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Does anyone know how I change the Ethernet port setting on both a SUN
E250 and a E450 so that it is set to run at 100Mbps Full-Duplex ???
(They are currently running at 10Mbps Half-Duplex)

Martin Hendrick a crit :

Quote:> Does anyone know how I change the Ethernet port setting on both a SUN
> E250 and a E450 so that it is set to run at 100Mbps Full-Duplex ???
> (They are currently running at 10Mbps Half-Duplex)

I know how to do it on an E450 unsder Solaris 2.6.
It should the same on an E250.

Look at /usr/sbin/ndd

If your interface is hme0, just login as root and type
/usr/sbin/ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap 1

Here is a small shell script to use as root :

#
# Set NIC speed and mode
#
#set -x

if [ $# != 5 ]; then
  echo "Usage: $0 <autoneg> <100fdx> <100hdx> <10fdx> <10hdx>"
  echo "    where parameters are 0 or 1\n"
  exit 1
fi

inst=0
itf="hme"
# Use qfe 0 to 3 for quad NICs

autoneg=$1
fdx100=$2
hdx100=$3
fdx10=$4
hdx10=$5

PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin

ndd -set /dev/$itf adv_autoneg_cap $autoneg
ndd -set /dev/$itf adv_100fdx_cap $fdx100
ndd -set /dev/$itf adv_100hdx_cap $hdx100
ndd -set /dev/$itf adv_10fdx_cap $fdx10
ndd -set /dev/$itf adv_10hdx_cap $hdx10

echo "/dev/${itf}${inst} : adv_autoneg_cap=`ndd /dev/$itf
adv_autoneg_cap`"
echo "/dev/${itf}${inst} : adv_100fdx_cap=`ndd /dev/$itf adv_100fdx_cap`"

echo "/dev/${itf}${inst} : adv_100hdx_cap=`ndd /dev/$itf adv_100hdx_cap`"

echo "/dev/${itf}${inst} : adv_10fdx_cap=`ndd /dev/$itf adv_10fdx_cap`"
echo "/dev/${itf}${inst} : adv_10hdx_cap=`ndd /dev/$itf adv_10hdx_cap`"

On our E420's running solaris 8 we have the following in /etc/system

* Begin hme - force 100BaseTX - Full Duplex Mode
set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0
set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1

We also have the same on our SPARC Ultra 1's running Solaris 7 so I guess
it's uniform across most Sun platforms

Oh yeah.. you'll need to reboot after adding that  :)

Graeme Hinchliffe

I also am having trouble changing and checking speed on my sparc 4 (Solaris
7) machine.  There are a couple of things that I have noticed about it.  One
it doesn't have a banner in the ok promp.  It looks as if it scrolls one,
but nothing prints.  And the other being related to your probem is that I
can type ndd /dev/tcp \? or ndd /dev/ip \? and get all the messages I need
but when I put in the command ndd /dev/le \? or and anything I get operation
failed, Invalid argument.  Just thinking I had mistaken myself I also tried
the evidently wrong command of ndd /dev/le0 \?  Of course it gives you the
error of not being able to push the device.  If you can  figure out why it
doesn't work correctly please let me know.

That's probably because the hardware is only capable of 10Mb/s, half-duplex.

  - Logan
--
"In order to be prepared to hope in what does not deceive,
 we must first lose hope in everything that deceives."

                                          Georges Bernanos

That maybe, but I would like a way to find that information out.  ie, why
won't the ndd command work on my machine (Sparc 4/Solaris 7)  I seems to
work fine on E4500/E450/Blade 100/SS10/SS20/etc the list goes on.  I can't
verify the sparc 4 on multiple machines b'c I don't have but one.  But it
also works on a Sparc 5.  The machine is listed on the solaris 7 H/W compat
list.  So what's the deal? Any clues?

Quote:> That maybe, but I would like a way to find that information out.  ie, why
> won't the ndd command work on my machine (Sparc 4/Solaris 7)  I seems to
> work fine on E4500/E450/Blade 100/SS10/SS20/etc the list goes on.  I can't
> verify the sparc 4 on multiple machines b'c I don't have but one.  But it
> also works on a Sparc 5.  The machine is listed on the solaris 7 H/W compat
> list.  So what's the deal? Any clues?

ndd was part of solaris 8 01/01 ->

 http://docs.sun.com:80/ab2/coll.709.2/SOLTUNEPARAMREF/

--

/* Regards,
   Jason Kawaja, UF-ECE Sys Admin */

Your system clock appears to be ~5 1/2 days behind.  Did you ever
consider using ntpdate? or ntp?

Quote:>I also am having trouble changing and checking speed on my sparc 4 (Solaris
>7) machine.
...
>but when I put in the command ndd /dev/le \? or and anything I get operation
>failed, Invalid argument.
...
>If you can figure out why it
>doesn't work correctly please let me know.

Even if the le driver supported ndd (it doesn't), you wouldn't
be able to change the speed as the le hardware only supports
10Mbps half-duplex.  There's no need to be able to check the speed
because it's never going to change.