In our configuration, auto-negotiation was a problem only with 
Solaris 2.5x and 2.6.  There was a patch to resolve the issue,
but Sol 7 and 8 work great, out of the box.

Just my 2 cents.

-p

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-----Original Message-----
From: KevinB AT paccessglobal DOT com [mailto:KevinB AT paccessglobal DOT com]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 1:22 PM
To: Matthew.Stier AT fnc.fujitsu DOT com; luis AT bellglobal DOT com
Cc: veritas-bu AT eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: RE: [Veritas-bu] /etc/system settings


This may help your PC/NT issues but the /etc/system settings for Solaris are
not addressed in this article.  I have seen systems left in autonegiate mode
change settings on the fly (no reboot of either cisco or the sun box).  

Dennis,

Changing things in /etc/system will not take affect until reboot.  You can
use the ndd commands to set them live.  Below are some ndd commands taken
from a couple of sun infodocs:

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> INFODOC ID: 16017
> SYNOPSIS: Is the hme interface running at 10BaseT or 100BaseT
> DETAIL DESCRIPTION:
> How do you tell if the hme interface is actually linked up at 10 Mbps or
> 100
> Mbps?
> Answer:
> # ndd -get /dev/hme link_status 
> # ndd -get /dev/hme link_speed 
> # ndd -get /dev/hme link_mode
> link_status (read only)
>       0 for Link Down
>       1 for Link up
> link_speed (read only)
>       0 for 10 Mbps
>       1 for 100 Mbps
> link_mode (read only)
>       0 for Half-Duplex mode
>       1 for Full-Duplex mode

setting them

# ndd -set /dev/hme instance #        <--- set to the Interface in Question 
                                            ( #=0 for hme0)
 # ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100fdx_cap 1  <--- force ON 100Mb full duplex 
 # ndd -set /dev/hme adv_100hdx_cap 0  <--- force OFF 100Mb half duplex 
 # ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10fdx_cap 0   <--- force OFF 10Mb full duplex 
 # ndd -set /dev/hme adv_10hdx_cap 0   <--- force OFF 10Mb half duplex 
 # ndd -set /dev/hme adv_autoneg_cap 0 <--- force OFF autonegotiation 
 

-----Original Message-----
From: Matthew Stier [mailto:Matthew.Stier AT fnc.fujitsu DOT com]
Sent: Monday, March 19, 2001 9:39 AM
To: Lou Costabile
Cc: veritas-bu AT eng.auburn DOT edu
Subject: Re: [Veritas-bu] /etc/system settings


Actually, the problem is not speed or simplex/duplex auto-negotiation.

On Cisco EtherSwitches, the 10/100 ports negotiate channeling and
trunking by default.  The delay caused by channel and trunk negotiation
are what confuses the Sun's HME (or any other 10/100 ) NIC.

If you disable channel and trunk negotiations on the port your Sun
server is attached to, you will see the problem go away.

Here is Cisco's page on the issue:

http://www.cisco.com/warp/public/473/12.html

Lou Costabile wrote:

> I found setting these in /etc/system on solaris works best with Cisco
> 5500's,  and I agree with who ever made the comment, autonegotiation
> doesn't work.  These options will globally affect all hme and qfe
> interfaces.
>
> set hme:hme_adv_autoneg_cap=0
> set hme:hme_adv_100fdx_cap=1
> set hme:hme_adv_100hdx_cap=0
> set hme:hme_adv_10fdx_cap=0
> set hme:hme_adv_10hdx_cap=0
> set hme:hme_adv_100T4_cap=0
>
> set qfe:qfe_adv_autoneg_cap=0
> set qfe:qfe_adv_100fdx_cap=1
> set qfe:qfe_adv_100hdx_cap=0
> set qfe:qfe_adv_10fdx_cap=0
> set qfe:qfe_adv_10hdx_cap=0
> set qfe:qfe_adv_100T4_cap=0
>
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