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Network interfaces and system firmware, About the network interfaces – Sun Microsystems Sun Fire V490 User Manual

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C H A P T E R

4

Network Interfaces and System
Firmware

This chapter describes the networking options of the system and provides
background information about the system’s firmware.

Information covered in this chapter includes:

“About the Network Interfaces” on page 47

“About Redundant Network Interfaces” on page 48

“About the ok Prompt” on page 49

“About OpenBoot Environmental Monitoring” on page 52

“About OpenBoot Emergency Procedures” on page 54

“About Automatic System Recovery” on page 55

“About Manually Configuring Devices” on page 59

“Reference for Device Identifiers” on page 61

About the Network Interfaces

The Sun Fire V490 server provides two on-board Ethernet interfaces, which reside on
the system centerplane and conform to the IEEE 802.3z Ethernet standard. For an
illustration of the Ethernet ports, see

FIGURE 2-4

. The Ethernet interfaces operate at 10

Mbps, 100 Mbps, and 1000 Mbps.