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    SunSwift ™ SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide Part No.: 802-4535-10 Revision A, December 1995 The Network Is the Computer ™ Sun Microsystems Computer Compan y 2550 Garcia A venue Mountain V iew , CA 94043 USA 415 960-1300 fax 415 969-9131[...]

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    Please Recycle Copyright 1995 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Gar cia A venue, Mountain V iew , California 94043-1100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This pr oduct or document is protected by copyright and distributed under licenses r estricting its use, copying, distribution, and decompilation. No part of this product or document may be r eproduced in any[...]

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    iii 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 Y our System . . . . . . . [...]

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    iv SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 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 . . . . . . . [...]

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    v Pr eface This manual describes how to install and use your SBus card. The procedur es in this manual assume that you are a system or network administrator experienced in installing similar hardwar e and that you are familiar with Solaris administration. UNIX Commands This document may not include specific softwar e commands or pr ocedures. Instea[...]

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    vi SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 T ypographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Shell Prompts The following table shows the default system prompt and super user prompt for the C shell, Bourne shell, and Korn shell. T ypeface or Symbol Meaning Example AaBb[...]

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    Preface vii Related Documents The following documents contain topics that relate to the information in the SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide . Ordering Sun Documents The SunDocs Order Desk is a distribution center for Sun Micr osystems technical documents. Y ou can use major credit cards and company pur chase orders. Y ou can [...]

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    viii SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 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 r eceived, including interferen[...]

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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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    1-1 Pr eparing for Installation 1 The SunSwift™ SBus Adapter offers fast Ethernet and FastW ide SCSI-2 capabilities on the same SBus card. This SBus card of fers 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-ende[...]

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    1-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 1 1.1 Requir ements for Using the SBus Adapter Before installing the adapter , make sure your system meets the following hardwar e and software r equir ements: SCSI Cabling Y ou can daisy chain up to 15 devices on the SunSwift SBus Adapter as follows: Note – If you use [...]

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    Preparing for Installation 1-3 1 Ethernet Cabling An additional Ethernet cable is requir ed if you want to use your system’s existing Ethernet interface and the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface. Disabling Y our Current Ethernet Device If you remove your system’s existing Ethernet cable (either fr om its on-boar d Ethernet device or from[...]

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    1-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 1 1.3.1 Using the SunSwift SBus Adapter as Y our Only Ethernet Interface Y ou will be installing software from the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM. Make sur e the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM is properly placed in the CD-ROM drive befor e performing the following tasks. 1. As superuser , add th[...]

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    Preparing for Installation 1-5 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 Y ou will be installing software from the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM. Ma[...]

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    1-6 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 1 5. Create a /etc/hostname.hme <num> f ile for the Ethernet channel you are planning to use for the SunSwift SBus Adapter . • hostname is literal. T ype hostname . • num is the instance number of the SBus card installation. Use 0 for the f irst SunSwift SBus Ad[...]

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    2-1 Installing the Adapter 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 fo[...]

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    2-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 2 2.2 V erifying 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 boo[...]

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    Installing the Adapter 2-3 2 2.3 Booting the System Refer to the Solaris 2.5 Handbook for SMCC Peripherals manual for detailed instructions for the following tasks. • T o boot the system from the default boot device, use the boot -r command. • T o use the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface as the boot device, specify the OpenBoot™ devic[...]

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    2-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 2 2.4 Installing the Solaris 2.5 Software Y ou will be installing software from the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM. Make sur e the Solaris 2.5 CD-ROM is properly placed in the CD-ROM drive befor e performing the following tasks. ♦ Install the Solaris 2.5 software. Installing the so[...]

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    Installing the Adapter 2-5 2 2.5 Post-Installation Procedur es (Optional) Perform the following tasks to verify and customize the performance of the SunSwift SBus Adapter . 2.5.1 W atching Network Activity Make sure that you ar e connected to an active network. ♦ Y ou can watch network activity or incoming network packets by typing the following:[...]

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    2-6 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 2 2.5.3 Auto-Negotiation A key feature of the SunSwift SBus Adapter is auto-negotiation. The auto- negotiation protocol, as specif ied by the 100BASE-TX standard, automatically selects the operation mode (half-duplex or full-duplex) and speed (10 Mbps or 100 Mbps) for the[...]

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    A-1 Interface Signals A A.1 SunSwift SBus Adapter Connectors A.2 RJ-45 Connector Signals Pin Signal 1 T ransmit+ 2 T ransmit- 3 Receive+ 4 No Connection 5 No Connection 6 Receive- 7 No Connection 8 No Connection RJ-45 Connector 68-pin SCSI-2 Connector 1 8 1 35 68 34[...]

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    A-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 A A.3 SCSI-2 Connector Signals Pin Signal Pin Signal 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND SCSI_GND [...]

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    B-1 Specifications B B.1 Physical Characteristics B.2 Power Requirements B.3 Performance Specifications Length 5.78 in. (147.70 mm) W idth 3.3 in. (83.82 mm) W eight 4.0 oz. (1 13.40 g) Maximum Power Dissipation 9.5 W att V oltage T olerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple Maximum 100 mV Operational Current 1.9A Maximum Ethernet T ransfer Rate 10/100 Mbps Netwo[...]

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    B-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — December 1995 B[...]

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    Reader Comments We welcome your comments and suggestions to help improve this manual. Please let us know what you think about the SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User’ s Guide, part number 802-4535-10 . ■ The procedures were well documented. Strongly Strongly Not Agree Agree Disagree Disagree Applicable ❑❑❑❑❑ Comments ■ The t[...]

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