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Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U
CompactPCI Adapter Installation
and User’s Guide
Sun Microsystems, Inc.
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Palo Alto, CA 94303
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Part No. 806-2991-10
June 2000, Revision A
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Regulatory Compliance Statements Your Sun product is marked to indicate its compliance class: • Federal Communications Commission (FCC) — USA • Industry Canada Equipment Standard for Digital Equipment (ICES-003) — Canada • Voluntary Control Council for Interference (VCCI) — Japan • Bureau of Standards Metrology and Inspection (BSMI) — Taiwan Please read the appropriate section that corresponds to the marking on your Sun product before attempting to install the product. FCC Class A Notice This de
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BSMI Class A Notice The following statement is applicable to products shipped to Taiwan and marked as Class A on the product compliance label. Regulatory Compliance Statements v
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vi Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000
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Contents Preface xv 1. Overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter 1 Product Description 2 Features 3 Overview of the Installation Procedure 4 Installation Methods 4 Models of Hot Swap 4 Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 5 Installing the Front-Access Adapter 6 2. Installing the Rear-Access Adapter 7 Preparing for the Installation 8 Tools and Equipment Needed 8 Contents of the Ship Kit 8 Selecting a CompactPCI Slot Pair in the System 9 Determining the Installation Type 10 Install
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Installing the Rear-Access Adapter in Cold-Swap Mode 21 ▼ To Power Off the Server 21 ▼ To Install the Rear Transition Card 22 ▼ To Install the Rear-Access Front Card 23 ▼ To Power On the Server 25 Connecting the Cables to the Rear Transition Card 26 ▼ To Connect the Cables to the Rear Ethernet Ports 26 3. Installing the Front-Access Adapter 27 Preparing for the Installation 28 Tools and Equipment Needed 28 Contents of the Ship Kit 28 Selecting a CompactPCI Slot in the System 28 Determining the I
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Booting the System Over a Sun Quad FastEthernet Interface 48 ▼ To Boot the System Over the Network 48 A. Specifications 51 Ethernet Port Locations and Descriptions 52 Operation Specifications 53 Physical Dimensions 54 Physical Dimensions of the Rear-Access Adapter 54 Physical Dimensions of the Front-Access Adapter 55 Environmental Specifications 55 Power Requirements 56 B. Configuring the Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters 57 Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters 58 Hardware
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Disabling the Network Interfaces and Removing the Adapter 76 ▼ To Disable the Network Interfaces and Remove the Adapter 76 Replacing the Adapter and Activating the Network Interfaces 78 ▼ To Replace the Adapter and Activate the Network Interfaces 78 D. Testing the Adapter 79 Using the SunVTS Diagnostic Software 80 Using the OpenBoot PROM FCode Self-Test 81 ▼ To Run the FCode Self-Test Diagnostic 81 Index 85 x Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000
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Figures FIGURE 1-1 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter (Rear-Access Version) 2 FIGURE 1-2 Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter (Front-Access Version) 3 FIGURE 2-1 CompactPCI Slot Pairs in a Sun Netra ct 800 Server (Top View) 9 FIGURE 2-2 Location of the Rear Transition Card’s Ejection Levers 11 FIGURE 2-3 Opening the Ejection Levers (Two Types of Levers) 12 FIGURE 2-4 Aligning the Rear Transition Card With the CompactPCI Slot Card Guide 13 FIGURE 2-5 Location of the Ejection Lever
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FIGURE 3-6 Ejection Lever Tabs Installed in the Slot’s Cutouts (Two Types of Levers) 33 FIGURE 3-7 Location of the Front-Access Adapter’s Hot-Swap LED 33 FIGURE 3-8 Tightening the Ejection Lever Captive Screws (Two Types of Levers) 35 FIGURE 3-9 Connecting Ethernet Cables to the Front-Access Adapter 40 FIGURE A-1 RJ-45 Ethernet Port Locations 52 xii Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2000
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Tables TABLE 1-1 Rear-Access Installation Overview 5 TABLE 1-2 Front-Access Installation Overview 6 TABLE A-1 Pin Descriptions for the Four 8-Pin RJ-45 Connectors (Ports 0 to 3) 53 TABLE A-2 Operation Specifications 53 TABLE A-3 Physical Dimensions (Rear-Access) 54 TABLE A-4 Physical Dimensions (Front-Access) 55 TABLE A-5 Environmental Specifications 55 TABLE A-6 Power Requirements 56 TABLE B-1 qfe Driver Parameters, Status, and Descriptions 59 TABLE B-2 Read-Only Parameters Defining the Current
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Preface The Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide provides installation and configuration instructions for the Sun Quad FastEthernet™ 6U CompactPCI adapter. These instructions are designed for system administrators with experience installing similar hardware. How This Book Is Organized This manual contains the following chapters and appendixes: Chapter 1 describes the adapter. Chapter 2 tells you how to install the rear-access version of the adapter. Chapter 3
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Using UNIX Commands ® This document may not contain information on basic UNIX commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. See one or more of the following for this information: ■ Solaris Handbook for Sun Peripherals ■ AnswerBook2™ online documentation for the Solaris™ operating environment ■ Other software documentation that you received with your system Typographic Conventions TABLE P-1 Typographic Conventions Typeface Meaning Examples
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Shell Prompts TABLE P-2 Shell Prompts Shell Prompt C shell machine_name% C shell superuser machine_name# Bourne shell and Korn shell $ Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser # Related Documentation TABLE P-3 Related Documentation Application Title or Description Adapter installation, removal, and Your system’s: replacement • Service Manual • Installation Manual • Administrator’s Guide Device driver configuration Platform Notes: The Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Managing networks Solaris Sys
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Accessing Sun Documentation Online sm The docs.sun.com web site enables you to access Solaris technical documentation on the Web. You can browse the docs.sun.com archive or search for a specific book title or subject at: http://docs.sun.com Documentation and product information for the Netra™ product line are available at: http://www.sun.com/netra Ordering Sun Documentation Fatbrain.com, an Internet professional bookstore, stocks select product documentation from Sun Microsystems, Inc. For a lis
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CHAPTER 1 Overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI Adapter This chapter contains an overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter, including: ■ “Product Description” on page 2 ■ “Features” on page 3 ■ “Overview of the Installation Procedure” on page 4 1
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Product Description The Sun Quad FastEthernet 6U CompactPCI adapter contains four fully buffered twisted-pair Ethernet ports (RJ-45), providing four switchable 10BASE-T/ 100BASE-TX channels, on a CompactPCI adapter. The adapter is available for front- and rear-access CompactPCI systems. For rear-access systems, the adapter consists of two cards: the front card and the rear transition card (see FIGURE 1-1). For front-access systems, the adapter consists of one front card (see FIGURE 1-2). Caution
