[SOLVED] find out make of ethernet card in Solaris 9

vikas027 · 07-24-2009, 05:16 AM

Hi,

How can we find out make of ethernet card in Solaris 9 ?

Do we have something like (like Linux) in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf in Solaris ?

jlliagre · 07-24-2009, 06:30 AM

Unlike Linux where all NICs are named eth<something>, Solaris uses the driver name as device name, so you can have a clue of the NIC make(s) by running ifconfig -a.

Boot messages might also give some information about the hardware used (dmesg).

prtconf and prtdiag (SPARC only with Solaris 9) are also providing information.

gregoreo · 07-24-2009, 07:52 AM

On any networked device the MAC can often identify a manufacturer:
standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/oui.txt
See also standards.ieee.org/regauth/oui/
A screwdriver may be necessary to determine both make and model, which is what I usually need to successfully seek online advice and firmware updates.
- Greg J

vikas027 · 07-28-2009, 11:07 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlliagre

Unlike Linux where all NICs are named eth<something>, Solaris uses the driver name as device name, so you can have a clue of the NIC make(s) by running ifconfig -a.

Boot messages might also give some information about the hardware used (dmesg).

prtconf and prtdiag (SPARC only with Solaris 9) are also providing information.

None of these commands could help me out.
Any other idea.

jlliagre · 07-29-2009, 03:28 AM

It's hard to tell without you providing any clue.

Why are you asking ?

Is your interface recognized by the system ?

Please post "prtconf -d" output.

vikas027 · 07-29-2009, 10:00 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlliagre

It's hard to tell without you providing any clue.

Why are you asking ?

Is your interface recognized by the system ?

Please post "prtconf -d" output.

Hi jlliagre,

I am trying to find out "make" of the Ethernet card.

Like in Linux it is in /etc/sysconfig/hwconf file.

Code:

class: NETWORK
bus: PCI
detached: 0
device: eth0
driver: tg3
desc: "Broadcom Corporation|NetXtreme BCM5705_2 Gigabit Ethernet"
network.hwaddr: 00:13:21:19:6D:CE
vendorId: 14e4
deviceId: 1654
subVendorId: 103c
subDeviceId: 1654
pciType: 1
pcibus:  4
pcidev:  4
pcifn:  0

prtconf output

Code:

# prtconf -d
prtconf: illegal option -- d
prtconf [ -F | -V | -x | -vpPD ]
#

# uname -a
SunOS ussd-gw 5.9 Generic_118558-25 sun4u sparc SUNW,Sun-Fire-280R

Blinker_Fluid · 07-30-2009, 03:27 PM

What about this command:

Code:

 prtpicl -c network -v | egrep 'name|instance'

jlliagre · 07-30-2009, 04:25 PM

Indeed.
"prtconf -D" might also provide some clues.

vikas027 · 07-31-2009, 01:23 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Blinker_Fluid

What about this command:

Code:

 prtpicl -c network -v | egrep 'name|instance'

Output

Code:

#  prtpicl -c network -v | egrep 'name|instance'
  :driver-name   eri
  :binding-name  pci108e,1101
  :instance      0
  :name  network

Is this "eri" the make of the ethernet card like broadcom ??

vikas027 · 07-31-2009, 01:24 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlliagre

Indeed.
"prtconf -D" might also provide some clues.

Yeah, prtconf -D also gives the same result.

Code:

#  prtconf -D | egrep 'network, instance'
        network, instance #0 (driver name: eri)

jlliagre · 07-31-2009, 03:29 AM

http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.ph..._search=Search will tell you the card manufacturer is (not surprisingly) "Sun Microsystems" and looking for 1101 in http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendor_details.php?id=526 will tell you it is a using rio chipset.

"man eri" would have tell you the same.

Blinker_Fluid · 07-31-2009, 11:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by vikas027

Output

Code:

#  prtpicl -c network -v | egrep 'name|instance'
  :driver-name   eri
  :binding-name  pci108e,1101
  :instance      0
  :name  network

Is this "eri" the make of the ethernet card like broadcom ??

The eri is the type. You will use it when you configure the NIC (for example in your case you would create /etc/hostname.eri0).

vikas027 · 08-04-2009, 05:52 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by jlliagre

http://www.pcidatabase.com/search.ph..._search=Search will tell you the card manufacturer is (not surprisingly) "Sun Microsystems" and looking for 1101 in http://www.pcidatabase.com/vendor_details.php?id=526 will tell you it is a using rio chipset.

"man eri" would have tell you the same.

Kewl, good learning for me. Exactly, what I was looking for. Thanks a ton