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Sun Microsystems THE SUN 805-7945-10 User Manual

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Platform Notes: The Sun GigabitEthernet Device Driver • March 1999

To Use the

ndd

Utility in Non-Interactive Mode

12

To Use the

ndd

Utility in Interactive Mode

12

To View the

ge

Driver Parameters

12

Autonegotiation Mode

13

To Set Autonegotiation to Off (Forced Mode)

13

Setting Parameters Using the

ge.conf

File

14

Understanding the

ge.conf

File

14

To Set Parameters Using the

ge.conf

File on an SBus adapter

15

To Set Parameters Using the

ge.conf

File on a PCI adapter

16

Network Configuration

16

To Configure the Host Files

16

To Set Up a Diskless Client on a Server

18

To Perform a Net-Install of the Solaris Environment Over the

ge

Interface

19