Changing Duplex Mode of LAN card..

[SuperDome_1]

Hi.. I'm trying to change the duplex mode of a lan card, using the lanadmin -X command.

When I run lanscan, I get the following output..

Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
4/0/0/1/0 0x00306E38A011 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
4/0/2/0/0/4/0 0x00306E46D994 1 UP lan1 snap1 2 ETHER Yes
119
4/0/2/0/0/5/0 0x00306E46D995 2 UP lan2 snap2 3 ETHER Yes
119
4/0/2/0/0/6/0 0x00306E46D996 3 UP lan3 snap3 4 ETHER Yes
119
4/0/2/0/0/7/0 0x00306E46D997 4 UP lan4 snap4 5 ETHER Yes
119
4/0/4/0/0 0x00000000 0 UP clic0 6 HyperFabric No **
4/0/8/0/0 0x00306E39531F 9 UP lan9 snap9 7 ETHER Yes 119
4/0/9/0/0 0x00306E395329 10 UP lan10 snap10 8 ETHER Yes 119

I then do a lanadmin -x 1
and get the following output..

lanadmin -x 1
Current Config = 100 Half-Duplex AUTONEG

When I run the following command

lanadmin -X 1 100FD

I get the following output..

lanadmin -X 1 100FD
Invalid PPA Number entry


I can't use SAM, since I don't want to assign IP addresses to these cards (The application I'm using required only the MAC addresses of these cards)

Is there another way to use lanadmin, or a file that I can change the speed to 100 Full-Duplex..

Thx

[Jeff Schussele]

Hi,

In the lanadmin command PPA # comes last.
Try
lanadmin -X 100FD 1

This can also be set in the /etc/rc.config.d/????conf file for the driver type the card uses.

HTH,
Jeff

[Steven E. Protter]

You should hardcode your desired duplex setting in a file called /etc/rc.config.d/hpbtlanconf

I'm attaching mine as an example.

After a boot, assuming your switch is correct you should be fine. On your network switch settings for 100 BT cards must be explicit. No auto-negotitate.

Good Luck,

SEP