Sun Microsystems 3U, 806-2997-10 Installation And User Manual

Sun™Quad FastEthernet™3U
CompactPCI Adapter
Installation and User’s Guide

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FCC ClassA Notice

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.

2. This device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation.

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accordance with the instructions, may cause harmful interference to radio communications. However, there is no guarantee
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maintain compliance with FCC radio frequency emission limits. Networking connections can be made using unshielded
twisted pair (UTP) cables.

Modifications: Any modifications made to this device that are not approved by Sun Microsystems, Inc. may void the

authority granted to the user by the FCC to operate this equipment.

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Contents

Preface xiii

1. Product Overview 1

Product Description 1
Hardware and Software Requirements 2
Features 3

2. Installing and Extracting the Adapter 5

Preparing for the Installation 6

Tools and Equipment Needed 6
Contents of the Ship Kit 6
Determining the Type of Adapter Installation 6
Models of Hot Swap 7

Installing the Adapter 8

Connecting the Ethernet Cables 11
Attaching the Adapter to the System 12

Extracting the Adapter 14

Determining the Type of Adapter Extraction 14

3. Configuring Software for the Adapter 17

Attaching the Sun Quad FastEthernet Interfaces to the Network 18

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Autonegotiation Protocol 21
Setting the local-mac-address Property 22
Booting the System Over a Sun Quad FastEthernet Interface 24

A. Specifications 27

B. Configuring the Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters 31

C. Removing and Replacing the Adapter 49

D. Testing the Adapter 53

Index 59

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Figures

FIGURE 1-1 Sun Quad FastEthernet 3U CompactPCI Adapter 2
FIGURE 1-2 Sun Quad FastEthernet 3U CompactPCI Ethernet Channels 3
FIGURE 2-1 Opening the Ejection Lever 10
FIGURE 2-2 Closing the Ejection Lever 10
FIGURE 2-3 Tightening the Ejection Lever Captive Screw 11
FIGURE 2-4 Connecting Cables to the Card 12
FIGURE A-1 32-Pin RJ-45 Connectors 29

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Tables

TABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements 2
TABLE A-1 Physical Dimensions 27

TABLE A-2 Power Requirements 28
TABLE A-3 Performance Specifications 28
TABLE A-4 Pin Descriptions for the 32-Pin RJ-45 Connectors: Channels 0 - 3 29
TABLE B-1 qfe Driver Parameters, Status, and Descriptions 33
TABLE B-2 Read-Only Parameters Defining the Current Status 34
TABLE B-3 Read-Write Interpacket Gap Parameter Values and Descriptions 34
TABLE B-4 Parameters Defining lance_mode and ipg0 35
TABLE B-5 Operational Mode Parameters 36
TABLE B-6 Back-to-Back Packet Transmission Capability 37
TABLE B-7 Read-Only Transceiver Capabilities 37
TABLE B-8 Read-Only Link Partner Capabilities 38
TABLE B-9 qfe.conf File Parameters 46
TABLE D-1 SunVTS Documentation 54

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Preface

The Sun Quad FastEthernet 3U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide
provides installation and configuration instructions for the Sun™ Quad
FastEthernet™ CompactPCI 3U Adapter.

These instructions are designed for system administrators with experience installing
similar hardware.

How This Book Is Organized

This book contains the following chapters and appendices:
Chapter 1 “Product Overview,” contains a description and illustrations of the Sun

QFE CompactPCI 3U adapter.
Chapter 2 “Installing and Extracting the Adapter,” contains instructions for

preparing for installation and installing the QFE adapter.
Chapter 3 “Configuring Software for the Adapter,” describes how to configure files

associated with the QFE adapter.
Appendix A “Specifications,” provides various specification for the QFE adapter.
Appendix B “Configuring the Sun Quad FastEthernet Device Driver Parameters,”

contains information on setting device driver parameters.
Appendix C “Removing and Replacing the Adapter,” describes how to disable the

adapter’s qfe interfaces prior to removing the adapter from a system, and how to
activate the interfaces after replacing the adapter.

Appendix D “Testing the Adapter,” describes how to test the adapter using either
the SunVTS™ diagnostic application or the onboard FCode self-test.

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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 Sun Hardware Platform Guide

■ 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

AaBbCc123 The names of commands, files,

and directories; on-screen
computer output

AaBbCc123

AaBbCc123 Book titles, new words or terms,

What you type, when
contrasted with on-screen
computer output

words to be emphasized

Command-line variable; replace
with a real name or value

Edit your .login file.
Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.
% su

Password:

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.
These are called class options.
You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

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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 #

Accessing Sun Documentation Online

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CHAPTER

1

Product Overview

This chapter contains an overview of the Sun Quad FastEthernet 3U CompactPCI
adapter, including:

■ “Product Description” on page 1

■ “Hardware and Software Requirements” on page 2

■ “Features” on page 3

Product Description

The Sun Quad FastEthernet 3U CompactPCI adapter contains four fully-buffered
twisted-pair Ethernet ports (RJ-45), providing four switchable
10BASE-T/100BASE-TX channels, on a compact PCI adapter.

FIGURE 1-1 and FIGURE 1-2 show views of the adapter.

1

QFE

Ethernet channels

Blue LED

Ejection lever

FIGURE 1-1 Sun Quad FastEthernet 3U CompactPCI Adapter

Hardware and Software Requirements

Before installing the adapter, make sure your system meets the following hardware
and software requirements:

TABLE 1-1 Hardware and Software Requirements

Requirements Hardware or Software

Hardware Any Sun™ system that accepts the cPCI 3U adapter
Software Solaris 8, 10/00 operating environment

Note – The information above is up-to-date as of the printing of this manual. Visit

Sun on the World Wide Web at http://www.sun.com/ for the latest information.

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Ethernet channels

3

HOT

SWAP

LINK

0 1

2 3

0

1

2

QFE

0

FIGURE 1-2 Sun Quad FastEthernet 3U CompactPCI Ethernet Channels

1

2

3

Features

This compactPCI (cPCI) adapter offers the following features:

■ Fully complies with the ANSI/IEEE std. 802.3 CSMA/CD physical layer

specification

■ Four programmable 10BASE-T/100BASE-TX Ethernet ports with auto

negotiation using Lucent LU6612

■ Provides operation of up to 100 meters of twisted-pair without use of repeaters

■ Four independent Ethernet channels run at either 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps

■ Half-duplex or full-duplex operation modes

■ Multiple 48-bit IEEE 802.3 style media access control (MAC) identifiers, one for

each channel

■ Link integrity LED for each channel

■ Hot pluggable and hot swapable

Chapter 1 Product Overview 3

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CHAPTER

2

Installing and Extracting the
Adapter

This chapter describes how to install and extract the Sun Quad FastEthernet
CompactPCI 3U adapter into a supported 3U cPCI system.

Caution – Wherever possible, this chapter provides explicit instructions for

installing the adapter in your system. However, you must refer to your system’s
service and hardware setup documentation for the specific I/O card installation
instructions. The system’s service manual will also describe the system-specific
software commands and the usage of the system LEDs required for installation.

This chapter is composed of the following sections:

■ “Preparing for the Installation” on page 6

■ “Installing the Adapter” on page 8

■ “Extracting the Adapter” on page 14

Note – After installing the adapter in the system, see Chapter 3 for the software

configuration instructions.

5

Preparing for the Installation

Before installing the adapter, prepare for the installation by assembling the
appropriate tools, unpacking the ship kit, and selecting an I/O slot in the system.

Tools and Equipment Needed

You will need:

■ Number 0 Phillips screwdriver

■ Antistatic wrist strap

■ Ethernet cables to connect the adapter to an Ethernet network

■ Electrostatic discharge (ESD) mat (optional)

Contents of the Ship Kit

The ship kit should contain the following items:

■ Sun Quad FastEthernet CompactPCI card

■ Antistatic wrist strap

■ This manual

■ A product note document (if needed)

Caution – Electrostatic discharge can damage the integrated circuits on the cards.

Leave the cards in their antistatic envelopes until you are ready to install them into
the system.

Determining the Type of Adapter Installation

The adapter is a hot-swappable component that can be installed into a hot-swap­compliant system without interrupting the operation of the system. The adapter can
also be installed in a cold environment, where you power down the system before
you install the adapter.

Determine whether you want to perform a hot swap installation of the adapter or a
cold installation.

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■ In a hot swap installation, you can install the adapter while the system is running,

without interrupting the operation of the server. Depending on the level of hot
swap your server is running (full or basic), you may be required to enter software
commands before and after the installation.

■ In a cold installation, you must power off the system before installing the adapter.

After the installation, you must power the system back on for the system to
recognize the new adapter.

Note – This chapter describes the general procedure needed for either a hot swap or

a cold installation. Because software commands and LED displays can differ for each
server, refer to you server’s documentation for the exact installation procedures.

Models of Hot Swap

Hot swap, a key feature of the PCI Industrial Computer Manufacturers Group
(PICMG) standard, means that a CompactPCI adapter that meets the PICMG
standard can be reliably inserted into or extracted from a powered and operating
CompactPCI platform without affecting the other functions of the platform. The
standard also defines state transitions for the hardware and software connection
processes that allow the card to be connected and configured.

The adapter supports two models of hot swap:

■ Basic hot swap

■ Full hot swap

The models can be explained by first defining the following processes:

■ Hardware connection process—the electrical connection (and disconnection) of an

I/O card.

■ Software connection process—the software management by the operating system

of the board (allocating/releasing resources, attaching/detaching device drivers,
and so on).

In the basic hot swap model, the hardware connection process can be performed
automatically by the hardware, while the software connection process requires
operator assistance.

In the full hot swap model, both the hardware and the software connection process
are performed automatically.

If you install the adapter in a server set to full hot swap mode, you will not need to
type in any software commands during the installation. However, if you install the
adapter in a server set to basic hot swap mode, you will need to type in software

Chapter 2 Installing and Extracting the Adapter 7

commands during the installation. For example, if you were installing the adapter in
a server set to basic hot swap mode, you might use the cfgadm command to identify
and attach the adapter during the installation.

Installing the Adapter

This section contains the procedures required for installing the card in the server.

Note – This section provides a general overview of the tasks needed to prepare for

either a hot or cold installation. For the exact procedures required for your system,
refer to the documentation that shipped with your system.

▼ To Prepare the System for a Cold Installation

1. Before shutting down the operating environment and halting the system, ensure
that all significant application activity on the server has stopped.

2. Follow the appropriate procedures, as documented in the system’s service manual,
to shut down and halt the system.

Refer to the system’s documentation for the complete power down procedure.

3. Press the power switch on the system’s status panel to power off the system.

Refer to the system’s documentation for the location of the power switch.

4. Verify that the system’s power LED is off (unlit) indicating that the system is
completely powered off.

Once the system has been shut down and powered off, you can safely install the
card.

▼ To Prepare the System for Hot Installation

● Follow the appropriate procedures, as documented in the system’s documentation,

to prepare the system for a hot installation of the adapter.

Refer to the system’s documentation for the complete hot swap instructions.

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