topic Re: X25 in Operating System - HP-UX

X25

Steve Massey_1 — Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:38:43 GMT

Hi

I have an L class with an X25 card - but I cannot see it on ioscan

what should I see and wha drivers ??

thanks

Steve

Re: X25

Cheryl Griffin — Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:44:32 GMT

Steve,

If ioscan can't identify the card, this means there is a hardware problem.

If ioscan see the card but shows UNCLAIMED and UNKNOWN then a needed driver is not in the kernel.

The hardware has to first be recognized before you can proceed. You may have incompatible hardware or it is not cabled/terminated correctly. Fix this first, because if you have to change the hardware it may affect which driver is needed.

Re: X25

Stefan Farrelly — Wed, 23 Aug 2000 12:54:38 GMT

An X25 card should look something like this from ioscan; (but not on your L-class - this is on an E class)

psi 0 56/44 nioxb CLAIMED INTERFACE HP 36960A - WAN

And you should have some drivers in the kernel for it, we have 3 on ours;
x25plp
x25sentry
x25idmap

If you install the X25 software it will load the necessary X25 drivers up for you.

Re: X25

Anthony deRito — Wed, 23 Aug 2000 13:30:15 GMT

Wow, I thought I was the last one using this ancient WAN interface! The card may be difficult to find in ioscan output depending on the bus interface it is using. There may be a driver your box is using that does not even come close to looking like it is x25 related. lsdev will list these drivers but the descriptions are not that good either.

I would suggest using SAM and going into the Interface Card area and see if the card is recognized. As mentioned before, check if the X25 software is installed and configured. For example:

swlist -l fileset -a state J2793B
# Initializing...
# Contacting target "nnnnnnnn"...
#
# Target: nnnnnnn:/
#

# J2793B
# J2793B.SX25-HPerf
J2793B.SX25-HPerf.SX25-HPerf-COM configured
J2793B.SX25-HPerf.SX25-HPerf-IP configured
J2793B.SX25-HPerf.SX25-HPerf-MAN configured
J2793B.SX25-HPerf.SX25-HPerf-PA configured
J2793B.SX25-HPerf.SX25-HPerf-PAD configured
J2793B.SX25-HPerf.SX25-HPerf-SAM configured

Replace the J2793B with the product name from your swlist output.

Tony