Gigaswift ethernet card on reboot

UNIX Solaris
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I do have a server (SUNV240) with Solaris 9, it has a PCI gigaswift ethernet card for fiber with SC connector, everytime I reboot the server the card won't link up unless I unplug it and plug it back again, for remote operations this is a hassle since sometimes reboots are needed and this card won't come up, what may be cause and solution to this problem?
Thanks

2

check the settings on the card an the switch for "autoneg".

3

The switch is set to autoneg, the ndd command on the server shows:

root@server # ndd -get /dev/ce adv_autoneg_cap
1
root@server #

if the server is rebooted, then we have to unplug and plug back the SC connector and then we have a link, a second identical SPARC server with the same type of card does thre same thing.

prtconf -D show:

root@wis.iid.com# prtconf -D | grep network
        network, instance #0 (driver name: bge)
        network, instance #1 (driver name: bge)
        network, instance #1 (driver name: ce)
        network, instance #2 (driver name: bge)
        network, instance #3 (driver name: bge)

The fiber card is ce1, is it normal that prtconf -D shows instance #1 for two cards?

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is it a v880/890 server? which os version do you use? is the system patched with a newer patch cluster? is it a new fault or is this since install? if new, what has changed?