topic Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370 in Operating System - HP-UX

PCI HSC NIC on D370

Mauro Cimino_2 — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:33:07 GMT

What product Have I to use to make the system claim my new NIC HSC 100Base-T Single Prt LAN Adapter

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Ron Kinner — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:45:31 GMT

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html

and look for the pdf file:

HSC 10/100Base-TX and FX/9000 Quick Installation

Ron

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

S.K. Chan — Fri, 14 Mar 2003 16:47:33 GMT

What's the part number of the card ? Also what's the OS you're running ?
If you're on 11.0 for instance that card should be J3515A and the sfw you need is J3623BA.

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Mauro Cimino_2 — Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:04:40 GMT

The problem is partially resolved. I have installed the btlan4 driver on my D370. Now the card is claimed. I have installed the patch PHNE_22216. But I don't see the special file for may card. I see the cad in lanscan, but it doesn't work. How can I create the device file for my card J3515A ?

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Robert-Jan Goossens — Sun, 16 Mar 2003 21:52:08 GMT

Mauro,

Take a look at next link,

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xa4c253921f1ad5118fef0090279cd0f9,00.html

Robert-Jan.

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Mauro Cimino_2 — Sun, 16 Mar 2003 22:22:39 GMT

My card is claimed by ioscan -fnC lan. I see the card with lanscan (lan1) (I already have a lan0. But Ihaven't the /dev/lan1 special file. I tried to create it by
mknod /dev/lan1 c 76 0x000000
mknod /dev/ether1 c 76 0x000001
mknod (dev/diag/lan1 c 76 0x000080
The 76 number is the major nummber i get with lsdev.
But after i do
ifconfig the lan1 doesn't go up.
Anybody can help me ?
Thank, for Advance
(After, points)

Mauro

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Eugeny Brychkov — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 06:55:49 GMT

Does 'insf -e' creates device files for lan cards automatically? Did you try it?
Eugeny

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Mauro Cimino_2 — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 09:40:46 GMT

insf -e doesn't create the special files. I don't know why. It's possible to create i in a manner different than what i did ?

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Jim Keeble — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 11:48:54 GMT

You may not actually need the device file.

If you are using the card for IP applications, it uses the dpli interface to bind IP to the card (which uses a /dev/dlpi type device).

If you have a legacy application that uses the old LLA interface, (which needs the old device file /dev/lanX device file), the new driver may actually not support it.

If you are simply trying to use the IP stack, forget about the lanX device file. look at the card LED's, lanadmin operational status, etc., and make sure you have a good electrical connection, (operational status in lanadmin -g = UP), and then move on to ifconfig for IP.

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

rick jones — Mon, 17 Mar 2003 18:23:06 GMT

Jim's post sounds about right. Beginning with the realse of 10.20 (perhaps earlier) back in 1996 or 1995, it was announced that "LLA" (Link-Level Access) was going away and that all applications should begin to migrate to DLPI (Data-Link Provider Interface). "New" drivers after that time were not likely to include LLA support.

Only older (relative to then, not now) legacy drivers were likely to retain LLA support, and even that was to be "fading away" over time.

Indeed, TCP/IP works just fine and dandy without a /dev/lanN device file.

If you have a link-level application, you should go to http://docs.hp.com/ where there should still be some LLA to DLPI transition documents.

Re: PCI HSC NIC on D370

Mauro Cimino_2 — Tue, 18 Mar 2003 08:14:55 GMT

I'm very happy to tell you that tha card now is working, baut the only thing we have done it to connect the cable. Anybody knows if the lan1 doesn't go up with ifconfig if the cable is disconnected?
Thanks, I'll give you points for the suggests.