Second LAN card

[Kaare Einar Andreassen]

Can anyone give me info no how to install a second lan card (lan1) on my b2000 HP-UX11?
How do I know what to instal into kernel?
Are there any drivers that has to be installed?

As You understand I'm not an experienced UNIX man

[harry d brown jr]

It depends. What kind of lan card are you going to install? Usually your application CD's would contain software if so needed. But usually, today, btlan is fine.

live free or die
harry

[Eugeny Brychkov]

If this card is supported to be installed into B2000 then simply install it. After booting run 'ioscan -fn' to see if workstation sees new lan interface. Then pay attention to driver assigned, instance number (I) and device file. If all will be correct (driver is known - btlanX, I!=-1 and device file, for example, /dev/lan2) then required drivers are already in the kernel. If not - instance number =-1, driver is unknown, no device file was created then you need to install drivers for the card (should be on CDs shipped with OS). If you would tell us which card you want to install we can help to locate driver
Eugeny

[Steven E. Protter]

I you haven't bought it yet a small recommendation.

Buy HP.

The necessary btlan drives are probably in the kernel and any drivers are either on the core os cd, the applications cd or the software.hp.com website.

If you buy a card certified for your box, lots of people can help you on this forum. Also the part number(software) you'll need to download or find on the cd's will be right on the certification matrix.

For the kernel part, just start sam as root user, and choose the drivers option. The rest is pretty much as menu driven as the first part.

Steve

[Kaare Einar Andreassen]

LAncard is ANA-6911A/TX HP, and ioscan tells me that it is unclamed and unkonwn

[Eugeny Brychkov]

http://www.hp.com/workstations/products/accessories/risc/io_cards/b5509ba/faqs.html
It is supported and need additional software installation
Eugeny

[Eugeny Brychkov]

Ok. Card product number is B5509BA, sofware is the same: B5509BA. Driver is btlan5.
Please search this software on your application CDs
Eugeny

[Kaare Einar Andreassen]

Tanks for all help, but....?

I found a folder on my app. cd (B5509BA) but it seams like it's empty.
How do I instal from this CD (hp-ux 11.0 application software)
Can I find the nessesary software on the net?

[Eugeny Brychkov · Accepted solution]

Insert this CD into CDROM drive, mount it and start swinstall. Choose local host and CDROM source and directory where you mounted CD. Browse through list of software products to find needed one. Mark it and then go to Actions and select Install
Eugeny

[Kaare Einar Andreassen]

Tanks for all help!
New lan card found and recognised!