driver_aliases File 5 Installing the Adapter 6 Verifying the Installation 7 Diagnostic Testing 7 Examining Network Activity 7 Rebooting the System 9 3 Configuring the Driver Software 11 Installing the Driver Software 11 Configuring the Host Files 11 Booting From the Network 13 Post Installation Procedures Optional 14 Configuring Driver Parameters 14 Contents iv ...

Page 6: ...Before Transmitting a Packet Using lance_mode and ipg0 29 Operational Mode Parameters 30 Defining the Number of Back to Back Packets to Transmit 31 Reporting Transceiver Capabilities 31 Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities 32 Setting qfe Driver Parameters 33 Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility 33 Setting Parameters in the etc system File 37 H Setting the ipg1 and ipg2 Parameters in the etc...

Page 7: ...42 E Regulatory Compliance Statements 45 FCC Class A Notice 45 FCC Class B Notice 46 DOC Class A Notice Avis DOC Classe A 47 DOC Class B Notice Avis DOC Classe B 47 Declaration of Conformity 48 EMC 48 Supplementary Information 49 Index 51 Contents vi ...

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Page 9: ...nized Chapter 1 describes the hardware and software features for the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Chapter 2 tells you how to install the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter into your system Chapter 3 describes how to create and edit the device driver configuration files Appendix A lists the specifications for the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Appendix B lists the pin descriptions Appendix C...

Page 10: ...dures Instead it may name software tasks and refer you to operating system documentation or the handbook that was shipped with your new hardware The type of information that you might need to use references for includes 4 Shutting down the system 4 Booting the system 4 Configuring devices 4 Other basic software procedures See one or more of the following 4 Solaris 2 x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals...

Page 11: ... on screen computer output machine_name su Password AaBbCc123 Command line placeholder replace with a real name or value To delete a file type rm filename AaBbCc123 Book titles new words or terms or words to be emphasized Read Chapter 6 in the User s Guide These are called class options You must be root to do this Shell Prompts The following table shows the default system prompt and superuser prom...

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Page 15: ...et PCI adapter contains four fully buffered twisted pair Ethernet ports RJ 45 providing four switchable 10BASE T 100BASE TX channels on a PCI adapter Figure 1 1 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Figure 1 2 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter Back Panel 1 ...

Page 16: ...entifiers one for each channel 4 Link integrity LED for each channel Hardware and Software Requirements Before installing the adapter make sure your system meets the following hardware and software requirements TABLE 1 1 Hardware and Software Requirements Requirements Hardware or Software Supported Systems Sun TM Ultra TM systems with an available PCI slot Supported Operating Environments Solaris ...

Page 17: ...nd version to display your system s OpenBoot PROM revision level Displaying the OpenBoot PROM Revision Level 1 At the ok prompt type version to check your system s OpenBoot PROM revision level ok version Release 3 00 Version 1203 created 97 04 19 09 44 48 Product Overview 3 ...

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Page 19: ... PCI adapter In future operating system releases you will not need to edit this file 1 Check the etc driver_aliases file for the line required by the adapter grep pci_pci pci1011 25 etc driver_aliases If this line already exists in the driver_aliases file you can proceed with the adapter installation which is described in the next section Otherwise you will need to add this line to the file before...

Page 20: ...lign the adapter edge connector with the PCI slot Slide the adapter face plate into the small slot at the end of the PCI opening 6 Applying even pressure at both corners of the adapter push the PCI adapter 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 pro...

Page 21: ...he Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter ok show devs pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 0 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 1 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 2 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 3 1 The SUNW qfe x 1 entries identify the adapter s four Ethernet devices Note If you do not see the devices listed check that the adapter is properly seated and if necessary reinstall the adapter Diagnostic Testing For Sun Quad F...

Page 22: ... Packet X is a Bad Packet Type any key to stop Press any key to continue pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 2 1 Internal loopback test succeeded Transceiver check failed pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 3 1 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 Press any key to continue In addition to testing the adapter s i...

Page 23: ...orm a reconfiguration boot on your system so the operating environment can recognize the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter 1 Perform a reconfiguration boot on the system ok boot r Refer to the Solaris 2 x Peripheral s Handbook for more information Installing the Adapter 9 ...

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Page 25: ...r Before you can use the four channels of the adapter you will need to create and edit system host files as described in the next section Configuring the Host Files After installing the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver software you must create a hostname qfe num file for the adapter s Ethernet interfaces You must also create both an IP address and a host name for its Ethernet interfaces in the etc hos...

Page 26: ... channels you plan to leave unused 4 The etc hostname qfe num file must contain the hostname for the appropriate network interface 4 The host name should have an IP address and should be entered in the etc hosts file 4 The host name should be different from any other host name of any other interface for example etc hostname hme0 and etc hostname qfe2 cannot share the same host name Using the insta...

Page 27: ... use a Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter ethernet interface as the boot device perform the following tasks 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 qfe devices similar to the example below pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 0 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 1 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 2 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 3 1 Not...

Page 28: ... the parameter variables in the etc system file 4 Set a parameter on a per device basis by creating the qfe conf file in the kernel drv directory 4 Use the ndd utility to temporarily change a parameter This change is lost when you reboot the system See Appendix C for more information Increasing TCP IP Performance The TCP IP performance of the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter can be increased by c...

Page 29: ... probe all install console banner 1 apply transfer speed 10 full path name of a qfe device Note If you already have commands in NRAM append these lines to the end of the file 4 Press the Control C keys after typing full path name of a qfe device You will need to perform Steps 2 to 4 to set the network speed for each qfe channel Note In the above example the speed is forced to 10 Mbps To force the ...

Page 30: ...m or interface that is not capable of auto negotiation your system automatically selects the speed and half duplex mode If the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter is connected to a link partner with which the auto negotiation protocol fails to operate successfully 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 local ...

Page 31: ... or local mac address used for booting the system To start using the MAC addresses assigned to the network interfaces of the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter set the NVRAM configuration variable local mac address to true ok setenv local mac address true Configuring the Driver Software 17 ...

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Page 33: ...hysical Dimensions TABLE A 1 Physical Dimensions Assembly Dimension Measurement Length 7 395 in 186 06 mm Width 4 759 in 120 88 mm Height Primary component side 0 570 in 14 48 mm Back side 0 105 in 2 67 mm Weight 5 2 oz 148 g 19 ...

Page 34: ...annel Host Interface 256 pin PBGA PCI to PCI bridge with a 64 bit primary and 32 bit secondary interface Operates transparently in either 64 bit or 32 bit slots via a PCI specific Universal 64 bit Card Edge Supports both 3 3v and 5v signalling environments Fully compliant with PCI Local Bus Spec Rev 2 1 Network Interface 100BASE TX using Category 5 data grade cable 10BASE T using Category 3 voice ...

Page 35: ... Performance Specifications continued Ethernet Version Conforms to IEEE 802 3u PCI clock 33 MHz max PCI data burst transfer rate 133 MB sec PCI Data Address Lines AD63 0 PCI modes Master slave Specifications 21 ...

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Page 37: ...45 Connectors TABLE B 1 Pin Descriptions for the 32 Pin RJ 45 Connectors Channels 0 3 Description CH0 CH1 CH2 CH3 TD 1 9 17 25 TD 2 10 18 26 RD 3 11 19 27 Not Used 4 12 20 28 Not Used 5 13 21 29 RD 6 14 22 30 Not Used 7 15 23 31 Not Used 8 16 24 32 23 ...

Page 38: ...TABLE B 1 Pin Descriptions for the 32 Pin RJ 45 Connectors Channels 0 3 continued 24 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide Revision A August 1997 ...

Page 39: ...d Expansion PFEX ASIC and an internal transceiver The driver automatically sets the link speed to 10 or 100 Mbps and conforms to the 100BASE T IEEE 802 3u Ethernet standard The PFEX ASIC provides the PCI interface and Media Access Control MAC functions The internal transceiver which connects to an RJ 45 connector provides the physical layer functions The internal transceiver is capable of all the ...

Page 40: ...parameter ipg2 Read and write Inter packet gap parameter use_int_xcvr Read and write Operational mode parameter pace_size Read and write Operational mode parameter adv_autoneg_cap Read and write Operational mode parameter adv_100fdx_cap Read and write Operational mode parameter adv_100hdx_cap Read and write Operational mode parameter adv_10fdx_cap Read and write Operational mode parameter adv_10hd...

Page 41: ... only Link partner capability lp_100hdx_cap Read only Link partner capability lp_10fdx_cap Read only Link partner capability lp_10hdx_cap Read only Link partner capability instance Read and write Device instance lance_mode Read and write Additional delay before transmitting a packet ipg0 Read and write Additional delay before transmitting a packet Defining the Current Status The read only paramete...

Page 42: ... the auto negotiation protocol is 10 Mbps When the link speed is 100 Mbps the total IPG is 0 96 microseconds Table C 3 lists the default values and allowable values for the inter packet gap IPG parameters ipg1 and ipg2 TABLE C 3 Read Write Inter Packet Gap Parameter Values and Descriptions Parameter Values Byte time Description ipg1 0 255 ipg1 8 default at initialization ipg2 0 255 ipg2 4 default ...

Page 43: ...ay is set Only the delays set by ipg1 and ipg2 are used Disable lance_mode if other systems keep sending a large number of back to back packets You can add the additional delay by setting the ipg0 parameter from 0 to 31 which is the nibble time delay Note that nibble time is the time it takes to transfer four bits on the link If the link speed is 10 Mbps nibble time is equal to 400 ns If the link ...

Page 44: ...tware environment adv_100hdx_cap1 0 1 Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware read write parameter Not 100Mbit sec half duplex capable 100Mbit sec half duplex capable default adv_10fdx_cap1 0 1 Local transceiver capability advertised by the hardware read write parameter Not 10Mbit sec full duplex capable default 10Mbit sec full duplex capable adv_10hdx_cap1 0 1 Local transceiver ca...

Page 45: ...ilities Table C 7 describes the read only transceiver capabilities These parameters define the capabilities of the hardware The internal transceiver can support all of these capabilities TABLE C 7 Read Only Transceiver Capabilities Parameter Values Description autoneg_cap 0 1 Local transceiver capability of the hardware Not capable of auto negotiation Auto negotiation capable 100fdx_cap 0 1 Local ...

Page 46: ...Read Only Link Partner Capabilities Parameter Values Description lp_autoneg_cap 0 1 No auto negotiation Auto negotiation lp_100fdx_cap 0 1 No100Mbit sec full duplex transmission 100Mbit sec full duplex lp_100hdx_cap 0 1 No 100Mbit sec half duplex transmission 100Mbit sec half duplex lp_10fdx_cap 0 1 No 10Mbit sec full duplex transmission 10Mbit sec full duplex lp_10hdx_cap 0 1 No 10Mbit sec half d...

Page 47: ...o set a particular parameter for a device in the system Setting Parameters Using the ndd Utility Use the ndd utility to configure parameters that are valid until you reboot the system The ndd utility supports any networking driver which implements the Data Link Provider Interface DLPI The following sections describe how you can use the qfe driver and the ndd utility to modify with the set option o...

Page 48: ...ode you can use the utility to get or set more than one parameter value Refer to the ndd 1M man page for more information Using the ndd Utility in Non Interactive Mode This section describes how to modify and to display parameter values 1 To modify a parameter value use the set option If you invoke the ndd utility with the set option the utility passes value which must be specified down to the nam...

Page 49: ...ng All Parameters Supported by the qfe Driver ndd dev qfe read only transceiver_inuse read only link_status read only link_speed read only link_mode read only ipg1 read and write ipg2 read and write use_int_xcvr read and write pace_size read and write adv_autoneg_cap read and write adv_100fdx_cap read and write adv_100hdx_cap read and write adv_10fdx_cap read and write adv_10hdx_cap read and write...

Page 50: ...iation adv_autoneg_cap 0 Use the ndd utility as described in Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode on page 35 Auto Negotiation Mode This section describes how to select at least one of the four local transceiver capabilities and set the mode to auto negotiation To Set the Mode to Auto Negotiation 1 Select at least one of the five capabilities adv_100fdx_cap adv_100hdx_cap adv_10fdx_cap adv_10h...

Page 51: ...r variables in the qfe module in the operating system kernel Table C 9 lists the variables you can set in the etc system file TABLE C 9 Setting Variables in the etc system File Parameter Variable ipg1 qfe_ipg1 ipg2 qfe_ipg2 use_int_xcvr qfe_use_int_xcvr pace_size qfe_pace_size adv_autoneg_cap qfe_adv_autoneg_cap adv_100fdx_cap qfe_adv_100fdx_cap adv_100hdx_cap qfe_adv_100hdx_cap adv_10fdx_cap qfe_...

Page 52: ...init 6 at the superuser prompt Setting Parameters Using the qfe conf File You can also specify the properties described in the section Setting Parameters in the etc system File on page 37 on a per device basis by creating a qfe conf file in the kernel drv directory The properties set in the qfe conf file will override the parameters set in the etc system file Use a qfe conf file when you need to s...

Page 53: ...ter and before the character is the device name 4 The path name before the last component is the parent name 4 The comma separated numbers after the character at the end represent the device and function numbers which are together referred to as unit address To identify a PCI device unambiguously in the qfe conf file use the name parent name and the unit address for the device Refer to the pci 4 m...

Page 54: ...f 2000 pci 2 unit address 1 1 ipg1 20 ipg2 10 name SUNW qfe parent pci 1f 2000 pci 2 unit address 2 1 ipg1 20 ipg2 10 name SUNW qfe parent pci 1f 2000 pci 2 unit address 3 1 ipg1 20 ipg2 10 2 Save the qfe conf file 3 Save and close all files and programs and exit the windowing system 4 Halt and reboot the system by typing the init 6 command at the superuser prompt 40 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adap...

Page 55: ...ot 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 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 The selftest exercises most functionality sub section by sub section and ensures the follow...

Page 56: ... to false ok setenv auto boot false 3 Reset the system ok reset all 4 Type show devs to display the list of devices You should see lines in the list of devices similar to the example below specific to the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI adapter ok show devs pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 0 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 1 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 2 1 pci 1f 2000 pci 2 SUNW qfe 3 1 In this example the SUNW...

Page 57: ...ssages Hme register test succeeded Internal loopback test succeeded Transceiver check Using onboard transceiver Link down Autonegotiation timeout Check Cable or contact system administrator Failed selftest failed return code 1 Note To test other channels of the adapter you will need to execute the test command separately on each channel 7 After testing the adapter type the following to return the ...

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Page 59: ...ce must accept any interference received including interference that may cause undesired operation Note This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equipment is operated in a commercial environment This equipment g...

Page 60: ...nstalled 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 interferenc...

Page 61: ... A respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel 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 numérique de la classe B respecte toutes les exigences du Règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada Regulatory Compliance Statements 47 ...

Page 62: ...complies with EMC European Union EC This equipment complies with the following requirements of the EMC Directive 89 336 EEC EN55022 CISPR22 1985 Class A EN50082 1 IEC801 2 1991 4 kV Direct 8 kV Air IEC801 3 1984 3 V m 48 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User s Guide Revision A August 1997 ...

Page 63: ...es with all the requirements for the CE Mark when connected to a Sun workstation or server S S Dennis P Symanski DATE John Shades DATE Manager Product Compliance Quality Assurance Manager Sun Microsystems Inc Sun Microsystems Scotland Limited 901 San Antonio Road M S UMPK15 102 Springfield Linlithgow Palo Alto CA 94303 USA West Lothian EH49 7LR Tel 650 786 3255 Scotland United Kingdom Fax 650 786 ...

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