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            Phobos P1000 Gigabit Ethernet Driver Installation

                            Version 1.5

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     Prior to installing the Phobos P1000 Gigabit Ethernet  Driver,
     install  the P1000 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Adapter in your machine.
     Please refer to  SGI's  insight(1)  documentation,  and  the
     documentation  provided  with  your  P1000 Gigabit Ethernet PCI 
     Adapter for information on installing the network card.

     Once the card has been installed the Phobos  Driver  may  be
     installed using these steps:


        A)  Become root on your machine either by logging in  as  root
            or by using the su command.

        B)  Insert the CD into the CDROM drive.

        C)  Mount  the  CD.   If  'mediad'  is  running  the  CD  will
            automatically  be  mounted for you on /CDROM.  If 'mediad'
            is not running, you will need to manually  mount  the  CD.
            See  SGI's  "Software  Installation Administrator's Guide"
            for more information.

        D)  Once the CD is mounted install the software using inst:


                1)  Enter the inst command:

                    # inst

                2)  Specify location of the software  using  the  inst
                    'from' command.

                    For Irix 6.4 use: 
                    Inst> from /CDROM/SGI/6.4/dist

                    For Irix 6.5 use:
                    Inst> from /CDROM/SGI/6.5/dist

                3)  Install the software using inst's 'go' command:

                    Inst> go

                4)  Exit inst:

                    Inst> quit



      At this point  the  driver  software  has  been  installed.
      Reboot your machine to begin running with the new driver.

      After you reboot there will  be  a  new  network  interface
      named  'pge0'.   Verify  that the install was successful by
      typing the command "ifconfig pge0".  It should return:

              # ifconfig pge0
              pge0: flags=822<BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,MULTICAST>


      You may now use  the  ifconfig  program  to  configure  the
      interface.   Please  refer to SGI's "IRIX(tm) Advanced Site
      and Server Administration Guide" for further information on
      configuring network devices.

      If you wish to use the Phobos P1000 Gigabit Ethernet Adapter as
      your primary interface, follow these steps:


         1)  Cd to "/etc/config"

         2)  Edit the file "netif.options" using your favorite editor.
             Look for the line:

         : if1name=

         Change it to read:

         if1name=pge0

         3)  Save your changes!  Upon the next  reboot  pge0  will  be
             configured as your primary interface.

         WARNING: If you make pge0 your primary interface, any  future
                  miniroot  installs  will  not  be  able  to  use the
                  network interface.


     To set pge0 up as a secondary interface:


        1)  Cd to "/etc/config"

        2)  Edit the file "netif.options" using your favorite  editor.
            Choose  the appropriate if[234]name line.  For example, to
            make pge0 the third interface, find the line:

        : if3name=

        Change it to read:

        if3name=pge0

        3)  Save  your  changes!   Upon  the  next  reboot  pge0  will
            automatically be configured as the third interface.


      For further information or technical assistance please con-
      tact:

              Phobos Corporation
              2060 East 2100 South
              Salt Lake City, UT 84109
              Telephone: (801) 474-9200
              Fax: (801) 474-9201
              Email: sgi-support@phobos.com
              WWW: http://www.phobos.com


      Phobos Corporation thanks you for choosing the Phobos  P1000
      Gigabit Ethernet Adapter to serve your networking needs.

      COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARK NOTICE AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

      This  software  documentation  and  media   are   copyright
      1995,1996,1997,1998  Phobos Corporation.  The software furnished
      with these materials is subject to the Single User  Product
      License  Agreement  printed  on  or affixed to the envelope
      containing the media, and may only be used according to the
      terms of the Product License Agreement.

      "Phobos" and the Phobos logo are trademarks of Phobos  Cor-
      poration.

      Indy and IRIX are registered trademarks of  Silicon  Graph-
      ics, Incorporated.







                            April 1, 1999

