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Platform Notes: The Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver • March 1999

To Set Parameters Using the

ge.conf

File on a PCI adapter

1. Set the

ipg1

and

ipg2

parameters for the above devices in the

kernel/drv/ge.conf

file.

2. Save the

ge.conf

file.

3. Save and close all files and programs, and exit the windowing system.

4. Halt and reboot the system by typing the

init 6

command at the superuser

prompt.

Network Configuration

This section describes how to configure the driver after it has been installed on your
system.

To Configure the Host Files

After installing the Sun GigabitEthernet adapter driver software, you must create a
file for the adapter’s Ethernet interface. You must also create both an IP address and
a host name for the Ethernet interface in the

/etc/hosts

file.

name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@4,4000” unit-address=”4” ipg1=20

ipg2=10;

name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@6,2000” unit-address=”1” ipg1=20

ipg2=10;

name=”pci108e,2bad” parent=”/pci@4,2000” unit-address=”1” ipg1=20

ipg2=10;