Can't set speed/duplex/autonegotion on K570

[Charles Holland]

Working on a K570 running HP-UX 11.11 that has an A3495A HP-PB card.
ioscan indicates that it is CLAIMED and that the driver is btlan1. I am trying to set it to 100FD with autonegotiation off. SAM won't touch it.
It indicates
"The driver specific configuration file in /etc/rc.config.d doesn't
support the configuration of Speed, Duplex and Autonegotiation
parameters through SAM. Please copy the latest configuration file
from /usr/newconfig/etc/rc.config.d directory to enable this or
contact your support personnel for further assistance."

I have tried lanadmin, (I can't see the differance, if there is any), but when I change to ppa 3 and then follow with display I get "Cannot open shared library /usr/lib/lanadmin/libdsbtlan1.sl". There is no shared library file at that location

Sitting at command line if I type in lanadmin -x 3 I receive "Error: This option is not supported for this hardware."

I downloaded and installed PHNE_30484 in hopes of correcting the situation, but that didn't work either.

Looking for suggestions........
Thanks in advance.
Regards

[Steven E. Protter]

You are trying to change lanadmin settings on a built in 10 BaseT NIC card.

Can't do that.

SEP

[Charles Holland]

Sorry I didn't make that clear SEP... the one I'm try to change is the addon card, not the built in card.

[Charles Holland]

For information this is the output from ioscan

lan 3 10/4/8 btlan1 CLAIMED INTERFACE HP HP-PB 100 Base TX card
/dev/diag/lan3 /dev/ether3 /dev/lan3
lan 4 10/12/6 lan2 CLAIMED INTERFACE Built-in LAN
/dev/diag/lan4 /dev/ether4

I'm trying to set the autonegotiation to off and the speed to 100FD on lan 3.

Thanks

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi Charles,

The command would be
lanadmin -X 100FD 3
If that fails & you get another lib error I'd reload the btlan1 driver. Probably wouldn't hurt to check it anyway with swverify and verify that the libarary exists. It could be the lanadmin binary and/or libs are corrupt.

HTH,
Jeff

[John Poff]

Hi,

It sounds like you are trying to use the instance number from your ioscan output as the PPA for lanadmin. You'll need to run the 'lanscan' command and use the number under the NM_ID column for the card you are trying to set.

Also, it may just be a typo in your post, but you need to use a -X (and not a lower case -x) to set speeds and negotiation with lanadmin.

JP

[Jeff Schussele]

Oh & one other thing, I seem to remember some of the *very* first 100 Base-T cards that came out could only do 100HD. You might try that as well. Partsurfer is not telling me whether that's the case here, though.

Jeff

[Patrick Wallek]

The HP-PB 100bt card definitely should support full duplex.

The only cards I recall that only did 100 HD were some of the EISA cards for D boxes.

I've got a K580, still running 10.20 unfortunately, and the only card I get the error you mention for is the built-in card. All of the others return the appropriate info.

You might try reinstalling the btlan driver and see if that helps. Be aware though that this will probably require a kernel recompile and reboot.

[Tom Ward_1]

Since I don't see it suggested already I suggest you apply the current SAM cumlative patch, PHCO_30598 I believe, if you haven't already done so. Also check /etc/rc.config for any netconf copies and move them out if you find any.

Regards,
Tom

[Charles Holland]

No resolution found..... going on to other things.

Life goes on.