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Sun Microsystems Ethernet PCI Adapter User Manual

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Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter Product Note • August 1997

To Replace the Sun FastEthernet PCI Adapter
With a SunSwift PCI Adapter in the Same PCI
Slot

Note –

Refer to your system’s installation or service manual for detailed

instructions for the following three steps.

1. Power off your system and open the system unit.

2. Replace the Sun FastEthernet PCI adapter with the SunSwift PCI adapter.

3. Close the system unit.

4. Power on the system, and when the OpenBoot PROM’s banner is displayed, press

the Stop-A keys to interrupt the boot process and to display the

ok

prompt.

5. At the

ok

prompt, use the

show-nets

command to list the system’s network

devices and to verify the SunSwift PCI adapter’s installation.

You will see the system’s network devices, which should be similar to the example
below.

hme

identifies the SunSwift PCI adapter’s Ethernet device

network

identifies the on-board Ethernet Device

Make a note of the SunSwift adapter’s

hme

pathname for future reference.

Note –

If these devices are not listed, check that the adapter is properly seated and

reinstall the adapter, if necessary.

6. Perform a reconfiguration boot on your system.

After rebooting your system, login as super-user (root).

ok show-nets

a) /pci@1f,4000/pci@2/SUNW,hme@0,1

b) /pci@1f,4000/network@1,1

q) NO SELECTION

Enter Selection, q to quit: q

ok

ok boot -r