Setting NIC to 100 Full Duplex 3

[SETRIP]

Im running Solaris 8. Just a few questions.

How do I set my NIC to 100 full duplex?
How do I verify that the NIC is at 100 full?

Let me know if you need any more information.

Thanks

 

[maximusGeek]

There are different procedures for different interfaces. Here are a few I have dealt with:

Set network switch and network interface to forced 100 full-duplex



Interface in question: eri0



ndd -set /dev/eri instance 0

ndd -set /dev/eri adv_10hdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/eri adv_10fdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/eri adv_100hdx_cap 0

ndd -set /dev/eri adv_100fdx_cap 1

ndd -set /dev/eri adv_autoneg_cap 0



Note that the "adv_autoneg_cap" should be the LAST entry.



The following system parameters should be added to /etc/system to make permanent



set eri:adv_10fdx_cap=0

set eri:adv_10hdx_cap=0

set eri:adv_100T4_cap=0

set eri:adv_100hdx_cap=0

set eri:adv_100fdx_cap=1

set eri:adv_autoneg_cap=0



***Note that interfaces hem & qfe use different syntax. bge and ce use different procedures:



set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0

set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1



ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap 1

ndd -set /dev/hme adv_autoneg_cap 0



The bge interface is not configured via the /etc/system file...



Update or create the file "/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/bge.conf" with the following contents:



adv_1000fdx_cap=0;

adv_1000hdx_cap=0;

adv_100fdx_cap=1;

adv_100hdx_cap=0;

adv_10fdx_cap=0;

adv_10hdx_cap=0;

adv_autoneg_cap=0;



... and reboot.



This will force all the bge interfaces to 100/Full.





The ce interface can also be configured in the same manner:



Update or create the file "/platform/sun4u/kernel/drv/ce.conf" with the following contents:



adv_1000fdx_cap=0;

adv_1000hdx_cap=0;

adv_100fdx_cap=1;

adv_100hdx_cap=0;

adv_10fdx_cap=0;

adv_10hdx_cap=0;

adv_autoneg_cap=0;



... and reboot.



This will force all the ce interfaces to 100/Full.

 

[spamly]

Check out this script at Sun.com. You'll love it.

http://www.sun.com/bigadmin/scripts/submittedScripts/nicstatus.txt

 

[SETRIP]

Hey man, thanks a lot for the information.

 

[sbrews]

Spamly

thanks for the link. While I know my way around AIX (and a few other flavors), Sun is largely unknown to me. The script at that URL has lots of good stuff in it.

sbrews