Is there a jumper to disable built in network card?

[Edward Alfert_1]

I was wondering if there was a physical jumper to disable the network card built into the motherboard of a D350 server. I looked but couldn't find one.

The reason i ask is because i just picked up this used D350 and clean installed HP-UX 11 on it. It wouldn't recognize the built in 10/100 card. I have setup similar boxes (D210, D390, E55, and even a workstation C240) and they all automatically detect the built in LAN 10/100 and installed the appropriate drivers. They have all worked with a standard OS install and am able to connect to the LAN after configuring only the hostname, ip address, and subnet mask using set_parms.

I reinstalled the OS just to make sure i didn't make a mistake and same thing.

I then removed a 125MB FSD Transceiver card (some type of network card) and reinstalled the OS one more time. Same thing.

I even tried hpux 11i... same thing.

If i go into SAM and then Network Interface Cards, it says there is No Network Adapter installed and to follow the instructions for the network card i wish to install.

If i issue swlist, i see two network type software bundles listed:
FDDI-00 and
GigaEther-00
The same as another server that i have running HPUX 11i.

If i issue ioscan on a working D390 that i previously setup, i get:
8/16/6 lan Built-in LAN
But, the D350 doesn't list Built-in LAN on any line of output for ioscan.
In fact, the ioscan output for the D390 and the D350 are almost identical, except that the Built-in LAN is missing. The Hardware Path Numbers are the same for all common components. The D390 has more hard drives and the D350 has a graphics card on 10/12, but everything else is the same.

My only guess is that the 10/100 adapter on the motherboard has been disabled or it is defective.

Any help or clue to point me in the right direction would be greatly appreciated.

[Edward Alfert_1]

I think i solved my problem. I rebooted and aborted the boot process. Then when to the configuration menu (co) and noticed an option "lanconfig enable/disable"... so i typed lanconfig enable... and it asked me to reboot.

After boot i then issued ioscan and it detected the "Built In lan" at 8/16/6 but for Class it said "unknown".

therefore ioscan -C lan doesn't return anything.

I am now reinstalling the OS and will see what happens.

I remember looking in the configuration menu previously but dont' remember seeing that option. I must have had temporary blindness or insanity, if you wish.

If this solves my problem, do i get 10 points?

[Patrick Wessel]

Edward,

The lanconfig command is exactly what you need. It's in the configuration menu, no matter if you see it or not, you can execute it. Just try to enter lc, you will see

[rick jones]

fwiw, the built-in NIC on the D Class is _not_ 10/100. It is 10 Mbit/s, half-duplex only. it is "driven" by the lan2 driver, which needs to be present in the kernel to have the NIC claimed. the lan2 driver should be part of a standard OS install, so its not being present when you installed is something of a mystery.

don't forget that there is no support for EISA cards with a 64-bit kernel.