SunFastEthernet Adapter Product Note Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View, CA 94043 U.S.A. Part No.
1994 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043-1100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product and related documentation are protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or related documentation may be reproduced in any form by any means without prior written authorization of Sun and its licensors, if any. Portions of this product may be derived from the UNIX® and Berkeley 4.
SunFastEthernet Adapter The following data is in addition to that detailed in the SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide, P/N 801-6109-10. Hardware Requirements OpenBoot Prom (OBP) version 2.3 is the first OBP version that supports the SunFastEthernet Adapter. Verify your OBP version by typing the banner command at the ok prompt. If the OBP version is earlier than 2.3 then the OBP must be upgraded. Software Requirements Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/94 Solaris™ 2.
which automatically installs the driver SUNWbmac. For the “Entire Distribution”, “Programmer” and ”End User Support” clusters, the driver is installed only if SunFastEthernet Adapter hardware is installed in the system. Table 1 Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 8/94 CD Cluster Size Entire Distribution plus OEM Support 298.80 MByte Entire Distribution 298.1 MByte Programmer 220Mbyte End User System Support 125.37 MByte Core System Support 59.
2. Use the ls command to list the directory contents. Different directories for supported architectures will be listed. 3. Use the cd command and go to the directory containing your particular architecture. 4. Type the following line to get a listing for the minor device number for the be0 device: # ls -l devices/pseudo/clone@0:be The resultant listing will have the following format: crw-rw-rw 1 root sys 11, /devices/pseudo/clone@0:be 5.
2. Edit the name_to_major file by adding an entry for the be device. If the major device number for the last file entry is “n” then use” n+1” for the be channel major device number. As shown in the example, if the last entry is qe 104 then use be 105. qec 103 qe 104 be 105 3. Copy be driver to clients root partition as follows: # cd /export/root//kernel/drv then: # cp /kernel/drv/be .
To use the utility, type the following at the prompt: # /usr/sbin/be_speed beX Wherein X is the SunFastEthernet Adapter card number and the arguments are: • • • auto (automatic speed selection) 100 (forces 100 Mbps mode) 10 (forces 10 Mbps mode) If no arguments are selected then the current mode (auto or forced) and speed (10 or 100Mbps) of the interface will be printed.
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