how to ifconfig the HP-PB100 BaseTX?

[Heiko_4]

Hi,

I want to ifconfig a 100BaseT card. But ifconfig always says, that there is no interface. Lanscan only prints the 10Mbit interface. Which characterdevice will be used for it? What I have to do to have this device available?

Here are the outputs:

# ioscan -fknC lan
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===================================================================
lan 0 10/4/16 btlan1 UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN HP HP-PB 100 Base TX card
lan 1 10/12/6 lan2 CLAIMED INTERFACE Built-in LAN
/dev/diag/lan1 /dev/ether1 /dev/lan1

# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
10/12/6 0x0060B006F4DD 1 UP lan1 snap1 1 ETHER Yes 119

Regards

Heiko

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

What your hp-ux version and what is the cards product number ?

C.

[Heiko_4]

I forgot:

HP-UX 11i
K460

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

Forgot to ask your system model !

C.

[melvyn burnard]

You need to load the software for this card, and looking at it I believe iut is an A3495A HP-PB card.
You need ot load the software, reboiot the system and then it should show claimed. Also make sure you patch this driver, as tere are lots of issues with it.

[Heiko_4]

Right. It is a A3495

Heiko

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

You need to load the appropriate driver for your card from the Applications CD. Use this link as your guice:

http://techsolutions.hp.com/fe/products.html

Then, edit '/etc/rc.config.d/netconf' to add the card to your startup sequence.

Use this guide to configure speed and duplex settings.

http://techsolutions.hp.com/fe/configs.html

Regards!

...JRF...

[Clemens van Everdingen]

Hi,

Software/driver needs to be installed.

J2759BA Software product number.

C.

[Heiko_4]

Wether on the Application CDs nor on the OS-CDs is a folder called J2759BA. Where can I get this driver?

Thanks

Heiko

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi (again):

Load product 'A3495A'. I derive this from your information and the link I provided above.

Regards!

...JRF...

[MANOJ SRIVASTAVA]

Hi Heiko




You may like to look at the following :

http://techsolutions.hp.com/fe/configs.html#config_files


and this link for the procedure:
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/pdf/J3622-90011.pdf

http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xe6d991ccb36bd611abdb0090277a778c,00.html


Manoj Srivastava

[Heiko_4]

On the 1st Application CD I found a 100MB-PB ... I will try this. The system currently reboots ... I will inform you about my procedure

Thanks

Heiko

[Heiko_4]

Hi All,

thanks a lot for the help. I used the 100BaseT-01 from Application-CD 1. Et voila, it works. lanscan shows me now the appropriate interface.

Another question ... are there any patch-clusters like at sun?

Heiko

[Darrell Allen]

Hi Heiko,

HP releases quarterly patch bundles on the "Support Plus" CD. There is no concept of being at a certain "patch level" the way Sun does.

Darrell

[Anil C. Sedha]

Hi Heiko,

The problem here lies not in ifconfig but the configuration of your lan card.

Currently the the device status is UNCLAIMED UNKNOWN which means your system does not have the required drivers for it.

You may install the necessary lan drivers for that using inssf -e
If it still shows the same, then your device drivers are not available for the lan card.

Contact HP and try to get the same.

Then you would face no problems in configuring it.

Regards,
Anil