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1. tr Ij C 2 3 Starting the Test C 8 1 Review the information in the control panel which identifies the devices that are available for testing Click on the device that you want to test in this case USER 0 nettest Your selection is confirmed with the display of a highlighted box next to the device name 2 Click on the Start button System status idle Start Reset Print System passes 0 f Total errors 0 p Set Options Schedule Log Files Elapsed time 000 00 00 1 of 1 cpu 100 Option Files Status View 7 MEMORY DEVICE TESTS b Intervention Enable mem pmem passes errors 0 pkts 32 kmem vmem passes errors 0 Test Default None All DISK DEVICE TESTS be cOt3d0 rawtest passes errors 0 pans MEMORY DEVICES cOt3d0 fstest passes errors 0 cOt6d0 cdtest passes errors 0 Suh Tr e seni ven CPU DEVICE TESTS qnem vnen Set Tons fpu fputest passes errors 0 i DISK DEVICES led nettest passes errors 0 intr 200 cOt3d0 rawtest audio0 autest passes errors 0 5 cOt3d0 fstest SBUS DEVICE TESTS as M d bvtwo0 fbtest passes errors 0 disk cOt amp d0 cdtest USER TESTS p CPU DEVICES user0 nettest passes errors 0 entit 256 fpu fputest le0 nettest load 4 zs0 sptest audio0 autest colls F SBUS DEVICES bwtwo0 fbtest errs 4 USER TESTS fnouses user nettest Figure C 1 Sundiag Window2. 3 15 3 3 6 Installation Verification 0005 3 15 3 4 Setting Up Diskless Clients 0004 3 16 3 4 1 Setting Up to Write to the Server s usr Partition 3 16 3 42 Building a New Kernel seuuue 3 16 4 Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 2 x 4 1 4 1 Hardware Requirements c c eb epe eos 4 1 42 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 Software Requirements 4 2 4 2 1 Mandatory Patch Requirements 4 2 4 2 2 Disk Capacity Considerations 4 2 4 23 Adding SUNWbmac Using pkgadd Command 4 3 4 2 4 Host File Configuration ciere n 4 4 4 3 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 Software Requirements 4 5 4 3 1 NebInstall Servers 4saa es ssec ku x REDE eus 4 6 4 3 2 Diskless Clients eke trace EX E Sin ee eee ees 4 7 4 4 Solaris 2 4 Hardware 11 94 Software Requirements 4 8 5 Network Linkups Speed Selection 000000 5 1 5 1 Network Link Ups uei a a La arte eat di te 5 1 5 1 1 10 100Mbps Link Up Using RJ45 Connector 5 1 5 1 2 10 100Mbps Link Up Using MII interface Connector 5 2 5 1 3 Link Integrity Tesbesssooses pr aha 5 2 52 Speed SSIecHODa cs bEEERERPEEL teti Ded ioe 5 3 A Interface Signals 44244084 ci e EERFARRSVEEZESSSETETERERELE NES A 1 B SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Specifications B 1 iv SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 B 1 Performance 5pecifi cations s u
3. 3 15 Solaris 2 x Platform Archtecture with Systems Supported 4 2 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 CD 2 cee eee 4 3 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 CD 0 0c ccc cee 4 6 SBus Interface Signals nanunua nrnna eee A 1 SunFastEthernet Adapter Media Independent Interface Signals Ultra DB4O 6 iiic ac eicou a CERO die ca EIE CIC Ge CY A 3 Performance Specifications cece cee eee ee B 1 Power Specifications 6666s B 2 Overall Physical Dimensions raner cece ee B 2 Environmental Specifications 0 6 6 e cece B 3 Buffer Default Settings 0 cece eee eee D 1 ix SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Preface This manual provides information about the SunFastEthernet Adapter card Document Organization The information in this manual is presented in six chapters and four appendixes Manual arrangement is as follows Chapter 1 Introducing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card describes the features of the SunFastEthernet Adapter card and provides hardware requirements Chapter 2 Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card provides card installation testing and relocation procedures Chapter 3 Installing SunFastEthernet Software using Solaris 1 x provides instructions for software installation via CD ROM using CDmanager or cdm program instructions on bringing up the interface using loadable drivers as well as instructions on building a ne
4. Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card 2 5 2 8 Booting From SunFastEthernet Devices To get information about valid SunFastEthernet device path names for your machine use the show devs command as shown in the following example 40 ok show devs io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 io unitGf e0200 40 ok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00 sbiQ0 0 qecQ1 200 00 sbi 0 0 lebuffer 00 sbi 0 0 dma 3 810 00 sbi 0 0 lebuffer 00 sbi 0 0 dma 0 810 00 sbi 0 0 qec 1 200 00 sbiQ0 0 lebufferG 00 sbiQ0 0 dmaQ3 810 00 sbiQ0 0 dmaQ3 810 00 sbi 0 0 dma 3 810 00 sbi 0 0 lebuffer 00 sbi 0 0 dma 0 810 00 sbi 0 0 dma 0 810 00 sbi 0 0 dma 0 810 COCO OWO 99 C3 C C CO 63 G 0 40000 0 40000 0 0 be 0 0 40000 1e 3 60000 0 esp 3 80000 0 esp 3 80000 st 0 esp 3 80000 sd 40000 1le 0 60000 0 esp 0 80000 0 esp 0 80000 st 0 esp 0 80000 sd Look for the be node in the device paths For the preceding example the device boot path for the SunFastEthernet channel would be io unit f e0200000 sbi 0 0 qec 1 20000 be 0 0 Note Servers must be setup prior to booting as indicated in the following step Refer to Chapter 3 for Solaris 1 x and Chapter 4 for Solari
5. The current official hostname is current official hostname Do you wish to change the official hostname y n n 12 The default is 1 if you want to change the official hostname respond by entering y Once the hostname is changed or the default n is selected you will then see the following display This script is designed to continue the SunFastEthernet installation by Creating a System Config File based on a source Config File Changing protections on various files Running sys install Modifying the system config file Configuring and building the new kernel Setting up the new Kernel image for booting FOLLOW THE STEPS IN THE MANUAL PRIOR TO REBOOTING Then you must halt the system and reboot using the new kernel 13 The script will then query Do you wish to continue with this script y n yl Enter y to continue The script will then query Source System Config File GENERIC If you want to change the source system config file from the default GENERIC then enter the change now otherwise press RETURN to accept the default Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 3 11 3 12 You will then see the following prompt New System Config File BOE SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 3 If you want to change the new system config file from the default BQE then enter the new file name now or
6. Compatible with the Solaris R 1 1 1 1 1 and 1 1 2 releases Copyright 1994 Sun Microsystems Inc All Rights Reserved Printed in the United States of America 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View California 94043 1100 U S A This product and related documentation is 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 R and Berkeley 4 3 BSD systems licensed from UNIX Systems Laboratories Inc and the University of California respectively Third party font software in this product is protected by copyright and licensed from Sun s Font Suppliers RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND Use duplication or disclosure by the Government is subject to restrictions as set forth in subparagraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 52 227 7013 Oct 1988 and FAR 52 227 19 c The OPEN LOOK R and Sun R Graphical User Interfaces wer developed by Sun Microsystems Inc for its users and licensees Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of Xerox R in researching and developing the concept of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry Sun holds a non exclusive license from Xerox to the Xe
7. If a SunFastEthernet card is installed in a slot and you later change the location of the card then you must perform the procedure indicated in Section 2 4 Relocating a SunFastEthernet Card Solaris 2 x Only 4 Following card installation connect to a network 2 1 lll No 2 2 Use the onboard transceiver RJ45 connector for Category 5 data grade UTP wiring 100M maximum The external transceiver MII Interface connector can be used for Category 5 data grade UTP or for other wiring types dependent upon the transceiver type For example Category 3 voice grade UTP fiber optic STD etc 5 Verify SunFastEthernet installation by testing the card as indicated in the following section 2 2 Testing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Before Booting the System Note To utilize the SunFastEthernet Adapter card the system needs to contain OpenBoot PROM OBP level 2 3 or later After the SunFastEthernet Adapter card is installed and before booting the system verify installation by performing the following procedure 1 Power on the system and when the banner appears press the L1 A key to get to the ok prompt SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 No lll 2 Use show devs to find out SBus card information The show devs command used by itself shows the entire device tree The example below shows information for a SPARCserver 1000 system with only one system board board 0 and a S
8. t Directory 0 Show Program Environment LE2 40 1o001 FWY EF Please enter a number or q to quit q 3 14 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Qo lll 3 3 5 SunFastEthernet Directories The following table lists the major subdirectories of the directory that receives SunFastEthernet files export exec sun4 BQE Note that export exec sun4 is a symbolic link to usr Table 3 2 export exec sun4 BQE Subdirectories Subdirectory Description 4 1 3 sys Kernel and system configuration files 4 1 3 ul sys install Product specific installation scripts usr bin Utilities usr man Product manual pages 3 3 6 Installation Verification Note The SunFastEthernet interface will not function in a network that uses network trailers Use the netstat 8c utility to check for be lt num gt interfaces For example hostname 4 netstat ia Name Mtu Net Dest Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs Collis Queue leo 1500 mtnview en avon 197315 0 160609 0 3 0 beo 4428 mtnview en avon bf0 184858 0 177808 0 0 0 bel 4428 mtnview en avon bfl1 0 0 0 0 0 0 leo 1536 loopback localhost 11418 0 11418 0 0 0 An asterick following an interface name such as be1 as shown in the previous example indicates that the interface is down that is you have not used ifconfig to bring the interface up Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 3 15 lll Qo You can also use ifconfig to check o
9. xiv N N Warning This equipment contains lethal voltage Accidental contact can result in serious injury or death Caution Improper handling by unqualified personnel can cause serious damage to this equipment Unqualified personnel who tamper with this equipment may be held liable for any resultant damage to the equipment Individuals who remove any outer panels to access this equipment must observe all safety precautions and ensure compliance with skill level requirements certification and all applicable local and national laws Procedures contained in this document must be performed by qualified service trained maintenance providers Note Before you begin carefully read each of the procedures in this manual If you have not performed similar operations on comparable equipment do not attempt to perform these procedures SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Introducing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card i The information contained in this guide is organized as follows Table 1 1 Organization Chapter Appendi OS x Material covered applicability 1 Introduction to SunFastEthernet Both 1 x and 2 x 2 Installing SunFastEthernet SBus card Both 1 x and 2 x 3 Solaris 1 x software installation 1 x only 4 Solaris 2 x software installation 2 x only 5 Network Linkups Speed Selection Both 1 x and 2 x 6 Interface Signals Both 1 x and 2 x A SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Specifications Bot
10. Qo Ii The Solaris 1 software version of the SunFastEthernet driver is supported on Solaris 1 1 SunOS 4 1 3 and later releases To utilize the SunFastEthernet Adapter card the system also needs to contain OpenBoot PROM OBP level 2 3 or later There is no restriction on the number of SunFastEthernet SBus cards that can be installed in one system The name of the SunFastEthernet interface is be Note Be sure and read the README file on the CD ROM for late breaking information After installation of the SunFastEthernet card see Chapter 2 Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card you can install the software which is located on CD ROM part number 704 4885 10 If you will be running the software on a diskless workstation install the product software on the boot server for that diskless machine see Section 3 4 Setting Up Diskless Clients on page 3 16 The Section 3 3 Installing from CD ROM covers installation from a CD ROM Note The SunFastEthernet interface will not function in a network that uses Ethernet trailers 3 1 3 3 1 Hardware Requirements Table 3 1 lists systems supported under the Solaris 1 x software versions for Sun 4m architectures Note The SunFastEthernet is not supported on the SBus Expansion Subsystem under Solaris 1 x Table 3 1 Solaris 1 x Platform Architecture with Systems Platform Architecture System Type Sun 4m SPARCserver 630MP SPARCserver 670M
11. Some of the messages indicate normal operation of the product while others indicate an error condition In the latter category certain messages indicate a transitory condition while others indicate a condition fatal to the operation of the SunFastEthernet device be lt num gt Cannot find 100Mbit tcvr using 10Mbit The device cannot find a 100 Mbps transceiver and is switching to 10 Mbps mode be lt num gt Cannot free unit still running An attempt was made to unload the driver when the interface was still up Use ifconfig be lt num gt down to bring the interface down before unloading the driver be num Cannot reset Cannot reset the device This is most likely due to a bad device E 1 E 2 be num No carrier cable problem or hub link test disabled The no carrier portion of this message indicates that the device may have lost the carrier detect signal The driver has a test feature that verifies the Ethernet cable connection between the device and the Ethernet hub In order for this feature to function correctly the Ethernet hub must support the link test feature and it must be turned on in the hub If the hub doesn t support the link test or if the link test is disabled in the hub you will see this error message during the system boot The cable problem or hub link test disabled portion of this message indicates possible cable problems Check the cable if no
12. DIMPFS DIFS deleted for brevity loading vmunix ti I ti I rearranging symbols text data bss dec hex 1531904 463064 215088 2210056 21050908 make ran successfully Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 3 13 lll Qo Followed by KKK KKK KK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK KK KK The SunFastEthernet has been successfully installed To use the new kernel do the following mv vmunix vmunix org mv vmunix bqe vmunix etc reboot Ck ck Ck Sk ck Ck Sk ck kk Ce kk Ck KKK KKK KK KKK KKK KKK KKK KKK ck kk ko kk ko kk kk ck kk KKK KKK KK KK Note If there are problems with the preceding procedure moving vmunix rebooting then you need to boot the old vmunix which is vmunix org in the above example Thus type boot omunix org The install script will then return you to cdm and the following display Select Application Show Current Application Install Application Display Application Text File Print Application Text File List Applications List Categories Change Current Category Change Curren
13. Extracting Installation Scripts extract unbundled Begin Install Script Execution Invoking usr tmp unbundled install BQE log file is usr tmp unbundled 1 0 BQE log SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Qo lll 9 The script will then query Do you want to see a description of this installation script y n Follow by entering n You will then see the following display Install the SunFastEthernet driver Installation should take approximately 2 minutes Here is the Current Free Disk space Filesystem kbytes used avail capacity Mounted on dev sdla 30807 3854 23873 14 dev sdlg 185351 162989 3827 98 usr dev sdid 276263 3725 244912 1 export dev sdle 45959 16401 24963 40 export swap dev sdih 3233735 10 291352 0 home dev sd1lf 37863 131 33946 0 var This software requires 500 kbytes of disk space 10 The script will then query Do you want to continue y n Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 3 9 lll Qo Follow by entering y You will then see the following display The destination directory for SunFastEthernet is export exec sun4 BQE install install bqe 25 blocks sun4 BQE install deinstall bqe 8 blocks sun4 BQE usr bin be speed 208 blocks sun4 BQE usr man man4 be 4s 17 blocks sun4 BQE usr man man4 qe 4s 16 blocks sun4 BQE usr man man4 qec 4s 6 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 sys sunif if bmac h 19 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 sys sunif
14. TARGET h1 h2 IF interface TEST 0 7 N nopkts P pattern T seconds SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 O lll C 2 2 The Sundiag Window Note The SunFast Ethernet Adapter is not supported in Sundiag for Solaris 1 x Note Examples in this section show Sundiag running in the OPEN LOOK environment Sundiag run in the SunView environment will look different To start Sundiag cd to the Sundiag directory opt SUNWdiag bin sundiag and then type the sundiag command After you enter the sundiag command the Sundiag window is displayed on your screen refer to Figure C 1 This window is the primary interface for running Sundiag Refer to the Sundiag manual that came with your operating system for further details The Sundiag window is divided into four small windows The system status window at the upper left of the screen displays the status of the tests The performance monitor panel in the upper middle of the screen displays the performance statistics for the system that is under test The control panel is located at the right The panel includes buttons exclusive choice toggle and pop up menus that allow you to select test parameters and options The console window at the bottom left displays test messages and allows you as a superuser to use operating system commands Running Diagnostics C7 SunDiag Version 4 3 Hostname mouse Model Sun 4 25
15. cable problem can be found then check for a link integrity mismatch If there is a link integrity mismatch you may enable the link test feature in your Ethernet hub usually by turning a switch on or you may disable the link test in your SPARC system To enable disable the link test at the OBP s ok prompt enter the OBP command help ethernet and then press RETURN to receive more information be lt num gt No transceiver found The device did not find a transceiver Check cabling and the transceiver be lt num gt SBus rx derror ack SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 tr lll and be lt num gt SBus tx derror ack The DMA engine encounted an error which indicates a potential hardware or driver problem be lt num gt SBus rx late error be lt num gt SBus tx late error be lt num gt SBus rx parity error and be lt num gt SBus tx parity error The DMA engine encounted an error which typically indicates a hardware problem be lt num gt bechanstop global reset failed be lt num gt bechanstop gec init failed and be lt num gt bechanstop TDMD did not clear These errors indicate a hardware failure The device is most likely bad Console Messages Solaris 1 x Only B3 be num bqeallocthings Not enough system memory The driver cannot allocate sufficient memory f
16. in the United States and other countries exclusively licensed through X Open Company Ltd OPEN LOOK is a registered trademark of Novell Inc PostScript and Display PostScript are trademarks of Adobe Systems Inc All other product names mentioned herein are the trademarks of their respective owners All SPARC trademarks including the SCD Compliant Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc SPARCstation SPARCserver SPARCengine SPARCstorage SPARCware SPARCcenter SPARCclassic SPARCcluster SPARCdesign SPARC811 SPARCprinter UltraSPARC microSPARC SPARCworks and SPARCompiler are licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems Inc Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc The OPEN LOOK and Sun Graphical User Interfaces were developed by Sun Microsystems Inc for its users and licensees Sun acknowledges the pioneering efforts of Xerox in researching and developing the concept of visual or graphical user interfaces for the computer industry Sun holds a non exclusive license from Xerox to the Xerox Graphical User Interface which license also covers Sun s licensees who implement OPEN LOOK GUIs and otherwise comply with Sun s written license agreements X Window System is a product of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology THIS PUBLICATION IS PROVIDED AS IS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND EITHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO T
17. of the SunFastEthernet interface will become the official hostname for the diskless clients If you do not want this to happen then use the SunFastEthernet install script to do an install on one machine and copy the changes made to etc rc boot to the other diskless clients Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 3 17 3 18 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 2 x 4 This chapter describes SunFastEthernet installation requirements for Solaris 2 x software versions only The SunFastEthernet Adapter card is supported on most SBus based Sun 4c Sun 4m and Sun 4d system architectures that run under the Solaris environment or other compatible operating systems To utilize the SunFastEthernet Adapter card the system also needs to contain OpenBoot PROM OBP level 2 3 or later An on board FCode PROM provides configuration support that identifies the SunFastEthernet Adapter card to the system and contains selftest routines Note The SunFastEthernet interface will not function in a network that uses Ethernet trailers 4 1 Hardware Requirements Table 4 1 lists systems supported under the Solaris 2 x software versions for Sun 4c 4d and 4m architectures Note The SunFastEthernet is not supported on the SBus Expansion Subsystem under Solaris 2 x 4 1 Table 4 1 Solaris 2 x Platform Archtecture with Systems Supported
18. press RETURN to accept the default You will then see the following display File protection on files and BOE adjusted Doing a make depend etc config BOE run successfully Issuing make cc sparc c O Dsun4m DGENERIC DSUNAM 35 DSUNAM 50 DSUNAM 690 DWINSVJ DVDDRV DASYNCHIO DLWP DVFSSTATS DRFS DCRYPT DTCPDEBUG DIPCSHMEM DIPCSEMAPHORE DIPCMESSAGE DSYSAUDIT DSYSACCT DPCFS DHSFS DTMPFS DTFS DLOFS DNFSSERVER DNFSCLIENT DUFS DQUOTA DINET DMULTIPROCESSOR DKERNEL I I I netinet in proto c cc sparc c O Dsun4 m DGENERIC DSUNAM 35 DSUNAM 50 DSUNAM 690 DWINSVJ DVDDRV DASYNCHIO DLWP DVFSSTATS DRFS DCRYPT DTCPDEBUG DIPCSHMEM DIPCSEMAPHORE DIPCMESSAGE DSYSAUDIT DSYSACCT DPCFS DHSFS DIMPFS DIFS DLOFS DNFSSERVER DNFSCLIENT DUFS DQUOTA DINET DMULTIPROCESSOR DKERNEL I I I netinet tcp debug c cc sparc c g Dsun4m DGENERIC DSUNAM 35 DSUNAM 50 DSUNAM 690 DWINSVJ DVDDRV DASYNCHIO DLWP DVFSSTATS DRFS DCRYPT DTCPDEBUG DIPCSHMEM DIPCSEMAPHORE DIPCMESSAGE DSYSAUDIT DSYSACCT DPCFS DHSFS DIMPFS DIFS DLOFS DNFSSERVER DNFSCLIENT DUFS DQUOTA DINET DMULTIPROCESSOR DKERNEL I I I os init dbx c cc sparc c O Dsun4 m DGENERIC DSUNAM 35 DSUNAM 50 DSUNAM 690 DWINSVJ DVDDRV DASYNCHIO DLWP DVFSSTATS DRFS DCRYPT DTCPDEBUG DIPCSHME DIPCSEMAPHORE DIPCMESSAGE DSYSAUDIT DSYSACCT DPCFS DHSFS
19. 00 Mbits sec Link Up Note If you do not see a 10 or 100Mbits sec Link Up message then the link is down and the probable cause could be a disconnected cable transceiver or hub 5 1 3 Link Integrity Test The link integrity test feature is always enabled on SunFastEthernet cards The link integrity test feature is a requirement of the IEEE 10Base T standard The purpose of the test feature is to enable a 10Base T node to detect a link failure The standard requires that on a periodic basis each station on the net transmit link pulses whenever it is not transmitting valid packets Sampling the link pulses the receiver will assume that the network connection link is intact and assumes a link pass state SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 O1 lll 5 2 Speed Selection If you receive the following messages after connecting to a 10 or 100Mbps network then more than likely the external hub and the SunFastEthernet are out of sync In these instances speed selection may be done manually using the be_speed utility as indicated in the procedure that follows be lt num gt 100 Mbps Link Up Link Down 10 Mbps Link Up Link Down This utility is available in the directory usr sbin only if patch ID 101820 01 is installed This patch is mandatory for the Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 release for the Solaris 2 x Hardware 8 94 release the patch is needed only if the be_speed utility is requ
20. 02001 03 located on the SMCC Updates CD Refer to the patch README file for instructions on installing the patch 4 8 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Network Linkups Speed Selection 5 The information presented in this chapter is applicable to both Solaris 1 x and 2 x software versions 5 1 Network Link Ups 5 1 1 10 100Mbps Link Up Using RJ45 Connector If your SunFastEthernet channel is connected to a 10 or 100Mbps network through the RJ45 connector you will receive a Link Up message whenever you boot the system or disconnect and then reconnect to the network For 10Mbps the message is be lt num gt Using Onboard Transceiver 10 Mbits sec Link Up For 100Mbps the message is be lt num gt Using Onboard Transceiver 100 Mbits sec Link Up 3 1 Note If you do not see a 10 or 100Mbits sec Link Up message then the link is down and the probable cause could be a disconnected cable transceiver or hub 5 1 2 10 100Mbps Link Up Using MII interface Connector If your SunFastEthernet channel is connected to a 10 or 100 Mbps network through the MII interface connector you will receive a Link Up message whenever you boot the system or disconnect and then reconnect to the network For 10Mbps the message is be lt num gt Using External Transceiver 10 Mbits sec Link Up For 100Mbps the message is be lt num gt Using External Transceiver 1
21. 3 Watch the console window for messages SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 4 To interrupt a test or to stop after a test is completed click on the Stop button If no problems are identified during the testing the SunFastEthernet card is ready for operation in your system Click on the Quit button to exit Sundiag Running Diagnostics C9 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Solaris 2 x Driver Performance Tuning D If your system is a server which serves clients with heavy traffic and you experience numerous RPC errors you may fine tune your system for performance by changing the buffer default settings in the etc system file as follows Table D 1 depicts the buffer default settings each buffer requiring 1 5 kbyte of memory Table D 1 Buffer Default Settings Quantit Buffer y Description benbufs 256 Number of free buffers for Tx and Rx berpending 32 Number of Rx descriptors 288 Total number of buffers allocated Go to the etc system file and change the buffer default values to the recommended values as follows set be benbufs 1024 set be berpending 64 Note The maximum setting for berpending is 248 D 2 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Console Messages Solaris 1 x Only B The SunFastEthernet software can output the messages listed below Each message is accompanied by an explanation and or workaround
22. Burst Transfer Rate Max Ethernet Transfer Rate SBus Data Address Lines SBus Modes Capacitance per SBus Signal Line SBus Parity SBus Version SBus Burst Sizes 12 5MHz to 25MHz 12 5Mbytes sec 10 100Mbps D 31 0 PA 18 0 Master Slave lt 20 pF Yes Conforms to IEEE 1496 16 32 64 B 1 B B 2 Power Specifications Table B 2 Power Specifications Specification Measurement Power Dissipation 9 5 Watt max Voltage Tolerance 5 Ripple lt 100 mV Operational Current 5V 2 0 Amps B 3 Physical Dimensions Table B 3 Overall Physical Dimensions Dimension Measurement Length 5 78 in 147 70 mm Width 3 3 in 83 82 mm Weight 5 52 oz 158g B 2 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 B A mm B 4 Environmental Specifications Note Specifications shown are for Sun Fast Ethernet Adapter Card in SPARCstation 10 Table B 4 Environmental Specifications Condition Operating Specification Storage Specification Temperature 0 to 40 C 40 to 75 C Relative Humidity 5 to 85 RH 40 C 95 RH 40 C non condensing non condensing Shock 8 G s 11 msec 25 G s 11 msec Vibration peak acceleration 35 G s 5 500 Hz 1 25 G s 5 500 Hz SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Specifications B 3 B 4 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 C 1 Selftest Running Diagnostics C Note The SunFast Ethernet Adapter is not supported in Sundiag for S
23. HE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR NON INFRINGEMENT THIS PUBLICATION COULD INCLUDE TECHNICAL INACCURACIES OR TYPOGRAPHICAL ERRORS CHANGES ARE PERIODICALLY ADDED TO THE INFORMATION HEREIN THESE CHANGES WILL BE INCORPORATED IN NEW EDITIONS OF THE PUBLICATION SUN MICROSYSTEMS INC MAY MAKE IMPROVEMENTS AND OR CHANGES IN THE PRODUCT S AND OR THE PROGRAM S DESCRIBED IN THIS PUBLICATION AT ANY TIME XY e n A Adobe PostScript Contents PRCIACE MT RRTP rm xi 1 Introducing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card 1 1 2 Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card 2 1 2 1 Candnstallallonesstusesdquedgasurs x ES EE E Seen 2 1 2 2 Testing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Before Booting the DUBIO episte ee teehee ee PME CEN I PIRE d a V ee 2 2 2 3 Booting From SunFastEthernet Devices 2 6 2 4 Relocating a SunFastEthernet Card Solaris 2 x Only 2 7 3 Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 3 1 3 1 Hardware Requirements Up xx dx xb ins 3 2 3 2 Preparing for Software Installation 3 2 333 Installing from CD ROM sseeeeeeeeeeeee 3 3 3 3 1 Access to Remote CD ROM 3 3 392 USING COM secre ERES EEUU EIE RO ER ERE EE 3 3 3 8 9 Mounting the CD ROM 2 00 0000005 3 4 3 3 4 Install Script Using cdm n nananana RR 3 4 iii 3 83 5 SunFastEthernet Directories
24. Once the system has been halted proceed to Chapter 2 Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card 4 3 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 Software Requirements Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 is the second Solaris 2 release supporting the SunFastEthernet The driver for the SunFastEthernet is installed from the package SUNWbmac You will find this package on the Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 CD Follow the installation instructions that come with the CD The Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 software is shipped on a single CD The CD software for this distribution is divided into five software packages or clusters see following table The driver for the SunFastEthernet Adapter SUNWbmac is bundled on the Entire Distribution plus OEM Support cluster which automatically installs the driver SUNWbmac In this instance you should then proceed directly to Chapter 2 Section 2 2 Testing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Before Booting the System For the Entire Distribution Programmer and End User Support clusters the driver is installed only if SunFastEthernet Adapter hardware is installed in the system If this is the case hardware already installed then proceed to Chapter 2 Section 22 Testing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Before Booting the System Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 2 x 4 5 4 6 Table 4 3 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 CD Cluster Size Entire Distribution plus OEM Support 298 80 MByte Entire Distrib
25. P SPARCserver 690MP SPARCclassic SPARCstation 5 SPARCstation 10 SPARCstation 20 SPARCstation LX 3 2 Preparing for Software Installation Before loading the SunFastEthernet software Ensure that the system is running SunOS Version 4 1 3 or later Use the uname command with the r argument to determine your SunOS version as shown in the following example o hostname uname r Verify that the export exec directory contains a symbolic link from export exec sun4 to the usr directory on your machine The link allows the script to place the SunFastEthernet files in your usr rather than your root partition E SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 3 To confirm the existence of the link in the export exec directory use the commands shown in the following example hostname cd export exec hostname ls 1 sun4 lrwxrwxrwx l root 4 Apr 9 03 27 sun4 gt usr The example response from command ls shows that the sun4 and usr directories are symbolically linked If the link does not exist create one while still in the directory export exec by entering the In s command as shown in the following example hostname ln s usr sun4 You need approximately 500kbytes of free space in the destination partition You can check the amount of free space by using the df command in the directory export exec sun4 3 8 Installing from CD ROM 3 9 1 Access to Rem
26. Platform Architecture System Type Sun 4c SPARCstation 2 SPARCstation IPX Sun 4d SPARCserver 1000 SPARCcenter 2000 Sun 4m SPARCserver 630MP SPARCserver 670MP SPARCserver 690MP SPARCclassic SPARCstation 5 SPARCstation 10 SPARCstation 20 SPARCstation LX 4 2 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 Software Requirements 4 2 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 is the first Solaris 2 release supporting the SunFastEthernet The driver for the SunFastEthernet is installed from the package SUNWbmac You will find this package on the Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 CD Follow the installation instructions that come with the CD 4 2 1 Mandatory Patch Requirements Patch ID number 101820 01 is required for a SunFastEthernet Adapter when used with Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 only Contact your local Sun provider 4 2 2 Disk Capacity Considerations The Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 software is shipped on a single CD The Solaris CD software for this distribution is divided into four software packages or clusters see following table The driver for the SunFastEthernet card is bundled on the Entire Distribution plus OEM Support cluster which SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 i automatically installs SUNWbmac If disk space is a concern and you choose to install another cluster use the pkgadd command to add the SunFastEthernet driver as described in the following procedure Table 4 2 Solaris 2 3 Hardware 5 94 CD Cluster Size Ent
27. Section 3 3 Installing from CD ROM If you have a lot of diskless clients installing the clients one by one may not be practical You can build the kernels manually by following the steps below SYS is assumed to be the directory where you build kernels for you diskless client use whatever path is right for you in place of SYS 3 16 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 3 If you are on a SunOS 4 1 3 machine use 4 1 3 in place of OSVER for releases later than SunOS 4 1 3 use 4 1 3_U1 in place of OSVER Enter the following commands cp usr BQE OSVER sys sunif SYS sunif cp usr BQE OSVER sys sun4m OBJ SYS sun4m OBJ cp SYS sun4m conf files SYS sun4m conf files prebqe Add the following lines to SYS sun4m conf files SunFastEthernet and SBus Quad Ethernet Controller sunif if qec c optional qec sunif if bqe c optional bqe Add the following lines to the configuration file that you use for building diskless client kernels SunFastEthernet and SBus Quad Ethernet Controller device driver qec device driver bqe Now use the config command to rebuild the system configuration files for the diskless client You can now copy the new kernel over to the diskless clients You need to remember to add the SunFastEthernet interface names to etc hosts for each diskless client and add the names of all the new interfaces to NIS if you are using it The name
28. SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide S 20 SUN Sun Microsystems Computer Corporation 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View CA 94043 Part No 801 6109 11 Revision A November 1994 O 1994 Sun Microsystems Inc 2550 Garcia Avenue Mountain View California 94043 1100 U S A Allrights 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 3 BSD systems licensed from UNIX System Laboratories Inc a wholly owned subsidiary of Novell Inc and the University of California respectively Third party font software in this product is protected by copyright and licensed from Sun s font suppliers RESTRICTED RIGHTS LEGEND Use duplication or disclosure by the United States Government is subject to the restrictions set forth in DFARS 252 227 7013 c 1 ii and FAR 52 227 19 The product described in this manual may be protected by one or more U S patents foreign patents or pending applications TRADEMARKS Sun theSun logo Sun Microsystems Solaris and SunFastEthernet are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc in the U S and certain other countries UNIX is a registered trademark
29. To find out the OpenBoot PROM revision level on your system type version at the 40 ok prompt a If the system has OpenBoot PROM 2 6 or above use watch net all This example shows output when a be channel is connected to a 10Mbps network Note Activity may also be displayed for the le0 interface if it is connected 40 ok watch net all io unitGf e0200000 sbi80 0 qec81 20000 beQ0 0 Qe register test succeeded Internal loopback test succeeded Transceiver check 100 mbps Link Down 10 mbps Link Up passed Tx Rx enable disable test succeeded Frame counter test succeeded Address detection test succeeded Address hash test succeeded Looking for Ethernet packets is a good packet X is a bad packet Type any key to stop SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 2 b If the system has OpenBoot PROM 2 3 to 2 5 use the watch net command 10 ok watch net Qe register test succeeded Internal loopback test succeeded Tx Rx enable disable test succeeded Frame counter test succeeded Address detection test succeeded Address hash test succeeded Looking for Ethernet packets Type any key to stop Transceiver check 100 mbps Link Down 10 mbps Link Up is a good packet X is a bad packet passed 5 Set the diag switch to false At the ok prompt type ok setenv diag switch false
30. cedures See one or more of the following Solaris 2 x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals contains Solaris 2 x software commands On line AnswerBook for the complete set of documentation supporting the Solaris 2 x operating environment Other software documentation that you received with your system xii SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 What Typographic Changes and Symbols Mean Section Table P 1 Iypographic Conventions describes the typefaces and symbols used in this book Table P 1 Typographic Conventions Typeface or Symbol AaBbCc123 Meaning Example The names of commands files AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 AaBbCc123 and directories on screen computer output What you type contrasted with on screen computer output Command line placeholder replace with a real name or value Book titles new words or terms or words to be emphasized Edit your login file Use ls a to list all files system You have mail System su Password To delete a file type rm filename Read Chapter 6 in User s Guide These are called class options You must be root to do this Code samples are included in boxes and may display the following 9 UNIX C shell prompt UNIX Bourne and Korn shell prompt Superuser prompt all shells systems UNIX Bourne and Korn shell prompt Superuser prompt all shells Preface xiii Notes Cautions and Warnings
31. d ok 2 Set the diag switch to false At the ok prompt type ok setenv diag switch false As each test is executed the resulting status of either pass or fail will be displayed The tests will be run sequentially that will stop when any test encounters an error A description of each test is given in the following sections SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 C lll C 1 1 1 C 1 1 2 C 1 1 3 C 1 1 4 C 1 1 5 C 1 1 6 C 1 1 7 Register Test This test performs write read and compare on the QEC bmac and transceiver registers The test will then issue a reset to make sure that the appropriate register contents are reset Internal Loopback Test This test will check the internal loopback data path Transceiver Test This test will check the onboard transceiver connection and the link status Tx Rx Enable Disable Test This test will verify that the Tx and Rx state machines work properly when disabled or enabled Frame Counter Test This test will verify the Rx Frame Length Error and FCS Error counters The test will also verify the counter expiration status Rx Frame can be tested by sending good packets Length Error can be tested by sending packets with length exceeding max size and FCS Error can be tested by sending packets without FCS Address Detection Test This test will verify the broadcast addressing mode promiscuous modes and filte
32. e auto boot to false use the setenv command as follows then type reset for the change to take effect SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 C lll ok setenv auto boot false ok reset To browse the OBP device tree use the cd command to get to a specific working directory and words to find all the Forth words available in that directory ok cd sbus qec 1 20000 be ok words read write load close open seek reset selftest ok To examine the definition of a word use the see command as follows ok see selftest selftest ffd988d0 ffd98c28 ffd99564 ffd98c60 swap ffd5fb9c fd988d0 if ffd995ec else 1 then ok For more information on using the OBP commands refer to the Open Boot Command Reference manual part no 800 6076 11 Running Diagnostics C 3 C 4 C 1 1 Selftest Description The Selftest can be invoked from the ok prompt on a Sun machine that has OBP 2 x or later as follows 1 Set the diag switch to true At the ok prompt type ok setenv diag switch true Note If the diag switch is not set to true reduced tests are run ok test iommu sbus qec beQ0 0 Qe register test succeeded Internal loopback test succeeded Transceiver check 100 mbps Link Down 10 mbps Link Up passed Tx Rx enable disable test succeeded Frame counter test succeeded Address detection test succeeded Address hash test succeede
33. h 1 x and 2 x B Running Diagnostics Both 1 x and 2 x C Solaris 2 x Driver Performance Tuning 2 x only D Console Messages Solaris 1 x Only 1 x Only 1 1 1 2 The SunFastEthernet Adapter card is a dual mode high speed ethernet SBus card that can operate at either 10 or 100Mbps The card provides the Media Access Control MAC function for either a 10 or 1000Mbps CSMA CD protocol based network interface conforming to IEEE 802 3 and the Ethernet specification 1 Fully complies with the following standards a ANSI IEEE std 802 3 CSMA CD MAC layer specification i Supports 10Base T twisted pair Ethernet AUI thicknet and Coax thinnet can be supported via external third party adapter boxes ii 10 100 Mbit per second transfer rate b SBus specification Rev B 0 i Single wide SBus card ii Fully operational across all SBus clock ranges 12 5 25 Mhz iii Supports parity iv Supports 16 32 64 byte burst c Fast Ethernet Alliance 100Base X media specification d Fast Ethernet Alliance Reconciliation Sublayer and Media Independent Interface specifications SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 SBUS Maittttitittttstttted 4 RJ45 Figure 1 1 SunFastEhernet Adapter Card Components Introducing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card 1 3 1 4 SBus QEC ASIC Buffer Local bus memory e EPROM XCVR RX management
34. i register BigMAC ASIC buffer TX buffer Y ov MII Interface Ultra DB40 External transceiver BabyBAC Transceiver Figure 1 2 SunFastEthernet Block Diagram SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 A lll The SunFastEthernet Adapter card is supported on most SBus based Sun 4c Sun 4m and Sun 4d system architectures that run under the Solaris environment or other compatible operating systems To utilize the SunFastEthernet Adapter card the system also needs to contain OpenBoot PROM OBP level 2 3 or later 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 An on board FCode PROM provides configuration support that identifies the SunFastEthernet Adapter card to the system and contains selftest routines Introducing the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card 155 1 6 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card 2 2 1 Card Installation 1 Remove the SunFastEthernet Adapter card from the antistatic bag and spread the bag on a firm surface to provide a protective mat Figure 2 1 Handling the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card 2 Place the card component side up on the bag 3 Install the card according to the SBus installation procedures in the hardware installation or service manual for your system Note
35. if bqe h 15 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 sys sunif if mace h 17 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 sys sunif if qec h 28 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 sys sun4m OBJ if bqe o 57 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 sys sun4m OBJ if qec o 9 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3_U1 sys sunif if_bmac h 19 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 Ul sys sunif if bqe h 15 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 Ul sys sunif if mace h 17 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 Ul sys sunif if qec h 28 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 Ul sys sun4m OBJ if bqe o 58 blocks sun4 BQE 4 1 3 Ul sys sun4m OBJ if qec o 9 blocks Software successfully extracted 4 1 3 Ul oo momo omommomomonmomomonmon onmuonmoosvosmvsgt Note The install script assumes you have assigned the hostname for the SunFastEthernet For example if you want to call the SunFastEthernet system5 then system5 should exist in the etc hosts file or NIS hosts maps if you are running NIS otherwise the script exits and you will have to restart cdm again 11 The script will then query What host name do you wish to use for be0 Don t Configure Respond by typing the assigned hostname If there is more than one hardware device installed the script will then query What host name do you wish to use for be1 Don t Configure and so on until the script has prompted 3 10 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 3 you for a hostname for every SunFastEthernet hardware device installed Once all devices have been given a hostname you will then see the following display
36. iption Pin No Description 46 PA 26 63 D 17 80 5V 47 DP 64 5V 81 PA 7 48 12V 65 D 18 82 PA 9 49 CLK 66 D 20 83 PA 11 50 BG 67 D 22 84 GND 51 AS 68 GND 85 PA 13 52 GND 69 D 24 86 PA 15 53 D 1 70 D 26 87 PA 17 54 D 3 71 DA 28 88 45V 55 D 5 72 45V 89 PA 19 56 45V 73 D 30 90 PA 21 57 D 7 74 SIZ 1 91 PA 23 58 D 9 75 RD 92 GND 59 D 11 76 GND 93 PA 25 60 GND 77 PA 1 94 PA 27 61 D 13 78 PA 3 95 RST 62 D 15 79 PA 5 96 12V SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 AZ Table A 2 lists SunFastEthernet Adapter Media Independent Interface signals and their corresponding pin numbers Table A 2 SunFastEthernet Adapter Media Independent Interface Signals Ultra DB40 Pin Number Description Pin Number Description 1 5V 21 5V 2 MDIO 22 GND 3 MDC 23 GND 4 RXD lt 3 gt 24 GND 5 RXD lt 2 gt 25 GND 6 RXD lt 1 gt 26 GND 7 RXD lt 0 gt 27 GND 8 RX_DV 28 GND 9 RX_CLK 29 GND 10 RX_ER 30 GND 11 TX ER 31 GND 12 TX CLK 32 GND 13 TX EN 33 GND 14 TXD lt 0 gt 34 GND 15 TXD lt 1 gt 35 GND 16 TXD lt 2 gt 36 GND 17 TXD lt 3 gt 37 GND 18 COL 38 GND 19 CRS 39 GND 20 5V 40 5V Interface Signals A3 A 4 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Specifications es Ii B 1 Performance Specifications Table B 1 Performance Specifications Feature Specification SBus Clock Max SBus
37. ire Distribution plus OEM Support 298 80 MByte Entire Distribution 298 1 MByte End User System Support 125 37 MByte Core System Support 59 88 MByte 4 2 8 Adding SUNWbmac Using pkgadd Command 1 Verify that SUNWbmac is not already installed by typing the following at the prompt pkginfo grep SUNWbmac If no information is displayed then it is not installed 2 Ensure that the Solaris CD is mounted refer to your software manuals for detailed information on the use of the CD When the CD is started Solaris 2 3 is automatically mounted on the default path cdrom as shown in the following example cd cdrom sol 2 3 hw594 sparc s0 Solaris 2 3 3 Use the pkgadd command to install the SunFastEthernet driver as follows pkgadd d pwd SUNWbmac Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 2 x 4 3 lll HS 4 Verify that the driver is installed as follows pkginfo grep SUNWbmac system SUNWbmac SunFastEthernet Device 5 Once you verify that the driver has been installed proceed to the following section Host File Configuration 4 2 4 Host File Configuration Complete the host file configuration before you install the SunFastEthernet Adapter card By creating and configuring the system files before installing the card you will have to reboot your system only once To prepare your system for the SunFastEthernet Adapter card 1 Create an appr
38. ired To use the utility for Solaris 1 x type the following at the prompt usr bin be_speed be lt num gt lt arguments gt To use the utility for Solaris 2 x type the following at the prompt usr sbin be_speed be lt num gt lt arguments gt Wherein lt num gt 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 Network Linkups Speed Selection 53 5 4 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Interface Signals AS Table A 1 lists SBus interface signals and their corresponding pin numbers Table A 1 SBus Interface Signals Pin No Description Pin No Description Pin No Description 1 GND 16 INT 4 31 PA 4 2 BR 17 D 19 32 LERR 3 SEL 18 D 21 33 PA 6 4 INT 1 19 D 23 34 PA 8 5 D 0 20 INT 5 35 PA 10 6 D 2 21 D 25 36 ACK 0 7 D 4 22 D 27 37 PA 12 8 INT 2 23 D 29 38 PA 14 9 D 6 24 INT 6 39 PA 16 10 D 8 25 D 31 40 ACK 1 11 D 10 26 SIZ 0 41 PA 18 12 INT 3 27 SIZ 2 42 PA 20 13 D 12 28 INT 7 43 PA 22 14 D 14 29 PA 0 44 ACK 2 15 D 16 30 PA 2 45 PA 24 Table A 1 SBus Interface Signals Continued A 2 Pin No Description Pin No Descr
39. n a particular interface for example hostname ifconfig beO be0 flags 63 lt UP DROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING gt inet lt IP_address gt netmask lt netmask gt broadcast lt address gt The string lt UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING gt indicates that the SunFastEthernet interface is correctly installed and configured 3 4 Setting Up Diskless Clients This section tells you how to set up a server so that you can boot and run diskless client workstations over the SunFastEthernet This setup includes building a kernel that supports the SunFastEthernet interface 3 4 1 Setting Up to Write to the Server s usr Partition If your server exports usr read only to the diskless client then you need to refer to the System Administrators Guide for the server s operating system to find out how to export the usr filesystem read write to the diskless client 3 4 2 Building a New Kernel The following instructions are a supplement to the instructions in Chapter 8 Administering Workstations in the SunOS manual System and Network Administration You can use the script install bge on the client machine to configure a new kernel containing a linkable driver for the SunFastEthernet Depending upon the size of the kernel on which you are basing the new kernel you need about 2MB of free space in your root partition You can use the install script to build a new kernel for each client individually Follow the directions in
40. nd buffers failed The driver cannot allocate sufficient address space for resources These messages occur when attempting to load the driver You will be unable to load the driver until sufficient address space becomes free Unloading unused drivers is one way to free up address space be lt num gt out of tmds packet dropped The driver has run out of transmit message descriptors needed to queue a packet to the device and discarded the packet This error usually indicates that the upper protocol layers are generating packets faster than the driver can transmit them on the Ethernet and is usually selfcorrecting be lt num gt pkt missed drop error The device has dropped an incoming packet because it had no buffer space for it This is most likely due to the driver being under a heavy networking load Console Messages Solaris 1 x Only ES E 6 be lt num gt rx crc error The driver has received a packet with an incorrect checksum field be lt num gt rx fifo overflow Indicates that the device receive FIFO has overflowed This is most likely due to the system being under a heavy load be num rx framing alignment error The driver has received a packet containing a noninteger multiple of eight bits and there was a CRC error be num rx late collision error A packet collision has occurred after the channel s slot time has elapsed Thi
41. oces o o nid B 1 B 2 Power Specifications uae eade X Rune Et dd B 2 B 3 Physical Dimensions cease sek eoeeecue pies B 2 B 4 Environmental Specifications 000005 B 3 C Running Diagnostics 166 chess cea are ese ett hr ona C 1 Cl Selttest cctitb rete de tede tekini poe DD E PR QU C 1 C 1 1 Selitest Description ces sie od rx E e ES e tt C 4 C12 Debug usingbellteste erected re Ox EP C 6 C2 Sundi g a ice RE ka a CR obi de i Co ab CR Mec Ud ee C 6 C 2 1 Editing usertest De eua e RR n C 6 C 2 2 The Sundiag Window succes crx oed coe OE C 7 C20 Starting The TeSt pda va e a SAHNE C 8 D Solaris 2 x Driver Performance Tuning s D 1 E Console Messages Solaris 1 x Only Ls E 1 Contents y vi SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Figures Figure 1 1 Figure 1 2 Figure 2 1 Figure C 1 SunFastEhernet Adapter Card Components 1 3 SunFastEthernet Block Diagram llsslslssses 1 4 Handling the SunFastEthernet Adapter Card 2 1 Sundiag Window esses C 8 vii viii SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Tables Table 1 1 Table 3 1 Table 3 2 Table 4 1 Table 4 2 Table 4 3 Table A 1 Table A 2 Table B 1 Table B 2 Table B 3 Table B 4 Table D 1 Organization eee aeni i E E E E E 1 1 Solaris 1 x Platform Architecture with Systems 3 2 export exec sun4 BQE Subdirectories
42. ogram Environment Please enter a number or q to quit 3 4 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Qo lll 4 Enter 1 to select an application You will then see the following display Applications available 1 SBus Quad Ethernet Controller Driver 2 SunFastEthernet Driver Please enter a number or q to quit 5 Enter 2 to select SunFastEthernet You will then see the following display SunFastEthernet Driver selected as new application 1 Select Application 2 Show Current Application 3 Install Application 4 Display Application Text File 5 Print Application Text File 6 List Applications 7 List Categories 8 Change Current Category 9 Change current Directory 10 Show Program Environment Please enter a number or q to quit 6 Enter 3 to initiate the installation You will then see the following display Begin installation now 7 Enter y to begin installation You will then see the following display Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 35 3 6 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Qo lll Executing installation file The following product will be installed Product Name 1 1 FCS SunFastEthernet and SBus Quad Ethernet Controller Driver Sun Platforms Sun 4m SUNBIN Media type format CD ROM UFS file system format 1 of 1 Part Number 258 4882
43. olaris 1 x The tests available for this device consist of a selftest and SunDiag The SunFastEthernet selftest is a test that verifies correct operation of the SBus card The selftest consists of a suite of tests that reside in the FCcode PROM on the card The code is written in Forth programming language and can only be run under OBP version 2 3 or later The SunFastEthernet Selftest does not automatically run after power on or reset but can be invoked by the user as necessary to acquire status of the hardware As a Sun SPARCstation machine is powered up the following banner will appear Check that the PROM version is 2 3 or later If the system is set up to automatically boot press key combination L1 A to stop it If the system is not already at the ok prompt select n for the new command mode to get to the ok prompt SPARCstation 2 Type 4 keyboard Rom Rev 2 4 16MB memory installed Ethernet address 8 0 20 8 42 7 Host ID 51000007 Type b boot c command n new command gt n ok To check that the system has a SunFastEthernet Adapter card installed and in which SBus slot look for the be device in the following command ok show devs sbus 1 8000000 qec 1 20000 be 0 0 ok To display the OBP set of environment variables type the following command ok printenv selftest megs 1 duto bdot true Fcode debug false ok To change an OBP environment variable for exampl
44. opriate etc hostname be lt num gt file where num refers to the number of each SunFastEthernet channel you plan to use For example use channel be0 for the first card use channel bel for a second card Do not create etc hostname be lt num gt files for SunFastEthernet channels you plan to leave unused The etc hostname be lt num gt file must contain the host name for the appropriate network interface The hostname should have an IP address and should be entered in etc hosts The hostname should be different from any other hostname of any other interface for example etc hostname le0 and etc hostname be0 cannot share the same hostname Following is an example of the etc hostname be lt num gt files required for a machine called zardoz that will be known as zardoz 11 and zardoz 12 on the nets connected to the be0 and bel Ethernet interfaces zardoz cat etc hostname beO0 zardoz 11 zardoz cat etc hostname bel zardoz 12 4 4 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 i 2 Create an appropriate entry in the etc hosts file for each active be channel Using the example in step 1 you will have zardoz cat etc hosts Internet host table 127 0 0 1 localhost 129 144 10 57 zardoz loghost 129 144 11 83 zardoz 11 129 144 12 41 zardoz 12 Once etc hostname be lt num gt files and etc hosts files are created updated 3 Halt the system using the shutdown i0 command 4
45. or resources These messages occur when attempting to load the driver You will be unable to load the driver until sufficient memory becomes free Terminating unnecessary processes or unloading unused drivers are ways to free memory be lt num gt bqeallocthings berpending and qerpending are too large The values for the berpending and qerpending combined are too large This should not happen unless you try to adjust these values Reduce the values until the driver will load be num bqeread mbuf alloc failed There is a resource shortage in the operating system most likely due to the system being too busy As a result a received packet has been dropped This condition should be transitory be num beinit failed out of buffers The driver could not allocate enough receive buffers for the interface The interface will not be usable be lt num gt beinit unit not on the list and be num bestart unit not on the list An invalid device unit number was passed into the specified routine This SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 E error is usually symptomatic of trouble elsewhere in the operating system be lt num gt map_regs for qec per channel reg failed be lt num gt map_regs for bmac reg failed be lt num gt map_regs for bmac transceiver reg failed and be lt num gt mb_nmapalloc for QMD a
46. ote CD ROM If the CD ROM player that you are using for software installation is attached to a remote machine refer to your SunOS installation guide for remote CD ROM access and proceed with the installation procedures that follow 3 3 2 Using cdm When installing the SunFastEthernet software from a CD ROM you can use the cdm program The cdm program has a command line interface that allows you to install applications directly onto a machine that does not have a bit mapped display The following text presents instructions for cdm Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x 3 3 lll Qo 3 8 8 Mounting the CD ROM 1 Mount the CD ROM from either a local or remote machine For example for a local machine enter the following hostname mkdir cdrom hostname mount r dev sr0 cdrom For a remote machine enter the following hostname mkdir cdrom hostname mount r remote machine cdrom cdrom 2 After successfully mounting the CD ROM filesystem change directories to cdrom as follows hostname cd cdrom 3 3 4 Install Script Using cdm 3 Enter cdm at a shell prompt You will then see the following display 1 Select Application 2 Show Current Application 3 Install Application 4 Display Application Text File 5 Print Application Text File 6 List Applications 7 List Categories 8 Change Current Category 9 Change current Directory 10 Show Pr
47. r my own packet mode Address Hash Test This test will verify the address hash table logic Running Diagnostics C 5 lll dh C 1 2 Debug using Selftest C 2 Sundiag For debuging under selftest refer to Writing FCode Programs Revision A November 1993 Sun Part Number 801 5123 10 Sundiag is an on line system exerciser that runs diagnostic hardware tests It is used primarily with the OpenWindows software interface that enables you to quickly and easily set test parameters to run tests Note Sundiag does not probe for SunFastEthernet devices by default for Sundiag to acknowledge a beX channel the usertest file must be edited before bringing up Sundiag as described in the following section C 2 1 Editing usertest File C 6 1 Login as superuser and then type the following zardoz cd opt SUNWdiag bin 2 Edit the file usertest by adding the following line wherein the format is test label test name and command line arguments The example given is for a single be0 interface for multiple channels add an additional line for each channel using bel be2 etc beO nettest F be0 v Because testing the SunFastEthernet card is user defined default options are not displayed in Sundiag Test options for a beX channel can be defined in the usertest file using the command nettest Type the command nettest without arguements for a list of options for example zardoz nettest Usage nettest
48. river tried to retransmit the packet 16 times without any success The packet is dropped This could be caused by a bad cable bad transceiver or a very busy network be lt num gt txmac did not reset Cannot reset the transmitter state machine This is most likely due to a bad Console Messages Solaris 1 x Only E 7 device bqeattach bad number of regs The SBus card has reported an invalid number of device registers The device may be bad or there may be a problem in the operating system or driver bqeattach driver has no parent The driver doesn t have a parent driver This error is usually symptomatic of trouble elsewhere in the operating system SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Revision History Revision Dash Date Comments A 11 November 1994 Included Solaris 1 x support SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994
49. rox Graphical User Interface which license also covers Sun s licensees who implement OPEN LOOK GUIs and otherwise comply with Sun s written license agreements Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x der 38 The X Window System is a product of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sun Sun Microsystems the Sun Logo Solaris SunOS ONC NFS OpenWindows DeskSet AnswerBook SunLink SunView SunDiag NeWS OpenBoot OpenFonts SunInstall SunNet ToolTalk X11 NeWS and XView are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems Inc UNIX is a registered trademark of Novell Inc in the United States and other countries X Open Company Ltd is the exclusive licensor of such trademark PostScript is a trademark of Adobe Systems Inc which may be registered in some jurisdictions All other product names mentioned herein are th trademarks of their respective owners All SPARC trademarks including the SCD Compliant Logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of SPARC International Inc SPARCstation SPARCserver SPARCengine SPARCworks and SPARCompiler are licensed exclusively to Sun Microsystems Inc Products bearing SPARC trademarks are based upon an architecture developed by Sun Microsystems Inc 8 The script will then query Do you want to continue y n Enter y to continue You will then see the following display extract unbundled
50. s error usually indicates faulty hardware elsewhere on the net be lt num gt rx pkt buff error Indicates that the buffer posted to the device was smaller than the actual packet received This error is usually symptomatic of trouble in the operating system or driver be num rxmac did not reset Cannot reset the receiver state machine This is most likely due to a bad device be lt num gt tx chained packet descriptor error The DMA engine encounted a packet that it did not own during the SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 E transmission of a chained packet This indicates a problem in the driver The device will reset itself and continue normal operation be lt num gt tx babble A packet larger than 1518 bytes was passed to the device This indicates an error in the driver be lt num gt tx fifo underflow Indicates that the device transmit FIFO has underflowed This is most likely due to the system being under a heavy load be lt num gt tx jabber Indicates that the device attempted to transmit for an excessive time period This is most likely due to a bad device or transceiver be lt num gt tx late collision error A packet collision has occurred after the channel s slot time has elapsed This error usually indicates faulty hardware elsewhere on the net be lt num gt tx retry error The d
51. s 2 x To boot from the OPB ok prompt type boot and then the device path In this example board 0 slot 1 lt 0 gt ok boot io unit f e0200000 sbi 0 0 qec 1 20000 be 0 0 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 No lll 2 4 Relocating a SunFastEthernet Card Solaris 2 x Only If a SunFastEthernet card is installed in an sbus slot and you later change the location of the card then you must perform the following procedure or the driver will not be recognized within the system 1 Use the pkgrm command to remove the driver SUNWbmac as shown in the following example pkgrm SUNWbmac 2 Edit the file s etc path_to_inst and etc name_to_major by removing any references to the be channel that you are changing from For example grep be etc path_to_inst io unitGf e0200000 sbi80 0 qec81 20000 beQ0 0 and grep be etc name to major be 111 In both the above examples the results of the grep command for the be lt num gt channel you are moving the card from should be deleted 3 Move the SunFastEthernet card to the new slot location and then reboot the system 4 Add the SUNWbmac package using the pkgadd command as indicated in Section 4 2 3 Adding SUNWbmac Using pkgadd Command Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card vd 2 8 SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 1 x
52. seudo cloneQ0 be The resultant listing will have the following format crw rw rw 1 root sys 11 lt minor device number date devices pseudo clone 0 be 5 For the above example the minor device number should be added to the etclname to major file as follows be minor device number 4 3 2 Diskless Clients For support of diskless client booting do the following 1 Go to your clients root partition and use your favorite editor to add an entry for the be device to your clients name to major file as follows f cd export root client name etc 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 ge 104 then use be 105 qec 103 qe 104 be 105 Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 2 x 4 7 lll HS 3 Copy be driver to clients root partition as follows cd export root lt client name gt kernel drv then cp kernel drv be 44 Solaris 2 4 Hardware 11 94 Software Requirements Note The patch described in the following paragraph is mandatory for Solaris 2 4 You can find the Solaris 2 4 software for the SunFastEthernet adapter card on the Solaris 2 4 Hardware 11 94 Software CD In addition you must also install patch ID 1
53. unFastEthernet channel installed in slot 1 40 ok show devs io unit8f e0200000 sbi80 0 qec81 20000 io unit8f e020 0 sbi 0 0 lebuffer 3 40000 io unit8f e020 0 sbi 0 0 dma 3 81000 io unit8f e020 0 sbi 0 0 lebuffer 0 40000 io unit f e020 0 sbi 0 0 dma 0 81000 io unit8f e020 0 sbi 0 0 qec 1 20000 be 0 0 io unit f e020 0 sbi 0 0 lebuffer 3 40000 1e 3 60000 0 sbi 0 0 dma 3 810 0 sbi 0 0 dma 3 810 0 sbi 0 0 dma 3 810 0 sbi 0 0 lebuffer 0 sbi 0 0 dma 0 810 0 sbi 0 0 dma 0 810 0 sbi 0 0 dma 0 810 0 esp 3 80000 0 esp 3 80000 st 0 esp 3 80000 sd 40000 1e 0 60000 0 esp 0 80000 0 esp 0 80000 st 0 esp 0 80000 sd io unit f e020 io unit f e020 io unit f e020 io unit f e020 io unit f e020 io unit f e020 lt 0 gt ok 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 io unitGf e0200 a i 3 Set the diag switch to true At the ok prompt type ok setenv diag switch true Note If the diag switch is not set to true reduced tests are run Note The SunFastEthernet card must be connected to an active network if the watch commands are to provide packet data 4 Use a watch command either watch net all OpenBoot PROM 2 6 or above or watch net OpenBoot PROM 2 3 to 2 5 to watch net activity or watch incoming network packets Installing the SunFastEthernet SBus Card 2 3 2 4 Note
54. ution 298 1 MByte Programmer 220Mbyte End User System Support 125 37 MByte Core System Support 59 88 MByte If SunFastEthernet hardware was not installed when the Solaris 2 3 Hardware 8 94 software distribution was installed using one of the last four clusters then the driver is not automatically installed via suninstall instead the driver must be installed using the pkgadd command Refer to Section 4 2 3 Adding SUNWbmac Using pkgadd Command on page 4 3 4 3 1 Net Install Servers Note The Solaris CD cannot be used to do a net install read only thus the following section is applicable only when the Solaris CD image is archived to a disk To allow net install over the be interface the be minor device number must be added to your particular architecture s name to major file To determine the be minor device number proceed as follows 1 Determine the directory where the Solaris CD image is loaded For example if the Solaris software is located within a directory named DIR then type the following cd DIR export exec kvm 2 Use the Is command to list the directory contents Different directories for supported architectures will be listed SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide November 1994 i 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 f ls l devices p
55. w kernel for diskless clients Chapter 4 Installing SunFastEthernet Software using Solaris 2 x provides instructions on installing software using pkgadd command Includes net install and diskless client procedures Chapter 5 Network Linkups Speed Selection applicable to Solaris 1 x and 2 x software versions Provides network linkup and speed selection procedures xi Appendix A Interface Signals provides pinout data Appendix B SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Specifications provides information on performance and power specifications physical dimensions and environmental specifications Appendix C Running Diagnostics explains how to run diagnostic tests that verify the SunFastEthernet Adapter card is working correctly in the system Appendix D Solaris 2 x Driver Performance Tuning explains how to tune the SunFastEthernet Adapter card for performance Appendix E Console Messages Solaris 1 x Only provides a listing of Solaris 1 x console message together with explanation and or workarounds When You Need Help with UNIX Commands This manual may not include specific software commands or procedures Instead it names software tasks and refers 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 Shutting down the system Booting the system Configuring devices Other basic software pro
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