Index

A

Auto-Negotiation, 1

Boot Process on the Network, 1

Correcting Errors in Negotiating, 1

External Transceiver, 1

Internal (Local) Transceiver, 1

Auto-Negotiation Protocol, 1

B

booting

from network, 1

Booting From the Network, 1

C

Commands

ndd , 1, 2

nvedit , 1

nvstore , 1

prtconf , 1

setenv , 1

show-devs , 1

show-nets , 1

Configuring the Hostname File, 1

Connectors

MII

Media Independent Interface, 1

RJ-45, 1

D

Defining an Additional Delay Before Transmitting a Packet Using lance_mode and ipg0 , 1

Defining the Number of Back-to-Back Packets to Transmit, 1

DLPI

Data Link Provider Interface, 1

DR

Dynamic Reconfiguration

/etc/system , 1

Driver Parameter Values and Definitions, 1

E

editing

/etc/system file, 1

/etc/hosts file

example, 1

F

FEPS

Fast Ethernet Parallel Port SCSI, 1

SBus, 1

Files

/etc/hostname. hme num , 1

/etc/hosts, 1

/etc/path_to_inst, 1

/etc/path_to_inst , 1, 2

/etc/system , 1, 2

/kernel/drv/hme.conf , 1, 2

H

Hardware Overview, 1

/etc/hosts file

example, 1

I

Identifying Device Instances, 1

Installing the Driver Software, 1

Inter-Packet Gap Parameters, 1

IP

Internet Protocol

IPv6, 1, 2

L

Link partner, 1

local-mac-address Property, 1

local-mac-address? variable, 1

M

MAC

Media Access Control, 1

MAC address, 1

N

ndd utility, 1

network speed

forcing between 10 and 100 Mbps, 1

Non-Interactive and Interactive Modes, 1

O

Operating Speeds and Modes, 1

Operational Mode Parameters, 1

Operational Mode Priorities, 1

Optional Post-Installation Procedures, 1

P

Parameter Setting Options, 1

Parameters

100fdx_cap , 1, 2

100hdx_cap , 1, 2

100T4_cap , 1

10fdx_cap , 1, 2

10hdx_cap , 1, 2

adv_100fdx_cap , 1, 2

adv_100hdx_cap , 1, 2

adv_100T4_cap , 1

adv_10fdx_cap , 1, 2

adv_10hdx_cap , 1, 2

adv_autoneg_cap , 1, 2

autoneg_cap , 1, 2

Defining the Current Status, 1

instance , 1

ipg0 , 1, 2

ipg1 , 1, 2

ipg2 , 1, 2

lance_mode , 1, 2

link_mode , 1, 2

link_speed , 1, 2

link_status , 1, 2

lp)100T4_cap , 1

lp_100fdx_cap , 1, 2

lp_100hdx_cap , 1

lp_10fdx_cap , 1, 2

lp_10hdx_cap , 1, 2

lp_autoneg_cap , 1, 2

pace_size , 1, 2

transceiver_inuse , 1

transciever_inuse , 1

use_int_xcvr , 1

path_to_inst output, 1

PCI

Name, Parent, Unit Address, 1

PFEX

PCI-bus, 1

Priorities

Operational Mode Priorities, 1

R

Reporting the Link Partner Capabilities, 1

Reporting Transceiver Capabilities, 1

S

Selecting the Internal or External Transceiver, 1

Setting Auto-Negotiation Mode, 1

Setting Driver Parameters, 1

Setting Driver Parameters for PCI-Bus hme Interfaces Using hme.conf , 1

Setting Forced Mode, 1

Setting Parameters in the /etc/system File, 1

Setting Parameters Using ndd , 1

Setting Parameters Using the hme.conf File, 1

show-devs output, 1

show-nets output, 1

software

installation, 1

setting

driver parameters, 1

Supported Hardware, 1

T

To Boot From the Network, 1

To Configure the Hostname File, 1

To Force Network Speed Between 10 Mbps and 100 Mbps, 1

To Select One Local Transceiver Capability and Setting Forced Mode, 1

To Set Driver Parameters With PCI-Bus Based Systems, 1

To Set ipg1 to 20 and ipg2 to 10 in S Bus Slot 0xe, 1

To Set the ipg1 to 10 and ipg2 to 5 When Rebooting, 1

To Set the Mode to Auto-Negotiation, 1

To Specify the Device Instance for the ndd Utility, 1

Transceivers available in Sun adapters, 1

U

Using the ndd Utility in Interactive Mode, 1

Using the ndd Utility in Non-Interactive Mode, 1