- Sun Installation and User's Guide GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter

CHAPTER

Installing the Adapter

This chapter describes how to install the adapter in your system and verify that it

has been installed correctly. It then describes how to install the driver software using

the automated script. Finally, this chapter describes how to edit the network host

files after installing the adapter on your system.

This chapter contains the following sections:

■ “Installing the Adapter With Dynamic Reconfiguration” on page 7

■ “Installing the Adapter Without Dynamic Reconfiguration” on page 8

■ “Using the Installation Script” on page 14

■ “Verifying the Software Installation” on page 21

■ “Configuring the Network Host Files” on page 22

Note – If you are installing the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet adapter in a machine

running the Solaris 9 x86 Operating System, the following features are not

supported: diskless client, installing the Solaris Operating System over this adapter,

using this adapter as the primary boot device.

Installing the Adapter With Dynamic

Reconfiguration

If you have a Sun Enterprise system that supports dynamic reconfiguration (DR),

you do not have to reboot your system after installing the adapter.

The process of adding and configuring an adapter with DR involves connecting the

attachment point and configuring its occupant. In most cases, the cfgadm(1M)

command can perform both steps at once.