Configuration of gig network card

[MarkW_1]

Have added a a4929a gig card to a HP l2000 running Unix 11.0. Have added the gelan driver and the a4929a software with patches to version 11. Keep getting the following error in SAM when trying to modify the card.

Configuration of this Network Interface Card is not supported with | | |
||| | this version of driver product. Please install the latest version or | | |
||| | contact the support personnel for further assistance.

Also the following:

# gbeutil lan2 card_info
Error: Can't open device files: lan2

# lanadmin -x 2
The link is down. The speed and other link state information
are undefined. The configuration specified for this card is:
Speed = 1000 or 100 or 10 Mbps.
Autonegotiation = On.

# lanscan
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
0/0/0/0 0x001083FE34D1 0 UP lan0 snap0 1 ETHER Yes 119
0/1/2/0 0x00306E0F8974 2 UP lan2 snap2 2 ETHER Yes 119
0/2/0/0 0x001083F7E318 1 UP lan1 snap1 3 ETHER Yes 119

# ioscan -funC lan
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
===================================================================
lan 0 0/0/0/0 btlan3 CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI 10/100Base-TX Core
/dev/diag/lan0 /dev/ether0 /dev/lan0
lan 2 0/1/2/0 gelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A4929A PCI 1000Base-T Adapter
/dev/gelan2
lan 1 0/2/0/0 btlan6 CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A3738A PCI 10/100Base-TX Ultimate Combo
/dev/diag/lan1 /dev/ether1 /dev/lan1
#

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi Mark,

May be these links can help you:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=179593

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=698343

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=66781

HTH,

Gideon

[Todd Whitcher]

Hi Mark,

Sam and lan card issues can come up if there were new options provided in the Gigabit driver patch you loaded. The special instructions in the patch should mention it.

What you can do is get the /usr/newconfig/etc/rc.config.d/hpgelanconfig file and move it/merge it to /etc/rc.config.d/hpgelanconfig file. I mean merge if you have other settings already in that file, if its default you can just move it.

Hope this helps,

Todd

[Simon Hargrave]

Make sure you have the latest SAM patch installed. When you install a driver for a new piece of hardware, you should generally update SAM for the functionality.

Search ITRC patch database for sam and it'll tell you the latest.

[Scot Bean]

I agree with Todd. The latest 11.00 patch for this driver is PHNE_28995.

The Special Installation Instructions for this an earlier patches mention a manual configuration step:

"
Additional configuration parameters were included in /usr/newconfig/etc/rc.conifg.d/hpgelanconf To enable the new parameters, you have to add them into /etc/rc.config.d/hpgelanconf. If you are configuring Gigabit Ethernet by SAM, you must have the new parameters in
/etc/rc.config.d/hpgelanconf before you start SAM.
"

So do a 'diff' on the newconfig file vs. the current config file. Manually edit new parameters into your config file.

[MarkW_1]

After I connected the card to the network, I was able to configure with ifconfig. Have not downloaded the suggested patches yet, but will soon. Thanks