Sun Microsystems SunFastEthernet Adapte Network Card User Manual


 
iv SunFastEthernet Adapter User GuideNovember 1994
3.3.5 SunFastEthernet Directories . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3.3.6 Installation Verification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-15
3.4 Setting Up Diskless Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
3.4.1 Setting Up to Write to the Server’s /usr Partition . 3-16
3.4.2 Building a New Kernel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3-16
4. Installing SunFastEthernet Software Using Solaris 2.x . . . . . 4-1
4.1 Hardware Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-1
4.2 Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 5/94 Software Requirements . . . . 4-2
4.2.1 Mandatory Patch Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2.2 Disk Capacity Considerations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-2
4.2.3 Adding SUNWbmac Using pkgadd Command . . . 4-3
4.2.4 Host File Configuration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-4
4.3 Solaris 2.3 Hardware: 8/94 Software Requirements . . . . 4-5
4.3.1 Net-Install Servers. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-6
4.3.2 Diskless Clients . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4-7
4.4 Solaris 2.4 Hardware: 11/94 Software Requirements. . . . 4-8
5. Network Linkups/Speed Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1 Network Link Ups . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-1
5.1.1 10/100Mbps Link Up Using RJ45 Connector . . . . . 5-1
5.1.2 10/100Mbps Link Up Using MII interface Connector 5-2
5.1.3 Link Integrity Test. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-2
5.2 Speed Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-3
A. Interface Signals . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . A-1
B. SunFastEthernet Adapter Card Specifications. . . . . . . . . . . . . B-1