Error message while configuring HP 100BT interfaces

[Mme BECKER]

Hello,

When I reboot a HP9000 K380 server, I have the following message in the /etc/rc.log:

Configure HP 100BT interfaces
Output from "/sbin/rc2.d/S322hpbaset start":
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ERROR: lan2 interface | PPA 2 : Old Station Address = 0x001083951ed4
New Station Address = 0x001083951ed4
"/sbin/rc2.d/S322hpbaset start" FAILED


The server has 3 LAN cards:
Hardware Station Crd Hdw Net-Interface NM MAC HP-DLPI DLPI
Path Address In# State NamePPA ID Type Support Mjr#
10/16/8 0x001083951ED4 2 UP lan2 snap2 1 ETHER Yes 119
10/4/8 0x001083B9B0E5 1 UP lan1 snap1 2 ETHER Yes 119
10/12/6 0x0060B0FDDEC7 0 UP lan0 snap0 3 ETHER Yes 119


I noticed something strange when I run the lanadmin command:
- for the LAN Interface PPA Number = 0, I've got lan0 in the description field
- for the LAN Interface PPA Number = 1, I've got lan2 in the description field
- for the LAN Interface PPA Number = 2, I've got lan1 in the description field

Is this a normal behaviour ?
Do you think this can be linked to the error message ?
How can I solve my problem ?

Thank you in advance for your answer.

[James R. Ferguson]

Hi:

Delete the MAC address from the variable 'HP_BASET_STATION_ADDRESS[]'.

Regards!

...JRF...

[Stefan Farrelly · Accepted solution]

Looks like you may have 2x 100MB lan interfaces which share the same config file. What are the contents of /etc/rc.config.d/hpbasetconf ?
It may need to have 2 sets of entries, one for each card.


What did you do before the reboot, add an additional card ? if so to which address ?

The PPA number doesnt have to match the lanX number.

[Mme BECKER]

In the /etc/rc.config.d/hpbasetconf, there was an entry for the lan2 interface.

We deleted the value of HP_BASET_INTERFACE_NAME[] and the value of HP_BASET_STATION_ADDRESS[], and we rebooted the server. That solved the problem.

Thank you James and Stefan for your quick answer !