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Preface, How this document is organized – Sun Microsystems Gigabit Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter User Manual

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Preface

The Sun™ PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet adapters consist of four cards:

Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet UTP Low Profile card

Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF Low Profile card

Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet UTP ExpressModule

Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF ExpressModule

The Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide
provides installation instructions for all four cards. This manual also describes how
to configure the driver software for the ipge driver used in SPARC® systems, the
e1000

driver used in Linux x86 systems, and the e1000g driver used in Solaris x86

systems.

These instructions are designed for enterprise system administrators with experience
installing network hardware and software.

Note –

In this document the term x86 refers to 64-bit and 32-bit systems

manufactured using processors compatible with the AMD64 or Intel Xeon/Pentium
product families. For supported systems, see the Solaris Hardware Compatibility Guide.

How This Document Is Organized

Chapter 1

describes the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet adapter hardware

and software.

Chapter 2

describes how to install the adapter in your system and verify that it has

been installed correctly.

Chapter 3

describes how to configure ipge and e1000 device driver parameters.