Token Ring; disable

[Andrew Luis Arruza]

We have disconnected a server from the token ring (we no longer use token ring) and now when I reboot I am getting an error on the token ring. Its current state in lanscan is DOWN, in ioscan it is claimed. It is an HP J2166A CARD. HOw can I disable it 'permanently.'This server is runing HP-UX 10.20 and I am getting ready to bring it up to HP-UX 11.0. It is an old K220 server.
Any, all help greatly appreciated and points will be assigned.
Thanks, Andy

[harry d brown jr]

pull the card out, break it in half, throw it away.

Make sure you load HPux from SCRATCH (cold install, virgin install, ...) --> which means --> don't do an upgrade!

live free or die
harry

[Sajid_1]

Did you try SAM?
# sam
Now go to Network and communications, then select network adapters and find this NIC there. Select it and remove or disable it.

HTH

[Pete Randall · Accepted solution]

Andy,

I don't have token ring anymore and I don't have 10.20 but at one time I did have both so I'll guess based on my vague recollections.

1st) You could try uninstalling the software - do a swremove, find the token ring product and remove it.

2nd) (and you may have to do this even if the uninstall works) Look in /etc/rc.config.d for a *token*conf file. As I recall, there's a config file in which you should be able to set the startup option to 0 (off).

One or both of these ought to do it for you.

Pete

[Andrew Luis Arruza]

Thanks guys for the quick response.
Unfortunately I cannot remove the card since it is part of the core i/o module.
I did what Sajid said and I certainly agree with Harry.
What Pete said will work for me

[Sajid_1]

hello,

You can check the config files /etc/rc.config.d and also the startup files in /sbin/init.d. You can either edit those or move to a different directory.

hth,