Optional Post-Installation Procedures

To customize the performance of the Sun Quad FastEthernet adapter, perform the tasks in the following sections.

Setting Driver Parameters

The qfe device driver, which is loaded from the Solaris CD-ROM, controls the SUNW,qfe Ethernet devices. The device driver selects the link speed using the auto-negotiation protocol with the link partner. (See "Auto-Negotiation")

You can manually set the qfe device driver parameters to customize each SUNW,qfe device in your system in one of three ways:

• Set a parameter on a per-device basis by creating the qfe.conf file in the /kernel/drv directory.

• Use the ndd utility to temporarily change a parameter. This change is lost when you reboot the system.

• Set the qfe driver parameters generally for all SUNW,qfe devices in the system by entering the parameter variables in the /etc/system file.

See "Setting the qfe Driver Parameters"" for more information.

In the future, the /etc/system file will not be available. It is not dynamic reconfiguration compatible.