Subject: FastEthernet PSD/FAQ Category: Network Configuration Info Doc: 17416 Fast_Ethernet_PSD 1.0 About Sun FastEthernet 100Base-T Interfaces Sun Fast Ethernet 100BaseT Product Support document. 1.1: Implementation of 100BaseT overview 1.2: SunFastEthernet Built-In on Ultra Sparc Systems 1.3: SunFastEthernet Adaptor 1.0 / 1.1 - 10/100Mbps SBUS Card - Option X1056 (bigmac) 1.4: SunFastEthernet Adaptor 2.0 - 10/100Mbps Sbus Card - Option X1059A (Colossus lite) 1.5: SunSwift Adapter - 10/100Mbps Fast SCSI-2 Sbus Card 1.6: Solaris X86 and PPC Architecture 1.7: Sun QuadFastEthernet SBus Adapter : SQFE / QFE option X1042A: (Quattro) 1.8: Sun Quad FastEthernet 2.0 - X1049A 1.9: Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter - option X1032 (FreshChoice) 1.20 Sun QuadFastEthernet PCI x1034 (Gumby) 1.21 Sun Trunking 1.22 SunSwitch Gigabit Ethernet Switch- Option x1046 1.23 Sun GigabitEthernet - option x1045 2.0 Troubleshooting and Debugging 100Base-T Interfaces 2.1 General troubleshooting Notes 2.2 Open Boot Prom Diagnostics 2.3 Solaris Utilites and Diagnostics. 2.4 hme , qfe and be device Driver Debug Mode 3.0 Common How Tos 3.1: What are the steps in the ethernet interface hardware and software Installation? 3.2: How to set the SunFastEthernet device to Force 10 or 100Mb speed and half or full duplex mode? 3.3: How to Enable/Disable TPE Link Test ? 3.4: How do I disable the fastethernet interface device from being seen by Solaris? 3.5: All my ethernet interfaces have the same ether address. How do I modify the interfaces ether Mac address? 3.6: How do I set the fast ethernet port as the primary interface? 4.0 Frequently Asked Questions 4.1: Why does prtconf shows that the driver is not attached? 4.2: What are the differnet kind of MII transceivers that I can use on 100Mb ? 4.3: What is Full Duplex Ethernet ? Is the Sun Fast ethernet full-duplex capable? 4.4: What is wiring Diagram for a back to back cross-over category 5 cable? 4.5: What are the pin-outs for the 100Base-Tx RJ45 Twisted Pair Ethernet Connector and cabling? 4.6: Fast Ethernet Performance ? what's the actual per port Mbps performance? 4.7: What are all the HME Device driver and ndd parameters? 4.8: Who does auto-negotiation work? and what are the hme driver defaults 4.9: How do I tune and test the FastEthernet tcp performance? 4.10: What are the ethernet interface statistics that show in the undocumented netstat -k command? 4.12: Why am I getting alot of collisions? What is a late collision? 5.0 Patches 5.1: SunOS 4.X (Solaris 1.x) Patches 5.2: Solaris Patches 6.0 Known Bugs and RFEs 7.0 References 7.1 Web References 7.2 SunSolve Infodocs and SRDBs: 7.3 Sun Educational Services courses of interest. ============================================================================== 1.0 About Sun FastEthernet 100Base-T Interfaces Sun Fast Ethernet 100BaseT Product Support document. This Tip Sheet documents a wide variety of information concerning Fast Ethernet Interface as implemented in the Sun MicroSystems Solaris operating system environment. It is intended to supplement Manuals and other information on Sun Fast Ethernet 100BaseT interfaces. 1.1: Implementation of 100BaseT overview ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Implementing 100BASE-T is a cost-effective, high-speed networking solution to the network bandwidth bottleneck. It has emerged as one of the fastest growing Lan implemetations with support from numerous network vendors. Fast Ethernet can be implemented in the shared or switched environment by connecting to a 100BASE-T Fast Ethernet hub or switch. The 100Base-T on Sun Sparc Ultras , and SparcStations with SunFastEthernet and SunSwift Options conforms to the interoprability specifications defined by the Fast Ethernet Alliance and IEEE standards 802.3u 100BASE-TX , 802.13 and 802.3 10BASE-T. 100BaseT Fast Ethernet uses the same CSMA/CD access method used by 10Mbps ethernet ,which makes this technology easy to integrate with existing networks . Common installations use the standard RJ45 connector which is 100BASE-TX (2 pair Category 5 cabling ) for the node to hub/switch link, however other variety of media options are available by using the MII Media Independent Interface connection, such as a MII-FX transceiver for Fiber (100BaseFL, 100BaseFX), MII -T4 transceiver (100BaseT4) and MII-AUI transceiver (for 10Base5 or 10Base2 coaxial cabling). The 2.0 version of the adapter utilizes the FEPS ASIC developed built-in 10/100 Mbps Ethernet on th e Sun(TM) Ultra(TM) 1 Creator 170E and higher models. SunFastEthernet interoperates with all hubs/switches that comply with the 100BASE-T standard. 10/10 0Mbps auto-sensing is used on the interfaces to negotiate with the "link partner" for optimal speed and duplex setting., while be compatiable with "older out-dated" 10Base-T technology. Taking advantage of 100BaseT Fast Ethernet, Hubs and switching technology, high bandwidth network application s on Sun Servers can have up to 10 Times the through-put over 10Mbs ethernet. Reference: http://www.Sun.COM/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sunfastethernet_sun.html http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking There are other doucmentation for routing and general 10Mb ethernet that may be usefule to reference. See documentation and reference sections below that has links and pointers to other detailed information related to Fast Ethernet. \b Pre-Installation notes Plan the network topology, wiring and hub implementation carefully. Using Certified and tested cabling is essential to a solid 100BaseT network. Cabling Specifications for 10BaseT are not as strict thus problems may not show up until 100Mb ethernet is implemented. 100BaseTX has a limit of 100 meters segment length and maximum network span of approximately 210 meters. 100BaseT allows only two repeater hops per segment, with repeater hops less than 15 meters apart in order not to exceed the 210-meter maximum span. When implementing 100BaseT, it is important that the network devices are IEEE 802.3 compliant. 1.2: SunFastEthernet Built-In on Ultra Sparc Systems ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The following models include built-in 10/100Mbps Fast Ethernet as the on-board primary ethernet interface. Sparc Ultra 170E Creator Sparc Ultra 2 Series UltraSPARC Server Enterprise Ultra servers Device driver: The hme (HappyMeal) device drive is bundled in Solaris 2.5 11/95 and above in packages SUNWhmd, header files are in SUNWhmdu. No extra packages are required for these models (2.5 and above is required) with the exception of loading the hme related patches. Connectors: RJ45 : 100 Mbps (2-pair Category 5 UTP), or 10 Mbps (Category 3 or better UTP wiring) MII : Media Independent Interface (MII), which connects to external transceivers. Notes: The Link Integrity Test is enabled/disabled through the OBP. (when using older network hubs). Full Duplex is only supported when connecting two Sun systems back-to-back using a crossover cable - IEEE Industry standards for Full Duplex interoperability between vendors will be completed in the near future. ***** Using multiple Fast Ethernet Interfaces on Sparc Ultra 170E Creator system and Ultra 2 Series system may require a workaround for bugid 1261001. if hme "phy reset failure" errors are encountered. The work around is to either use a different SBus slot or alternativly add the following to /etc/system: "set fas:fas_enable_sbus64=0" "set hme:hme_64bit_enable=0" These settings basicly configure the driver/hardware to not transfer data on the SBus in 64bit mode. Thus the drivers transfer data in 32bit mode instead. Performance testing with these settings conclude that their was no measurable performance degradation the fix is in process of testing. 1.3: SunFastEthernet Adaptor 1.0 / 1.1 - 10/100Mbps SBUS Card - Option X1056 (bigmac) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The 1.0 version is Sun MicroSystems first implementation of 100BaseT Lan Technology. The SunFastEthernet(TM) 1/0 adapter card is a dual-mode high-speed Ethernet SBus card that operates at 10/100 Mbit per second (Mbps). Features auto-sensing 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps speeds. This board only supports Half-Duplex mode of operation. As announced in solaris 2.6 release notes, Solaris 2.6 will be the last version of OS to support this card. EOL . There is no "be" driver available for Solaris 7. The BigMAC "be" X1056 is not / never has been supported on Ultra platforms. X1059A SunFastEthernet 2.0 is a direct replacement for this card. Primary documentation: SunFastEthernet Adapter User Guide Part No.: 801-6109-11 SunFastEthernet Adapter Product Note Part No.: 802-1304-10 X1056 option part numbers: 595-3223 Assy board and documentation 501-2655 Assy board only 704-4885 CDROM SunFastEthernet/QED 1.1 4.x driver 801-6109 SunFastEthernet Adapter Users Guide 802-1304 SunFastEthernet Adapter Product Note Connectors: RJ45 : 100 Mbps (2-pair Category 5 UTP), or 10 Mbps (Category 3 or better UTP wiring) MII : Media Independent Interface (MII), connection for external transceivers . Systems supported: Sun-4/15/30/40/50/60/65/75 SS4 / SS5 / SS10 / SS20 / SS600 / SS1000 / SC2000 Not supported on any Ultra platform. Driver: The be (BigMac) device driver used for this option is capable of running at 10mbps and half duplex 100mbps. The driver automaticly negotiates and configures the interface speed. SunFastEthernet 1.1 SW CD for 2.3 or 1.x. On Solaris 2.3 the command /usr/sbin/be_speed is available. This command can be used to force the interface speed. This command is not deliverd as standard with Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 and could be manually copied from patch 101820 if needed (for troubleshooting or addressing bug 1194402). Notes: "The BEC device and be driver used with FastEthernet 1.0 option 1056 will no longer be supported as of Solaris 2.7" If the OBP version is earlier than 2.3, upgrade the OBP. (ex: 2.23 is greater than 2.3) Third party Fast Ethernet hub/switch must conform to 803.3u 100BaseT Fast Ethernet Alliance specs. TPE Link Integrety Test is enable/disable through the Open Boot Prom. SunOS 4.1.3 or Solaris 2.3 (H/W 5/95) or higher is required. SunOS requires SunFastEthernet 1.1 Software, the SunOS 4.x drivers only work on sun4m platforms. Solaris 2.3 requires the SUNWbmac package.Packages, driver is bundled with hardware 5/94 and 8/94 If it SUNWbmac doesn't show in pkginfo then refer to Patch-ID# 101820-08. Solaris 2.4 & 2.5 has the be device driver included in the bundled SUNWcsr package. FastEthernet 1.0 does not support full duplex operation. See Patches section - updates to the be driver are required. Older cards should be upgraded , replace the 501-2655-07 or lower with the 501-2655-08 or higher. (FCO #: A0070-1 ). Board label = 501265508 rev 50 1.4: SunFastEthernet Adaptor 2.0 - 10/100Mbps Sbus Card - Option X1059A (Colossus lite) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FastEthernet Adaptor 2.0 (Colossus lite) - Option X1059A The 2.0 version of the adapter card is a dual-mode high-speed Ethernet SBus card that operates at 10/100 Mbit per second (Mbps).Features auto-sensing 10 Mbps or 100 Mbps speeds along with ahlf and full-duplex capabilites. Primary Documentation: SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User's Guide - PN 802-6022-10 Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver - PN 802-3970-10 X1059 Part Numbers: 501-2919 Assy board 704-5304 CDROM Sun FastEthernet Adaptor 2.0 802-6022 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User's Guide 802-5333 (801-3970) Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver 805-2023-10 Platform Notes: The hme SunFastEthernet Device Driver 802-6022-11 SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 Installation and User's Guide Rev. A July 1996 Connectors: RJ45 : 10 Mbps (Category 3 or better UTP wiring), or 100 Mbps (2-pair Category 5 UTP) MII : Media Independent Interface (MII), connection for external transceivers . Driver: The hme (HappyMeal) device drive is bundled in Solaris 2.5 11/95 and above in packages SUNWhmdl, header files are in SUNWhmdu. Solaris 1.X and2.4 systems must load the software drivers from the CD-ROM that came with the SunSwift SBus Adapter. Supported Systems: sun4m or greater) SPARCstation 5, 10, 20, SPARCclassic, SPARCserver 6x0MP 1000/1000E, SPARCcenter 2000/2000E all Sun Ultra and Sun Ultra Enterprise systems. Notes: 1.On Sparc 5 prom version 1.34 required if more than 2 interfaces required;bug 1225067 2.Sun4c architectures are not supported, rfe/bug 1228213 (SunFastEthernet 2.1 not released ATT) 3.On SS1000 and SS2000 PROM Version 2.26 v1203 (or higher) installed on all system boards; bug 1228182. 4.Solaris 1.1.1 or Solaris 2.4 and above is required.. 5.Device drivers are bundled in Solaris 2.5 OS and above 6.Solaris 1.1.2, 2.4, and 2.5 device drivers are on CDROM 704-5304-xx. 7.CDROM 704-5304-10/11 is included with Option 1059.. 8.See Patches section - updates to the hme driver may be required. 9.CDROM 704-5304-11 contains driver for sol_1.1.1 (sunos 4.1.3_U1) and sol_1.1.2 10. do not load the hme packages from cdrom if using 2.5 or above, the hme driver is included in 2.5.1, 2.6 and 2.7. Reference: FE HandBook FastEthernet 2.0 X1059 802-6022-10 ** : SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.0 Installation and User's Guide 802-6022-11 ** : SunFastEthernet Adapter 2.1 Installation and User's Guide 802-5333-10 ** : Platform Notes: The hme Device Driver (PS) 805-2023-10 Platform Notes: The hme SunFastEthernet Device Driver link to: http://edist.corp/fehandbook/vol1/Ethernet/GIF/ETHER_13_MII_AUI_Cnvtr.htmlSun Fast Ethernet White Paper Sun Fast Ethernet Products 1.5: SunSwift Adapter - 10/100Mbps Fast SCSI-2 Sbus Card -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SunSwift Adaptor (Colossus ) - Option X1018A The The Sun SBus Fast Ethernet/Fast-Wide SCSI Controller include supporting 10/100Mbps(100BaseTX) and SCSI-2 (20 Mbytes/s, 16-bit, single-ended) Uses the same device and drivers and as the SunFastEthernet 2.0 and on the Built-in Ultra hme interfaces. Primary Documentation: SunSwift Sbus Adapter Installation and User's Guide, 802-6021-10 Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver - 802-3970-10 X1018 Part Numbers: 501-2739 Assy board 802-6021-10 SunSwift Sbus Adapter Installation and User's Guide 802-3970 Platform Notes: The hme Fast Ethernet Device Driver Connectors: RJ45: 100 Mbps (2-pair Category 5 UTP), or 10 Mbps (Category 3 or better UTP wiring) SCSI: Wide-to-wide devices Uses a 68-pin to 68-pin cable. Wide-to-narrow devices Uses a 68-pin to 50-pin cable. Use only standard, Sun-supported cabling to ensure reliable SCSI interface connections Use Driver: The hme (HappyMeal) device drive is bundled in Solaris 2.5 11/95 and above in packages SUNWhmd, header files are in SUNWhmdu. 2.4 systems must load the software drivers from the CD-ROM that came with the SunSwift SBus Adapter. If you use the SunSwift SBus Adapter for SCSI purposes only, you must change the device name from SUNW,hme to SUNW,hme_idle to avoid a "Link Down - cable roblem?" message. Supported Systems: SPARCstation 5 , 10, 20 SPARCserver 6x0MP 1000/1000E SPARCcenter 2000/2000E all Sun Ultra and Ultra Enterprise Notes: 1.Sparc 5 requires PROM version 1.34 required if more than 2 interfaces; bug 1225067 2.SS1000 SC2000 requires PROM Version 2.26v1203 (or higher) installed on all system boards; bug 1228182. 3.Sun4c architectures are not supported, rfe/bug 1228213 ( 2.1 ) 4.Solaris 2.4 or above is required. 5.Device drivers are bundled in Solaris 2.5 and above 6.Solaris 2.4 device drivers are on CDROM 794-5626-01. 7.CDROM 794-5626-01 is included with Option 1018. 8.The SUNWhmdl or SUNWhmd package is required. 9.The Link Integrity Test is enabled/disabled through the OBP. 1.6: Solaris X86 and PPC Architecture -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 100Mb cards for the X86 or PPC architectures. Implementation and configuration is dependent on the Network Interface card (NIC) and the driver update installed. Network adapters should be installed according to the documentation provided by the board vendor. In most cases, the network adapter is simply installed by following the vendor's instructions and Solaris will be able to access it after a kernel reconfig. See Solaris X86 documentation on supported NIC's and additional information. Hardware Compatibility Lists and Driver Update releases (including related documentation) are produced periodically as support for new hardware becomes available. They are available from these sources: o World Wide Web--Open URL http://access1.Sun.COM nd select "drivers" and then "Driver Updates" or Hardware Compatibility Lists link to: http://access1.Sun.COM/drivers/ link to: http://access1.Sun.COM/drivers/hcl/hcl.html o FTP--Use anonymous FTP to access ftp.uu.net, then go to /vendor/sun/solaris/x86/2.4/. o CompuServe--Type go sunsoft and go to the Solaris x86 library. Sunsolve X86 specific references: infodoc 13330 March HCL for Solaris 2.4 x86 infodoc 13331 March HCL for Solaris 2.5 x86 infodoc 14314 Solaris 2.5/2.5.1 x86 Driver Update 4 infodoc 13162 Solaris 2.4 x86 Driver Update 10 information Solaris on PowerPC only supports 10Mb ethernet cards at this time. 3COM 3C509, 3C589(PCMCI), AMD PCnet-PCI, DEC 21040 1.7: Sun QuadFastEthernet 1.0 SBus Adapter : SQFE / QFE option X1042A : - (Quattro) ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- Introduction: The QFE sbus adapter introduced by SMCC in April of 1997 is a single wide SBUS card with four 10/100 base-tx interfaces. s Sun's Quad Fast Ethernet card is the first NIC to support trunking (aug97) and offer multi-homing capabilities. It is also the first Quad Fast Ethernet card for the SBus platform. link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/pressreleases/grab_release.cgi?all/2 "MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - March 24, 1997 - Providing for the growing network bandwidth needs of today's corporation, SunTM Microsystems, Inc. today announced the Sun Quad Fast Ethernet (SBus) network interface card (NIC) that puts four 10/100 Fast Ethernet channels on a single card. In addition to saving precious SBus slots, this card allows immediate increased network bandwidth with minimal cost and disruption, while providing an easy migration path for additional future bandwidth improvements with unprecedented trunking, multi- homing and ull duplex capabilities." link to: http://sun-www.EBay.Sun.COM/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/whitepapers/sfewp.html link to: http://sun-www.EBay.Sun.COM/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sunfastethernet/ link to: http://sun-www.EBay.Sun.COM/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sunquadfastethernet/ Features: four switchable 10/100base-tx channels with auto negotiation Compatible with IEEE 802.3u Standard Full Duplex Mode (Without Flow Control) Supports 32/64 SBUS at 25mhz and 64 byte burst size Utilize single chip CMOS PHY for physical layer interface Multiple ID with Local MAC ID storage in OBP Prom (Each port has a unique ethernet MAC address.) Advanced ASIC design Supports 32/64 SBUS at 25mhz and 64 byte burst size Part Numbers: Marketing X1042A Assembly 794-7108-01 Component Description 401-2114-01 OPF,11.12,08.62,00.25,SW,200,W 704-5788-10 CD, SUN QUAD FAST ETHERNET 1.0 (Media)<----- *** 802-1772-11 MNL, MULTILINGUAL BCL 805-0732-10 MNL,QUAD FASTETHERNET SBUS ADP (Manual) 805-1444-10 MNL,RN, QUADFASTETHERNET Features Notes: First card to officially support FDX Full-duplex Ethernet connectivity! Full Duplex Mode (Without Flow Control). (See full-Duplex section) For customers that have purchased a X1042A and now want Trunking (FCS 10/20/97), there is an upgrade (UG-1042A-1049A-P) that allows for a new board with the purchase of the Trunking Software for $995 (requires returning the X1042A to he factory). Customers with a X1042A board that do not wish to add Trunking do not need to upgrade to the X1049A. Standards 100-Mbps Ethernet conforms to 100BASE-TX IEEE 802.3u standard 10-Mbps Ethernet conforms to 10BASE-T IEEE 802.3 standard Hardware requirements One CPU per Quad FastEthernet port is recommended for maximum throughput For systems running at 200 MHz or greater, a minimum of two CPUs per Quad FastEthernet adapter card is recommended Software requirements Supported on SolarisTM 2.4, 2.5 and 2.5.1 releases. SUNOS 4.x is not supported on the Quad FastEthernet HW. Platforms supported SPARCstationTM 5, SPARCstation 10, SPARCstation 20, SPARCserverTM 6x0, SPARCserver 1000, SPARCcenterTM 2000(E), SunTM UltraTM 140, 10, 170E 200E, UltraTM 2 and Enterprise Servers with SBus I/O Bus Interface SBus Sbus 32/64-bit bus master with up to 64-byte bursts Network Connections: 4 Rj-45 100BaseTx Environmental: Operating 0o to 55o C (32o to 131o F), 5% to 85% relative humidity, noncondensing Storage -20o to 85o C (-4o to 185o F), 5% to 95% relative humidity, noncondensing Power 15 W (3 A maximum at +5 VDC) perating Distance 50 micron MM Fiber, 550 meters Dimensions 5.8-in. x 3.3-in. SBus card Notes: 1.The minimum operating system is Solaris 2.4. SunOS 4.x / Solaris 1.x is not supported on the qfe. 2.One CPU per FastEthernet port is recommended to provide the highest speed performance possible. 3. Solaris 2.4 and 2.5 Requires hme driver from QuadFastEthernet 1.0 CD-ROM, package SUNWhmdl, SUNWhmdlu. Media PN- 794-7108-01 4. Solaris 2.5.1 does not require QuadFastEthernet 1.0 Software but the hme driver should be updated with Patch 104212-05. 5. Refer to QuadFastEthernet Installation and User's Guide, 805-0732-10 OpenBoot PROM (OBP) 6. SparcStation5 should have Release 2.9 or later required 7.SPARCserver 6x0MP requres Release 2.10 version 3 or later 8.SPARCserver 1000/1000E 2000/2000E requires Release 2.26 (or higher) andshould be installed on all system boards; bug 1228182. 9. For the UE10000, you will need 1049A Rev 2. References: 1. QuadFastEthernet Installation and User's Guide, 805-0732-10 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Installation and Users's Guide 2. 805-1444-13 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Release Notes 2.SunExpress Catalog 3 SunService Field Engineer Handbook 4 Sun Links link to: http://www.Sun.COM/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sunquadfastethernet/ link to: http://www.Sun.COM/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/whitepapers/sfewp.html 1.8: Sun Quad FastEthernet 2.0 / 2.1 SQFE/S - X1049A -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The X1049A (FCS 10/07/97) is our new QFE Sbus NIC that supports Trunking and provides a migration strategy to higher bandwidth technologies without requiring customers to change their network infrastructure. The X1049 QFE Sbus NIC uses qfe driver on SunQuadFastethernet 2.0 / 2.1 cdrom. This device uses " qfe "nameing and requires Packages: SUNWqfedu SUNWqfed Beginning with the Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 release, the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver is bundled with the Solaris operating environment. This version of the Sun Quad FastEthernet driver is more current than the one shipped on the Sun Quad FastEthernet 2.1 CD-ROM. Note - If your system is running the Solaris 2.6 Hardware: 5/98 environment, or future compatible Solaris releases, do not install the software from the Sun Quad FastEthernet 2.1 CD-ROM. This Board replaces the Old QFE X1042A which has been EOL'd. Supports Trunking mode, theoretic 800Mb/s Full Duplex For customers that have purchased a X1042A and now want Trunking (FCS 10/20/97), there is an upgrade (UG-1042A-1049A-P) that allows for a new board with the purchase of the Trunking Software (requires returning the X1042A to the factory). Customers with a X1042A board that do not wish to add Trunking do not need to upgrade to the X1049A. Part Numbers: Option 1049 PN. 501-4837 Part Numbers: Option 1049 PN. 501-4837 Sun Quad Fast Ethernet Adapter 2.0 cdrom 704-5901-10 Sun Quad Fast Ethernet Adapter 2.1 cdrom 704-6116-10 Manuals: 805-3114-10 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Install & User's Guide 805-3893-10 Sun Quad FastEthernet SBus Adapter Release Notes Suported Systems: SS5 / SS10 / SS20 / SS600 / SS1000 / SC2000 A11 / A12 / A14 E3000 / E4000 / E5000 / E6000 The 2.0/2.1 cdrom is the qfe driver SUNWqfed SUNWqfedu for qfe2.0 SQFE/S X1049, use the hme for other 100Mb sunfastethernet cards. Solaris 2.6 Software 5/98 704-6220-10 contains the SUNWqfed SUNWqfedu packages. Notes 1. The minimum OS is Solaris 2.5 HW: 4/97 for Quad FastEthernet 2.0. 2. The minimum OS is Solaris 2.4 for Quad FastEthernet 2.1 packages 3. Quad FastEthernet 2.0 software is on CD 704-5901-10. 4. QFE/S 2.0 uses the SUNWqfed device driver. 5. QFE/S 2.0 supports Sun Trunking 1.0. 6. The SS600MP requires OBP 2.10. 7. The SS1000 and SC2000 require OBP 2.26. 8. One CPU per port is recommended for maximum throughput. 9. Two CPUs per QFE/S is recommended for >=200MHz systems. 10. The new 1049A has a revision level 02. On the board will be a label marked "501-4837-02". If you received a 1049A in exchange for a 1042A during the swap-out process do not install it.Please return it for a new 1049A with the 02 level. 11. QFE driver has been bundled w/ Solaris since Sol-2.6 HW5/98 -------------------------------------------- **** Number of QFE's (X1049) presently supported in various platforms: The Quad FastEthernet Adapter has 4 10/100 Ethernet ports and therefore requires more CPU than our single port adapters. To achieve maximum performance, we recommend a minimum of 500 MHz per adapter. Ultra 2 1 Ex000 systems 4 per system. UPDATE: The number of Quad FastEthernet Adapters supported in Enterprise 3000/3500, Enterprise 4000/4500, Enterprise 5000/5500, and Enterprise 6000/6500 has been raised to four per system. We are working on extending the support to many more than this. Notes: - It is highly recommended (based on QA testing) that you have 500 MHz of CPU per QFE card for maximum performance. - For Trunking, you also need 500 MHz per card, with the additional requirement that one of the CPU's be at least 167 MHz. - These numbers are based on maximum performance at heavy loads. Comments: The limitation is due to it having been found that multiple cards can experience system wide performance degradation under ttcp load testing. The root of this problem is under investigation and reported in Bug 4100881. Sun Network Products Group (NPG) is working with Enterprise Server and Storage Group (ESSG) and SunSoft to determine the root cause of this problem. If running ports at 10Mb and/or without this type of link level full load then the problem is greatly reduced. Reference: Bug Id: 4100881 Synopsis: qfe testing shows performance problems. ------------- Why is there a limit on cards supported on EX000 platforms? A: Ideally we would like to support four to six, and we are trying to get there. Both the Sunfire/Starfire groups and NPG have agreed to two cards maximum as of today, but are working together to find ways to increase the performance and the number of cards supported. Q: Why only 1 card in Ultra 2? A: CPU limitation. Can't get 500Mhz per card for more than one card. Q: Did you say 500 Mhz per card? A: Yes. This can be in any configuration. You can have two 250 MHz CPU's, three 167's, five 110's, etc. How you get 500 Mhz is up to you and your customer. Q: What do you mean "at least a 167 Mhz CPU for trunking"? A: For trunking, all the interrupts that occur are managed by one CPU. With such a heavy load on one CPU, you need to have at least a 167 CPU to handle this. You cannot choose 110 CPU's or 75 CPU's. The Solaris 2.6 driver for both the SBus (X1049A) and PCI (X1034A)Quad FastEthernet Adapters link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/connectivity/sunquadfastethernet/regform.html Note: This driver will not work with the older QFE X1042A (uses hme device). Reference Sun Quad FastEthernet Installation Guide, 805-3114-10. 1.9: Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter - option X1032 (FreshChoice) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The Sun PCI Fast Ethernet/Fast-Wide SCSI controller includes an TPE rj45 connector supporting 10/100Mbps and a 20 Mbytes/s, 16-bit, single-ended SCSI-2 connector. The SunFastEthernet adaptor provides ten times the speed and performance of 10BaseT and maintaines Ethernets CSMA/CD (carrier Sense MultipleAccess with Collision Detection) medium access control (MAC) layer. Part Numbers: Marketing X1032A hardware 595-4258-01 Media N/A Manual 802-6628-10 (MNL, SunSwift PCI Install & User's Guide) 805-1759-10 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide 805-2715-10 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note ps 805-2901-10 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Release Notes Supported Systems: Architecture Solaris 2.5 Solaris 2.6 Quark Yes Yes Tazmo Yes Yes Power: Notes: 1.The SUNWhmd or SUNWhmdu package is required. 2.Solaris 2.5, 2.5.1 and 2.6 includes hme device driver in package SUNWhmd. 3. hme patch is required. References: 805-1759-10 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide 1.SunSwift PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide, 802-6628-10 805-2715-10 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note 805-1797-10 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide 805-1759-10 Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide 2.SunExpress Catalog 3.Field Engineer Handbook 1.20 Sun QuadFastEthernet PCI Adapter QFE/P x1034 (Gumby) 805-1797-10 Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide 704-6116-10 Sun Quad Fast Ethernet 2.1 cdrom software See Release notes on Sun Quad Fast Ethernet 2.1 cdrom Caution - You must follow the hardware and software installation procedures as documented in the Sun Quad FastEthernet PCI Adapter Installation and User's Guide (805-1797-10). Known problems: Solaris 2.5.1 and PCI configuration. - driver_aliases entries missing Due to the fact that Solaris 2.5.1 and Solaris 2.5.1 HW 11/95 was introduced before the PCI QFE card (gumby) the Solaris 2.5.1 CD-ROM does not have the necessery parameters in /etc/driver_aliases required to boot when the PCI QFE card is installed. Thus Solaris 2.5.1 must be installed first without the QFE card being installed. Once Solaris is installed /etc/driver_aliases should be modified/verified so that it includes the following lines: qfe SUNW,qfe pci_pci "pci1011,24" pci "pci108e,8000" pci "pciclass,060000" pci_pci "pciclass,060400" The PCI QFE card may then be installed, remember to install the QFE PCI in a 66mhz slot. The system will then be able to boot from the installed Solaris. Note however that they will not be able to boot from CD-ROM! To boot from CD-ROM the QFE card will need to be removed to boot from Solaris 2.5.1 CD. Refer to bug 4091815 and 4101646. ----------------- See Release notes on 2.1 cdrom .21 Sun Trunking 1.0 , 1.0.1 Sun Trunking is a server to switch solution that combines multiple links in parallel to form a single, high-speed logical link. This option implements Sun Trunking Layer on QuadFastEthernet devices. Sun Trunking is IEEE 802.3ad Link Aggregation. (no 802.1Q vlan support) Sun Trunking v1.0.x is an UNBUNDLED product. Customers with QFE cards must purchase Trunking to implement this feature. For more information on Sun Trunking refer to: link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking Select Sun Trunking link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/trunking/ a white paper on this technology is located on the cisco web site: link to: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/fec/ On Solaris, the packages: [ SUNWqfetr, SUNWqfetx ] provide the Trunking capability and cannot be obtained without purchasing this UNBUNDLED trunking product option. Sun Trunking v1.0.1 supports SBus x1049a and PCI x1034a QFE cards. On the server end you need a Sun QFE (X1049A or X1034A) with Trunking (trunk-1.0P) running Solaris 2.5.1 or 2.6 , and on the switch (100BaseT link partner) you need a trunking capable "Link Aggregation" technology. Solaris systems can also be configured for back to back trunking. *** Sun Trunking does not work with Solaris 2.7. When released the version will be v1.2. ---------------------- Key features: Fast ethernet links. Combining 100mbs performance with the high density of four high-speed 10/100 auto-negotiating Ethernet ports, Quad fast Ethernet delivers scalable bandwidth, multi-homing and redundancy solutions in a single-wide interface card. Load Balancing. Sun Trunking 1.0 supports true load balancing and failure recovery capabilities. It distributes traffic, including unicast, broadcast and multicast traffic, evenly across the aggregated links. In the event of a link failure, Sun Trunking 1.0 automaticly redistributes loads accross the remaining links. Single MAC address. Ports aggregated with Sun Trunking 1.0 share a single, logical MAC address. Transparent to application layer Multiple trunk support Maximum of two trunks per QFE card. Maximum of Four links per trunk maximum. Two definable policies: MAC address or Round Robin SW versions: ---------------------- Sun Trunking 1.0 Software TRUNK-1.0-P CDROM PN 704-5927-10 Cdrom booklet 804-5927-10 Sun Trunking 1.0 Installation and Users Guide PN 805-2348-10 Sun Trunking v1.0.1 (Trunking v1.0.1 FCS'ed on Monday 11-May-98) supports QFE x1049a & x1034a on Sol-2.5.1 & Sol-2.6 at FCS & includes fixes: ethershare, appletalk, ipx, etc 4064879: Autonegotiation is broken at 10Mbps in the hme driver. 4077699: Deuterium system hangs when connected to Synoptics 28115 100Mb hub 4078996: SUNW,hme0: Link Down - cable problem? after Requesting Internet address 4071199: QFE card does not work w/ Synoptics 28115 Trunk-1.0-P Trunking v1.0.1 (software only) Upgrade option: UG-1042A-1049A-P Upgrade x1042a (hme) to x1049a + Trunking sw. ---------------------- Part Numbers: 704-5927-10 CD, Trunking 1.0 805-2348-10 Trunking 1.0 Installation & Users Guide 704-5927-10 CD, Trunking 1.0.1 805-4584-10 Trunking 1.0.1 Installation & Users Guide ---------------------- Packages: SUNWqfetx SUNWqfetr SUNWqfed Sun Quad fast Ethernet Adapter Driver SUNWqfedu Sun Quad fast Ethernet Adapter Driver Headers SUNWqfetr Sun Trunking Utility SUNWqfetx Sun Trunking Man Pages The Sol-2.6 HW 5/95 qfe-driver "supports" Sun Trunking but will not provide Trunking capabilities without buying the unbundled Trunking software. ---------------------- HW requirements: Requires: QFE/S (SBus QuadFastEthernet) (X)1049A PN 501-4837 QFE/P (PCI QuadFastEthernet) (X)1034A PN 501-4366 with qfe naming - Packages: SUNWqfedu SUNWqfed Use v2.0 driver for 2.5.1 support ---------------------- System considerations: Supported systems: System Type No. of QFE's supported Ultra 2 1 Ultra 30 1 Ultra 450 2 E3000 2 E4000/5000 2 E6000 2 E10000 (4 per domain) - For Trunking, you also need 500 MHz per card, with the additional requirement that one of the CPU's be at least 167 MHz. No trunking support on Ultra-1 ------------------------------------------------------------------ > Notes: Trunking 1.0 only works on QFE with qfe naming. Sol-2.6 Trunking support is in Trunking v1.0.1 release. x1034a QFE/P (PCI QuadFastEthernet) is supported with Trunking 1.0 QFE/P with v2.0 driver (Sol-2.5.x support) x1049a QFE/S (SBus QuadFastEthernet) also supports Trunking 1.0 with the same drivers (v2.0 or v2.1) as per the PCI card above on Sol-2.5.x Trunking version 2.0 is expected to not be card centric. Sun Trunking v1.2 will be required for Solaris-7 support next release / currently under development. The "target FCS" date for Trunking 1.2 is Q4FY99 Board upgrade: from old qfe (hme) to new qfe (qfe 2.0)- UG-1042A-1049A-P ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Technical note on trunking policies: Sun Trunking v1.x has two policies. ----------------------------------- Round-Robin - typically used only for back-to-back Sun server connections. MAC-Hashing - typically used only for Trunking-Capable switch connections. The most efficient algorithm to use is MAC-Hashing, as it maintains the temporaral ordering of packets within a single stream. It is best suited to AGGREGATE multiple clients over a Trunked network fabric as it hashes (binary XOR last 2 bits) client MAC addresses to determine which port to use. With a 4-port trunk, 25% of client traffic would hash (00,01,10,11) to use each of the four 100BaseT QFE ports. Simultaneous connections from 4 clients would would cause Each client's mac address will hash to each utilize one of the available 100BaseT ports from the QFE. Each client will essentially achieve 100BaseT performance. With a Trunking-Capable switch, you implemente the Trunking policy = MAC-Hashing. Round-Robin policy is useful ONLY for back-to-back connections since (for obvious reasons) attempting to mac-hash (1) mac-address would result in using only one wire... So, Round-Robin attempts to break up a stream by sending a little down each wire within the Trunk... and leaves it up to the receiver to receive the packets in the correct order (or retransmissions may occur). Round-Robin policy is ONLY used for (2) Suns connected QFE back-to-back. ome Trunking switches mac-hash (6-bits). Some switches load odd/even ports. Some load one port until its full, then load second port. All algorithms used by switch vendors attempt to maintain the temporaral ordering of packets within a stream to arrive in order on a single port. i.e., a single client conversation will arrive on a single port. In all cases, it works out that the Sun should use MAC-Hashing policy when connected to a trunking-capable switch under current algorithms. If you are QFE/Trunking between only TWO systems, a back-to-back connection between two Suns (without a trunking-switch), could utilize Round-Robin policy and achieve >100BaseT by sharing all the links. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Switch compatibility notes: Refer to Trunking 1.0.1 User's Guide some switch vendors use the term "trunking" to refer to their VLAN Trunking technology. Such vendors may use different branding names to refer to their "Link Aggregation" technology. Sun does not actively test every 3rd-party version# or model#. They change daily. Switch vendors are constantly adding "trunking-support" or FEC EtherChannel compatability to new switches. If a switch vendor advertises "trunking" or EtherChannel compatability, then it most likely will operate with Sun. Multi-vendor Interoperability Testingis available from Tolly Group. link to: http://www.tolly.com Contact you switch vendor for Sun Trunking, Link Aggregation, Cisco EtherChannel compatibility Note: Several switch vendors use differnet brand-names (for example) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Sun: Trunking Cisco: Fast EtherChannel (FEC) or Gigabit EtherChannel (GEC) Bay Networks: MultiLink Trunking Extreme Networks: Load Sharing Trunks - "SHARE" and "GROUPING". Alteon: EtherChannel-compatible trunk groups Ethernet Switch's support: As of 3/06/98, the list of Trunking Interoperable switches includes: Bay Networks BayStack 350T, 350F, 350F-HD, 350T-HD Software: 2.0 Module#: BayStack 350T, 350F, 350F-HD, 350T-HD Cabletron SmartSwitch Software Rev. Module/Order Code 2.01.05 (or above) 2E42-27 1.08.05 (or above) 9H422-12 1.08.05 (or above) 9H423-28 2.01.08 (or above) 6H122-08 2.01.05 (or above) 6E122-26 Cisco Catalyst 5500/5000 Series switches Software: 2.3 or later Module/Order Code: WS-X5203 (Fast EtherChannel Switching module - TX) Extreme Summit Switches Software: 1.0 Module/Order Code: Summit1 = 11001 Summit2 = 12001 Foundry FastIron Switch Software: 1.0.2 Module/Order Code: FWS 16, FBS 88, FBS 168, FBS 1632 HP Advancestack Switch 800T Software: B.01 or later Module #: J3245A Plaintree WaveSwitch 9200 Software: 2.0.1 Module/Order #: PTP700A (WaveSwitch 9200 chassis) Prominet P550 Cajun Switch: Software: V1.0.10 or later Module/Order #: P5500SW and M5520-100TX 3Com Corebuilder 6000 Software: 8.4 Note: 8.4 has not yet FCS'd The Cisco solution is both hw and sw. So in addition to the 5000 switch, you need EtherChannel to enable Sun Trunking. Cisco Fast EtherChannel info (product name for Trunking). Additional Cisco EtherChannel References ----------------------------------------- link to: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/fec/link to: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/fec/fetec_wp.htmlink to: http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/729/fec/faste_an.htmlink to: http://www.cisco.com/public/products_prod.shtml Extreme note: Sun numbers our ports 0,1,2,3. Extreme numbers their ports 1,2, 3,4 Sunswitch note: The SunSwitch is NOT a trunking capable switch ATT. 1.22 SunSwitch Gigabit Ethernet Switch- Option x1046 FCS'd 9/97 (8) UTP 10/100BaseT ports and (2) SC 1000Base-SX ports. SunSwitch, Release 1.1 provides the following incremental features: - IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging - 64 VLAN's per switch per network - IEEE 802.3x flow control (receive side only) For the Sun GigabitEthernet Adapter cards, Release 1.1 provides the following incremental features: - IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging - dual homing - IEEE 802.3x flow control (receive side only) - Solaris 2.6 support (Ultra 2, Ultra 30, Ultra 450, E3000-6000) SunSwitch Manager 1.0, a Java-based management software for the SunSwitch, is also available. SunSwitch Manager presents an easy-to-use graphical interface for managing and configuring all SunSwitch devices on the network. SunSwitch Manager can be ordered as a no-charge X-option with new SunSwitch orders. - 805-1137-10 SunSwitch 1.0 Installation and Configuration Guide 805-3743-10 SunSwitch 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide 805-4099-10 SunSwitch Manager 1.0 Users Guide Option 1046 SunSwitch GigabitEthernet SBus & PCI vge 1.1 CD# 704-5781-12 link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sungigabitethernet/ SunSwitch Manager v1.0 CD# 704-6190-10 SunSwitch Installation and Configuration Guide v1.1 CD# 704-6148-10 SunSwitch v1.1 FlashProm Kernel software upgrade (on www.sun.com) Select: Rel 1.1.0 Upgrade for SunSwitch (DOWNLOADs flash_mp.2022) Gigabit approved cable: SC Duplex cable 537-1004 or 537-1006 available thru SunExpress, or thru the SMCC X973A 595-3378-01 2M cable 537-1004-01 X978A 595-3379-01 15M cable 537-1006-01 link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sunswitch/ Notes ----- (1) Jumbo Frames for both the switch and adapter is not supported at this time. (2) Solaris 2.5.1 support for the E10000 is under test by DHPG new software via Sun's external website: *SunSwitch download (available NOW): link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sunswitch/ *Sun GigabitEthernet Adapter download (available SOON): link to: http://www.sun.com/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/sungigabitethernet/ 1.23 Sun GigabitEthernet - option x1045(Gbe SBUS) x1046(Gbe PCI) The vge (Vector Gigabit) ethernet driver is used to drive the latest Gigabit 1000mbps Ethernet interfaces from Sun. GigabitEthernet IEEE 802.3z is a standard (approved 26-Jun-98). Sun Supports the IEEE standard. Any vendor who offers an IEEE 802.3z compliant device will be compatible. Check your switch vendor for latest GbE firmware, etc. vge 1.1 FCS'ed on March 16 supporting BOTH Sol-2.5.1 and Sol-2.6. * Sun GigabitEthernet v2.0 NICs support IEEE 802.3z. The vge driver will be released in different versions as new functionality is included. Customers who have purchased a GigabitEthernet 1.0 adapter can upgrade to 2.0 by ordering UG-1044A-1141A (for PCI) and UG-1045A-1140A (for SBus) until 09/01/99 ---------------------------------------- GigabitEthernet 1.0 : As of FCS the vge v1.0 driver supports: Gigabit SunSwitch/NIC release 1 functionality (vge v1.0) Current 1000mbps Full Duplex SNMP (Simple Network managment Protocol) support Standard 1500 byte MTU (Maximum Transmission Unit) size. Command Line Interface (via RS232 or telnet) (Switch functionality) IEEE 802.1d Spanning-Tree Protocol Support (Switch functionality) ---------------------------------------- GigabitEthernet 1.1 : Sun GigabitEthernet Adapter cards, Release 1.1 provides the following incremental features: - IEEE 802.1q VLAN tagging - dual homing - IEEE 802.3x flow control (receive side only) - Solaris 2.6 support (Ultra 2, Ultra 30, Ultra 450, E3000-6000) new features (Release 1.1 Q4FY98) Gigabit SunSwitch/NIC release 2 functionality (vge v1.1)future dynamic reconfig Upto 64 network wide VLAN's (Virtual LAN) support IEEE 802.1Q VLAN tag Ethernet Flow Control (IEEE 802.3x) Jumbo Frames - 9Kb MTU (Gigabit ports only). dual homing (alternate pathing / failover -> 2 GBE NICs & 2 SunSwitches) SNMP and RMON managment support (Switch functionality) Solaris 2.6 NIC card driver support (SBus & PCI) (Sol-2.6 enables NIC feature: TCP checksum offload & byte swapping) SunSwitch Manager (JMAPI GUI to configure & monitor switches) (Switch functionality) Port Mirroring (Switch functionality) VLAN INFO: Solaris CAN support VLANS (802.1q tagging) with Gigabit vge 1.1 Sun Gigabit Ethernet NIC driver vge v1.1 supports 64 VLANS (802.1q) Sun Gigabit Ethernet SunSwitch v1.1 supports 64 VLANs (802.1q) * Maximum 64 VLANS per Gigabit NIC (802.1q tagging) [1-4094]. * Maximum 64 VLANS per port on the SunSwitch [1-4094]. You can enable or disable tagging on ALL ports (Gigabit and 10/100BaseT). Obviously, you would only use tagging on UTP ports connected to other switches or equipment that supported the 802.1q tagging standards. SunSwitch ports can be defined to be members of multiple VLANs. * Each VLAN will define a unique broadcast domain. * A LAYER-3 or Router device is needed to route packets from one VLAN to another (security and/or broadcast isolation, etc...) Sun vge 1.1 network interface will fully participate with VLAN tagging (ON THE GIGABIT ETHERNET PORTS, 1000Base-SX) The Sun vge 1.1 driver can make a single Sun interface have presence on multiple VLANs simultaniously... with a single vge NIC device. Notes: Neither the X1045A Gigabit card or the X1046A Gigabit switch come with a Fiber cable for 1000Base-SX. These is the same Fiber cables that are used in FDDI, SSA, ATM Please be aware that there are known problems with autonegotiation on Sun Gigabit v1.1 NIC & SunSwitch products. The workaround is to disable link_negotiation to connect to GbE v2.0 NICs. (three bugids exist: 4170720, 4143134, 4160476.) ---------------------------------------- GigabitEthernet 2.0 : Sun GigabitEthernet 2.0 PCI and SBus Adapters x1140a SBus Gigabit v2.0 / UG-1045A-1140A x1141a PCI Gigabit v2.0 / UG-1044A-1141A FEATURES ------------ - Sun Developed Fully compliant with IEEE 802.3z Gigabit Ethernet Standard - Support for full and half-duplex interface connections - Support for Dynamic Reconfiguration/Alternate Pathing - One 1000 Base-SX Gigabit Ethernet port, which supports Multimode Fiber 62.5u (max length 220 meters) and 50u (max length 500 meters) - PCI: 33/66Mhz, 32/64 bit wide data and addressing formats Sbus: 25Mhz, 32/64 bit wide data and addressing formats ---------------------------------------- SunSwitch - 8 RJ/45 connectors on the front for 10/100/(1000)BaseT connections 2 1000BaseSX : SC style ports for Ethernet Gigabit fibre connections. Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Card - 1 Full-Duplex 1000Base-SX (Gbe) Duplex SC fiber connector SC Duplex cable 537-1004 or 537-1006 available thru SunExpress, or thru the SMCC X973A 595-3378-01 2M cable 537-1004-01 X978A 595-3379-01 15M cable 537-1006-01 Gigabit Ethernet SBUS & PCI vge 1.1 *support* info: =================================================== Sol-2.5.1 HW4/97 & greater, PLUS Sol-2.6 SBus: Ultra2, E3000, E4000, E5000, E6000 (* +E10K soon!) PCI: Ultra30, E450 (+ Ex000 servers with PCI I/O board). (Ex000 = E3000, E4000, E5000, E6000) Most platforms: 2 "active" cards supported (U2, U30 = 1 card). Redundant-failover cards supported (vge1.1 dual-homing feature) Gigabit related Products Part Numbers: x1045a Gigabit Ethernet SBus adapter (NIC) x1044a Gigabit Ethernet PCI adapter (NIC) x1046a SunSwitch-1 (2 ports 1000Base-SX, 8 ports 10/100BaseT) x1140a SBus Gigabit v2.0 / UG-1045A-1140A x1141a PCI Gigabit v2.0 / UG-1044A-1141A x973a Fiber Cable, 2 meters (SC connector) x978a Fiber Cable, 15 meters (SC connector) x3837a Null Ethernet Cable (CAT5 back-to-back UTP cable from Cluster \ Packages, SUNWvge CD# 704-5781-10 vge 1.0 GbE for SBus-only was VERSION=1.1.5 (supersceded by 1.1.8) CD# 704-5781-11 vge 1.0 GbE for SBus and PCI was VERSION=1.1.8 CD# 704-5781-12 vge 1.1 Gigabit for SBus and PCI is VERSION=2.0.24 (latest version) Sun Gigabit v1.1 CD# 704-5781-12 ==================================================================== * vge 1.1 FCS'ed on March 16 supporting BOTH Sol-2.5.1 and Sol-2.6. * ==================================================================== Software is provided on CD-ROM in package SUNWvge for Solaris 2.5.1 h/w 4/97 and 8/97. SunOS 4.x is NOT supported. The man page vge(7d) is also provided. References: Sun gigabit White Paper : link to: http://www.Sun.COM/products-n-solutions/hw/networking/whitepapers/gigabitwp.shtml SunSwitch and Gigabit Manuals: 1.0 manuals: 805-1135-10 Sun GigabitEthernet PCI Adapter 1.0 User's Guide 805-1136-10 Sun GigabitEthernet SBus Adapter 1.0 User's Guide 805-1137-10 SunSwitch 1.0 Installation and Configuration Guide 1.1 manauls: 805-3946-10 SunSwitch 1.1 Installation and Configuration Guide (IT) 805-3949-10 Sun GigabitEthernet SBus Adapter 1.1 User's Guide 805-3951-10 Sun GigabitEthernet PCI Adapter 1.1 User's Guide Known problems: Sun Gigabit v1.1 autonegotiation problems = no link light. See also: GbE v1.1 BugIDs: 4170720, 4143134, 4160476. Suggestion: ---------- 1. run vge-driver v1.1 (REV=2.0.24 or better) 2. disable link_negotiation on BOTH the Sun NIC and on Switch port. 3. Set your switch port to speed=1000, duplex=full (negot=disabled). External Links and gigabit info: IEEE P802.3z Gigabit Task Force Presentation Materials ftp://stdsbbs.ieee.org/pub/802_main/802.3/gigabit/presentations/mar1997/index.html Gigabit Alliance http://www.gigabit-ethernet.org Consortum http://www.iol.unh.edu/consortiums/ge/index.html CERN Gigabit Ethernet homepage http://www.cern.ch/HSI/gigaether link to: http://www.data.com/tutorials/gigabit.htmllink to: http://www.lantimes.com/97/97jul/707a045a.htmllink to: http://www.lantimes.com/97/97feb/702b016a.htmllink to: http://www5.zdnet.com/cshopper/content/9706/cshp0005.html 2.0 Troubleshooting and Debugging 100Base-T Interfaces 2.1 General troubleshooting Notes -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ** Most network problems are caused by the network itself rather than the interface. There is no substitute for a good cable tester and Lan Analyser or Network Sniffer along with experienced network troubleshooting skills. 2.2 Open Boot Prom Diagnostics -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- infodoc 17004 Determining OBP revision from the Operating System -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- devalias - displays current device aliases .show-sbus - the card will be identified in a Slot #. show-devs - shows the device tree