Platform Notes: SunFDDI Adapter

Booting From the Network

To use a SunFDDI adapter interface as the boot device, perform the following tasks:

To Boot From the Network
  1. At the ok prompt type:


    ok show-devs

    The show-devs command lists the system devices. You should see the full path name of the pf or nf devices, similar to the following examples:

For SunFDDI PCI adapter:


/pci@1f,2000/pci@2/pf@0,1

For SunFDDI SBus adapter:


/sbus@1f,0/nf@1,7880


Note -

You need to select only one of these FDDI devices for booting.


  1. At the ok prompt type:


    ok boot full_path_name_of_the_fddi_device