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SunSwift SBusAdapter
InstallationandUser’sGuide
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The Network Is the Computer
Sun Microsystems Computer Company
2550 Garcia Avenue
Mountain View, CA 94043 USA
415 960-1300 fax 415 969-9131
Part No.: 802-4535-10
Revision A, December 1995
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Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Garcia Avenue, Mountain View, California 94043-1100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This product or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses restricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document 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 system and from the Berkele
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Contents Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . v 1. Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 1.2 If Solaris 2.5 is Not Installed on Your System . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1.3 If Solaris 2.5 is Installed on Your System. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-3 1.3.1 Using the SunSwift SBus Adapter as Your Only Ethernet Interfac
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2.5.2 Running Diagnostics. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-5 2.5.3 Auto-Negotiation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 2.5.4 Configuring Driver Parameters. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2-6 A. Interface Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1 B. Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1 iv SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—Dece
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Preface This manual describes how to install and use your SBus card. The procedures in this manual assume that you are a system or network administrator experienced in installing similar hardware and that you are familiar with Solaris administration. UNIX Commands This document may not include specific software commands or procedures. 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 informatio
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Typographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Typeface or Symbol Meaning Example AaBbCc123 The names of commands, Edit your.login file. files, and directories; Use ls -a to list all files. on-screen computer output machine_name% You have mail. AaBbCc123 What you type, contrasted machine_name% su with on-screen computer Password: output AaBbCc123 Command-line placeholder: To delete a file, type rm filename. replace with a real name or value AaBbC
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Related Documents The following documents contain topics that relate to the information in the SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide. Title Part Number Your system installation or service manual Solaris 2.5 Handbook for SMCC Peripherals 802-3725 SMCC Open Issues Supplement Solaris 2.5 802-3708 Solaris 2.5 on Sun Hardware AnswerBook SunVTS 1.0 User’s Guide 801-7271 Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver 802-3970 Ordering Sun Documents The SunDocs Order Desk is a distrib
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! FCC Class B Notice—United States This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC Rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: 1. This device may not cause harmful interference, and 2. This device 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 B digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC Rules. These limits are designed to provide reasonable pr
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Preface ix
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x SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’s Guide—December 1995
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PreparingforInstallation 1 The SunSwift™ SBus Adapter offers fast Ethernet and FastWide SCSI-2 capabilities on the same SBus card. SBus connector SCSI-2 connector Ethernet connector This SBus card offers the following features: • Switchable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet. Automatically sets 10/100 Mbps speed. Conforms to IEEE 802.3u Ethernet standard. • 20 Mbytes/s, 16-bit, single-ended SCSI-2 controller. Conforms to ANSI X3T9.2 SCSI-2 standard. • SBus interface to host system. Complies with IEEE
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1 1.1 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the following hardware and software requirements: Systems Sun™ Ultra™ 140, Sun Ultra Creator 170E, SPARCstation™ 4, SPARCstation 5, SPARCstation 10 models, SPARCstation 20 models, SPARCserver™ 600MP series, SPARCserver 1000 or SPARCcenter™ 2000 Firmware OpenBoot™ PROM Version 2.9 or greater Operating System Solaris™ 2.5 environment Peripherals Only Sun SCSI-2 devices SCSI Cables Only standard
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1 Ethernet Cabling An additional Ethernet cable is required if you want to use your system’s existing Ethernet interface and the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface. Disabling Your Current Ethernet Device If you remove your system’s existing Ethernet cable (either from its on-board Ethernet device or from an existing Ethernet card) and insert it into the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet connection, you must disable your current card’s Ethernet device. For example, if your current Ethernet dev
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1 1.3.1 Using the SunSwift SBus Adapter as Your Only Ethernet Interface You will be installing software from the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM. Make sure the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM is properly placed in the CD-ROM drive before performing the following tasks. 1. As superuser, add the SUNWhmd and SUNWhmdu packages to your system: # pkgadd -a none -d /cdrom/solaris_2_5_sparc/s0/Solaris_2.5 SUNWhmd SUNWhmdu 2. For both packages, answer / to the following question: Enter path to package directory [?,q] You will rec
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1 9. Power off your system, using standard shutdown procedures described in Solaris 2.5 Handbook for SMCC Peripherals. 10. Install the SunSwift SBus Adapter as described in Chapter 2. 1.3.2 Using the SunSwift SBus Adapter and Existing Ethernet Interface You will be installing software from the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM. Make sure the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM is properly placed in the CD-ROM drive before performing the following tasks. If you want to use the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface and your e
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1 5. Create a/etc/hostname.hme file for the Ethernet channel you are planning to use for the SunSwift SBus Adapter. • hostname is literal. Type hostname. • num is the instance number of the SBus card installation. Use0 for the first SunSwift SBus Adapter installation, 1 for the second instance, and so on. 6. In this file, add a line containing just the host name that you assigned for the SunSwift SBus Adapter. For example, if your host name is zardoz, enter just this word. 7. Power off your
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InstallingtheAdapter 2 This chapter tells you how to install the adapter in your system, verify that the adapter is correctly installed, and boot your system. 2.1 Performing the Installation Note – Refer to your system installation or service manual (and the SCSI device installation manual, as necessary) for detailed instructions for the following tasks. 1. Power off your system, using the standard shutdown procedures described in Solaris 2.5 Handbook for SMCC Peripherals. 2. If you are replacin
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2 2.2 Verifying the Installation Refer to the Solaris 2.5 Handbook for SMCC Peripherals manual or your Solaris documentation for detailed instructions for the following tasks. 1. Power on the system, and when the banner appears, press the Stop-A keys to interrupt the boot process and get to the ok prompt. 2. Use the show-devs command to list the devices in the system. You should see two lines (similar to the example below) in the display, specific to the SunSwift SBus Adapter: ok show-devs ... /
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2 2.3 Booting the System Refer to the Solaris 2.5 Handbook for SMCC Peripherals manual for detailed instructions for the following tasks. • To boot the system from the default boot device, use theboot-r command. • To use the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface as the boot device, specify the OpenBoot™ device name with the boot command, for example: ok boot -r /iommu@f,e0000000/sbus@f,e0001000/SUNW,hme@0,8c00000 Note – A“SUNW,hme0:LinkDown - cable problem?” message means that the Ethernet ca
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2 2.4 Installing the Solaris 2.5 Software You will be installing software from the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM. Make sure the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM is properly placed in the CD-ROM drive before performing the following tasks. ♦ Install the Solaris 2.5 software. Installing the software will automatically add the SUNWhmd and SUNWhmdu packages. The installation process will also create the necessary /etc/hostname.hme file and the hme channel entries in the /etc/hosts file, only if you select hme as t
