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Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

 
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Ken Dallinger
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Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

VMS 8.3 rx6600
I need to set the speed on an Xframe 10 Gbit fibre card to 1 G.

Lancp gives the error

%LANCP-W-SPNSUP, Setting speed not supported, device EWA0

or

%LANCP-W-SPNSUP, Setting auto-negotiation not supported, device EWA0

Any suggestions

Thanks
Ken
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Volker Halle
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Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Ken,

is this LAN 10 Gbit adapter included in the OpenVMS I64 supported options list ? Or even in the rx6600 supported options ?

I can't find it in the rx6600 quickspecs:

http://h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12596_div/12596_div.PDF

Volker.
Ken Dallinger
Advisor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Good question. We were sold the config by a retailer who is suppose to have checked the config would work. Back to them it looks...
Thanks
Ken Dallinger
Advisor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Under rx6600 specifications...
It does say that there is a 10G card supported...

Single-port GigE-TX adapter card for HP-UX and OpenVMS AD331A
Quad-port GigE-TX adapter card for HP-UX and OpenVMS A7012A
Dual-port GigE-TX adapter card for Linux and Windows A9900A
Quad-port GigE-TX adapter card for HP-UX and OpenVMS AB545A
Single-port GigE-SX (optical) adapter card for HP-UX and OpenVMS AD332A
Dual-port GigE-SX (optical) adapter card for HP-UX and OpenVMS A7011A
Dual-port GigE-SX (optical) adapter card for Linux and Windows A9899A
10GbE SR Fibre Adapter for HP-UX and OVMS AB287A <=============
10GbE SR Fibre Adapter for Linux and Windows AD144A
PCI-E HP 2-port 1000Base-T Card AD337A
Volker Halle
Honored Contributor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Ken,

sure, OpenVMS I64 V8.3 added support for 10 Gbit ethernet cards.

Do you have a supported (e.g. AB287A) ethernet card - supported by both the rx6600 and OpenVMS ?

Volker.
Ken Dallinger
Advisor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Is there any way of finding out what type of card it is without physically taking it out of the machine? I'm now 120 miles away !!
Ken
Volker Halle
Honored Contributor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Ken,

looks like the AB287A 10 Gbit LAN adapter may only be supported with V8.3+ (i.e. V8.3 with patches).

http://h71000.www7.hp.com/openvms/integrity/post_82_options_rollout_web.html

If you have a AB287A - are you current on patches (e.g. VMS83I_LAN-V0500) ?

Volker.
Volker Halle
Honored Contributor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Ken,

$ ANAL/SYS
SDA> CLUE CONFIG

might give some more informaton. Or SHOW DEV/FULL EWA0

You should also be able to look at the CONFIG record in ERRLOG.SYS using WEBES. It might even show the module numbers.

Volker.
Ken Dallinger
Advisor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Thanks
It is a AB287A ...
So now I need to get the patches on ... Without a network card...
Looks like burning CD time.
Thanks for the help
Ken Dallinger
Advisor

Re: Set autoneg and speed on XFrame Ewa0

Checked the patch level... It does have VMS83I_LAN V5.0. So I take it it should be working with that patch?
Ken