topic Re: Permanent Autonegotiation in Operating System - HP-UX

Permanent Autonegotiation

raiden — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:54:13 GMT

Does the below command turns AutoNegotiation permanently on.

lanadmin -X AUTO_ON 1.

Or do i need to modify any file to reflect the change even after rebooting Server.

Re: Permanent Autonegotiation

Steven E. Protter — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 14:57:21 GMT

Shalom,

You may need to modify /etc/rc.config.d/hpbtlanconf

SEP

Re: Permanent Autonegotiation

Ivan Krastev — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:06:15 GMT

Or modify /etc/rc.config.d/hpietherconf.
Check what type is your network card and set the appropriate value. For example for hpigelanconf file use:

HP_IGELAN_SPEED[0]=auto_on

regards,
ivan

Re: Permanent Autonegotiation

Ganesan R — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:06:29 GMT

Hi,

Do it through SAM. That will make it permanent and does the file configuration changes.

Re: Permanent Autonegotiation

Patrick Wallek — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:07:29 GMT

>>You may need to modify /etc/rc.config.d/hpbtlanconf

Or whichever file is appropriate for your particular LAN card. It may or may not be the hpbtlanconf file. The exact file depends on the driver that your particular LAN card uses.

The following list is from a FORUMS thread of 4 years ago, so it may not be complete.

DRIVER CONFIG FILE in /etc/rc.config.d
btlan hpbtlanconf
btlan0 hpeisabtconf
btlan1 hpbasetconf
btlan3 hpbase100conf
btlan4 hpgsc100conf
btlan5 hppci100conf
btlan6 hpsppci100conf
igelan hpigelanconf
iether hpietherconf
??? hpetherconf
??? hpgelanconf

Re: Permanent Autonegotiation

Pete Randall — Tue, 16 Dec 2008 15:10:01 GMT

>Does the below command turns AutoNegotiation permanently on.

No.

>do i need to modify any file

The config files correspond to the driver used for the LAN card:

btlan hpbtlanconf
btlan0 hpeisabtconf
btlan1 hpbasetconf
btlan3 hpbase100conf
btlan4 hpgsc100conf
btlan5 hppci100conf
btlan6 hpsppci100conf

Be advised that the usual recommendation for 100Base/T cards is to hard code both the switch port and the card to 100FD. If you're dealing with 1000Base/T, then definitely auto-negotiate!

Pete