Adding an Ethernet 10/100 Interface to a D Series

[John O'Rourke]

Hi:

I added a 10/100 Ethernet interface to my D Series 9000 server running 10.20. When I booted, the system noticed the EISA board and gave an error syaing that '!INP0500.CFG can not be found' . The system said it would autoconfigure and it restarted again. Before it restarted I was notified to fix the problem and restart again afterward. Is this the file I need for to load the board..
Thanks...JOR

[Sridhar Bhaskarla · Accepted solution]

John,

You need to make sure that you have the correct CFG file under /sbin/lib/eisa directory. YOu need to see your release notes that came with the card. If you have the config file you can configure it using eisa_config command

/usr/sbin/eisa_config

You will get the slot where the card is installed and the corresponding CFG files required. Note the slot number. If you have the config file, then you can add the board using add CFG_FILE

For ex., if the slot displayed is 3 and if the CFG_FILE Is '!INP0500.CFG then you would type

EISA: add !INP0500 3

Usually, the system does this while booting up at bcheckrc. If you have any problems with the CFG file or the board, it gives error where you need to manually configure the card.

eisa_config does have a good interactive help. The issue is only with the CFG file. YOu will know how to get it from the documentation that came along with the card.


-Sri