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Built in lan device question

Norman England — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:12:25 GMT

I have multiple B132L systems running HP-UX and I have a question about the built in lan interface.

Here is the info:

# uname -a
HP-UX schemp B.10.20 A 9000/778 2006437351 two-user license
# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hardware Net-Interface NM MAC HP DLPI Mjr
Path Address In# State NameUnit State ID Type Support Num
8/16/6 0x0060B07E9326 0 UP lan0 UP 4 ETHER Yes 52
# ioscan -fnClan
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===================================================================
lan 0 8/16/6 lan2 CLAIMED INTERFACE Built-in LAN
/dev/diag/lan0 /dev/ether0 /dev/lan0

# lanadmin -x 4
Error: This option is not supported for this hardware.
# lanadmin

LAN INTERFACE STATUS DISPLAY
Wed, Aug 29,2001 13:20:06

Network Management ID = 4
Description = lan0 Hewlett-Packard LAN Interface Hw Rev 0
Type (value) = ethernet-csmacd(6)
MTU Size = 1500
Speed = 10000000
Station Address = 0x60b07e9326
Administration Status (value) = up(1)
Operation Status (value) = up(1)
Last Change = 38633
Inbound Octets = 12093446
Inbound Unicast Packets = 11360
Inbound Non-Unicast Packets = 40797
Inbound Discards = 0
Inbound Errors = 0
Inbound Unknown Protocols = 4398
Outbound Octets = 1357583
Outbound Unicast Packets = 12345
Outbound Non-Unicast Packets = 11
Outbound Discards = 0
Outbound Errors = 0
Outbound Queue Length = 0
Specific = 655367

Ethernet-like Statistics Group

Index = 4
Alignment Errors = 0
FCS Errors = 0
Single Collision Frames = 3
Multiple Collision Frames = 7
Deferred Transmissions = 87
Late Collisions = 0
Excessive Collisions = 0
Internal MAC Transmit Errors = 0
Carrier Sense Errors = 0
Frames Too Long = 0
Internal MAC Receive Errors = 0

Does this system only have a 10 BT half duplex card installed?

Are there any patches I can update this system with?

I'm having problems with different systems rebooting without notice, there are no messages in the syslog, and I think it may not be a power supply issue.

thanks

Re: Built in lan device question

linuxfan — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:21:15 GMT

Hi Norman,

Check the lan cumulative patch and the ARPA transport patches on your system.

The -x option was introduced in the patch PHNE_14634. The latest patch is PHNE_22352. Get the dependencies as well.

Also if possible give the output of
what /usr/lbin/lanadmin

Here is another thread regarding the same issue
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,1150,0x936e1012aa92d5118ff10090279cd0f9,00.html

-HTH
Ramesh

Re: Built in lan device question

Sanjay_6 — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 16:59:09 GMT

Hi Norman,

I think the Built-in-Lan port on B132L is 100BaseT Autosensing. You are able to see it as 10MBPS half duplex because it is connected to a port on switch which is set for 10MBPS. Connect the workstation to a 100MBPS port on Switch and the system will auto-neg to 100BaseT, full duplex.

The required patches for your system depend on what you have installed on the system. You can do a patch analysis and found out what patches you may need for your system. Each workstation requirements may be different.

Follow this link to find out the patches you may need for your system.

http://us-support2.external.hp.com/wps/bin/doc.pl/sid=82d0710f18145b7072

Hope this helps

Thanks

Re: Built in lan device question

rick jones — Wed, 29 Aug 2001 19:17:59 GMT

The B132L's core NIC is 10Mbit/s half-duplex only.

The B132L+'s core NIC is 10/100 autosensing, autoneg.

If the driver claiming the interface is "lan2" it is 10 Mbit/s, half-duplex only.

If the driver claiming the interface is btlan* it is a 10/100 card.

Re: Built in lan device question

Irine Gibilisco — Thu, 30 Aug 2001 18:03:57 GMT

Norman,
What does your "ioscan -fnC lan" show? If it is a 100BT capable card, it'll probably say so. Then, if it is, you first need to make sure that the btlan driver(s) had been built into your kernel. Then, you will have to configure the card by altering either /etc/rc.config.d/hpbase100conf or /etc/rc.config.d/hpgsc100conf (depending on what kind of card it is. Set the HP_GSC100_SPEED=100FD (or 100HD) in the gsc file, or HP_BASE100_SPEED=100FD in the hppb card file. You can also try through SAM, but I always have trouble getting it to work. Reboot and do the netadmin again to see what speed shows up. Do not set both ends of the line to auto-negotiate, or they'll never agree on the common speed.