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    SunSwift ™ SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide Part No.: 802-6021-10 Revision A, January 1996 The Network Is the Computer ™ Sun Microsystems Computer Company 2550 Garcia A venue Mountain V iew , CA 94043 USA 415 960-1300 fax 415 969-9131[...]

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    Please Recycle Copyright 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. 2550 Gar cia A venue, Mountain V iew , California 94043-1 100 U.S.A. All rights reserved. This pr oduct 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 r eproduced in any[...]

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    iii Contents 1. Preparing for Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.1 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-1 1.2 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . 1-2 2. Installing the Adapter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [...]

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    iv SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3.5.2 Diskless Client Booting for Solaris 2.4 . . . . . . . . . . . 3-7 3.5.3 Booting From the Network Using Solaris 2.4 . . . . . 3-8 3.6 Post-Installation Procedur es (Optional) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-10 3.6.1 Using Hubs That Do Not Send Link Pulses . . . . . . . 3[...]

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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 software commands or pr ocedures. Instea[...]

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    vi SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 T ypographic Conventions The following table describes the typographic changes used in this book. Shell Pr ompts 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 — January 1996 Sun W elcomes Y our Comments Please use the Reader Comment Card that accompanies this document. W e are interested in impr oving our documentation and welcome your comments and suggestions. If a card is not available, you can email or fax your comments to us. Please inclu[...]

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    Preface ix 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 interference that may cause undesir ed operation. Note - This equipment has be[...]

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    x SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996[...]

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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. 1.1 Featur es 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-bi[...]

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    1-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 1 1.2 Requirements for Using the SBus Adapter Before installing the adapter , make sure your system meets the following hardwar e and software r equirements: Hardwar e Requirements Sun SP ARCstation™ systems with an available SBus slot Software Requir ements Solaris™ 2[...]

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    Preparing for Installation 1-3 1 SCSI Cabling Y ou can daisy chain up to 15 devices on the SunSwift SBus Adapter as follows: • Single byte data transfers from an odd memory addr ess to a SCSI device are not supported by the SunSwift SBus Adapter SCSI-2 ( fas ) device. Refer to SMCC Open Issues Supplement Solaris 2.5 Hardware: 1/96 for mor e detai[...]

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    1-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 1[...]

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    2-1 Installing the Adapter 2 This chapter tells you how to install the adapter in your system and verify that the adapter is correctly installed. 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. P[...]

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    2-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 2 2.2 V erifying the Installation After the SunSwift SBus Adapter is installed, and before booting the system , verify installation by performing the following tasks. Refer to the Solaris 2.x Handbook for SMCC Peripherals manual or your Solaris documentation for the detail[...]

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    Installing the Adapter 2-3 2 2.3 Watching 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 watch-net-all : Note – The network speed is the same as the speed of the hub to which your system is connected. See Chapter 3, Section 3.6, “Post-Installatio[...]

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    2-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 2[...]

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    3-1 Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Softwar e On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3 This chapter describes SunSwift SBus Adapter software installation requir ements for Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 software versions only . Note – Y ou must have already installed the SunSwift SBus Adapter in your system prior to performing the following tasks.[...]

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    3-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.1 Preparing for Softwar e Installation Note – If the CD-ROM drive that you are using for softwar e installation is attached to a remote machine, r efer to your SunOS installation guide for remote CD-ROM access. For Solaris 2.5 Systems Some newer systems are pr e-load[...]

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    Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-3 3 3.2 Net-Install of Solaris 2.4 Over the hme Interface This section is only applicable if you are installing Solaris 2.4 on a net-install client system over the SunSwift SBus Adapter ( hme ) interface. Note – The Solaris 2.4 CD-ROM cannot be used to perform a net-instal[...]

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    3-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 5. Complete the client installation. Refer to your Solaris documentation for detailed instructions. 6. Reboot the system. 7. Install the software drivers from the CD-ROM that came with the SunSwift SBus Adapter . Refer to the CD-ROM documentation that came with your adap[...]

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    Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-5 3 2. Create an appropriate entry in the /etc/hosts file for each active hme channel. Using the example in step 1, you will have: 3.4 Caution: Package Dependency Caution – There is a package dependency with the SunSwift SBus Adapter . Before pr oceeding, perform the foll[...]

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    3-6 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.5 Booting The following sections discuss various ways of booting. See the section that applies to your specific needs. 3.5.1 Booting Fr om the Network Using Solaris 2.5 T o use the SunSwift SBus Adapter Ethernet interface as the boot device for Solaris 2.5 systems, pe[...]

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    Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-7 3 3.5.2 Diskless Client Booting for Solaris 2.4 In order to boot a diskless client with a local SunSwift SBus Adapter interface ( hme ) on a Solaris 2.4 system, the following tasks must be performed on the boot server . 1. Go to your client’ s root partition by typing th[...]

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    3-8 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.5.3 Booting Fr om the Network Using Solaris 2.4 The device name of newer SBus cards for Solaris 2.5 is identified by a “SUNW ,” prefix. If your system is running Solaris 2.4, it will not recognize the device. Perform the following tasks to set up your system so t[...]

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    Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-9 3 6. Press the Stop-A keys to get to the ok prompt. 7. At the ok prompt, type show-devs to list your system devices and verify that the name property was changed correctly . Y ou should see the full path name of the hme device, excluding SUNW, prior to hme , similar to the[...]

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    3-10 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.6 Post-Installation Procedur es (Optional) Perform the tasks in the following sections to verify and customize the performance of the SunSwift SBus Adapter . 3.6.1 Using Hubs That Do Not Send Link Pulses Certain hubs are not compliant with the IEEE 802.3 Ethernet stan[...]

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    Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-1 1 3 3.6.2 Configuring Driver Parameters The hme device driver , which is loaded from the CD-ROM, contr ols the SUNW,hme Ethernet device. The device driver automatically selects the link speed using the auto-negotiation protocol with the link partner . (See Section 3.6.5, [...]

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    3-12 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3 3.6.4 For cing Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps 1. At the ok prompt, use the show-devs command to list the system devices. Y ou should see the full path name of the hme device, similar to the example below: 2. T ype: 3. T ype the following, pressing the Return[...]

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    Installing SunSwift SBus Adapter Software On Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Systems 3-13 3 3.6.5 Auto-Negotiation A key feature of the SunSwift SBus Adapter is auto-negotiation. The auto- negotiation protocol, as specified by the 100BASE-T standar d, automatically selects the operation mode (half-duplex or full-duplex) and speed (10 Mbps or 100 Mbps) for the[...]

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    3-14 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 3[...]

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    A-1 Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.4 A Note – For Solaris 2.5 diagnostics testing, refer to the SunVTS 1.0 User ’ s Guide . A.1 Sundiag Sundiag is an on-line system exerciser that r uns diagnostic hardwar e tests. It is used primarily with the OpenW indows software interface that enables you to quickly and easily set test parameters to run t[...]

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    A-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 A A.1.1 Editing .usertest File 1. Login as superuser and then type the following: 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 hme0 interface; for multipl[...]

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    Running Diagnostics for Solaris 2.4 A-3 A The Sundiag window is divided into four small windows: • The system status window at the upper-left of the scr een displays the status of the tests. • The performance monitor panel in the upper-middle of the scr een displays the performance statistics for the system that is under test. • The control p[...]

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    A-4 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 A A.1.3 Starting the T est 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 . Y our selection is confirmed with the display of a highlight[...]

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    B-1 Interface Signals B B.1 SunSwift SBus Adapter Connectors B.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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    B-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 B B.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 S[...]

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    C-1 Specifications C C.1 Physical Characteristics C.2 Power Requirements C.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 Power Consumption 9.5 W att 0.9 Amps @ 5V olts V oltage T olerance 5V +/- 5% Ripple Maximum 100 mV Operational Current 1.9A Maximum Ethe[...]

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    C-2 SunSwift SBus Adapter Installation and User ’ s Guide — January 1996 C[...]