PCI 1000Base-T Card not connecting at 1000GB

[Rick Coker]

I have a new rp4400 machine HP-UX 11.11 with A6825 ethernet card. The card will connect with a 10/100 switch at 100, but will not connect with a 10/100/1000 at 1000Gb. Other devices are able to connect with switch at 1000, but when hp is connected, no link at any speed.

Any Thoughts?

[Sundar_7]

Find out the Card instance number from lanscan command and post the output from the following commands

# lanscan
# lanadmin -s 1
# lanadmin -x 1

[david shetler]

Have you look at /etc/rc.config.d/hpgelanconf that may need to be modified.

[Sundar_7]

Sorry I meant

lanadmin -s
lanadmin -x

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Rick,

ALL Gig-E cards must autonegotiate to get 1000.
You cannot hard-set duplex values.
I would suspect the switch port it's connected to is not set properly for Gig speeds. Check with your Net-Ops people & have them verify the port is Gig capapble & set that way. If it is then I'd then suspect the cable. You need Cat-6 for reliable Gig-E. Put a Fluke on it & check it out.

Rgds,
Jeff

[Rick Coker]

Thanks for the replies to my post ... the following are results from lanscan/lanadmin:











































































































































































# Set up Oracle / Banner Environment
# R. Coker
# Aug 14, 2004
# This file needs to be modified whenever new database SID's are
# introduced.

# Default Database set so user can just press enter at the ? prompt
ORACLE_SID="alpha"

clear
echo "ORACLE_SID[alpha, prod] = [$ORACLE_SID] ? \c"
read NEWSID

if [ $NEWSID ]
then
ORACLE_SID=$NEWSID
export ORACLE_SID
fi

ORAENV_ASK="NO"

if [ "$ORACLE_SID" = 'alpha' ]
then
. /usr/local/bin/oraenv2
"orasetup" 32 lines, 720 characters
# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/1/2/0 0x00306EF458AA 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
# lanscan -s 0
Unrecognized option: -s

Usage: lanscan [-[aimnpq]v] [ system [ core ] ]
Default: lanscan /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem

a Display station addresses only. No headings.
i Display interface names only. No headings.
m Display MAC type only. No headings.
n Display NM IDs only. No headings.
p Display PPA number only. No headings.
q Display the port instance numbers in the aggregate (APA specific).
v Verbose output. Two lines per interface.
# lanscan -v -s 0
Unrecognized option: -s

Usage: lanscan [-[aimnpq]v] [ system [ core ] ]
Default: lanscan /stand/vmunix /dev/kmem

a Display station addresses only. No headings.
i Display interface names only. No headings.
m Display MAC type only. No headings.
n Display NM IDs only. No headings.
p Display PPA number only. No headings.
q Display the port instance numbers in the aggregate (APA specific).
v Verbose output. Two lines per interface.
# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/1/2/0 0x00306EF458AA 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
# lanadmin -s 0
Speed = 100000000
# landamin -x 0
sh: landamin: not found.
# lanadmin -x 0
Speed = 100 Full-Duplex.
Autonegotiation = On.

I have tried one other cable, and will try another later today and see if that helps. The switch is a HP procurve 2824. We've tried all combinations of settings for the port.

Since everything looks ok on the unix side, my guess is that we have cabling problems ...

I'll post back if that works.

Rick

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi (again) Rick,

If the Gig-E card is lan0 then you've got it set for 100 MHZ FD. You need to edit the /etc/rc.config.d/hpgelanconf or hpigelanconf file - depending on whether it's using the GigEther-00 (ge) or GigEther-01 (ige) driver.
In there set:

HP_GELAN_INETRFACE_NAME=lan0
HP_GELAN_SPEED=auto_on
or
HP_IGELAN_INETRFACE_NAME=lan0
HP_IGELAN_SPEED=auto_on

whichever is appropriate.

HTH,
Jeff