FAiled at lan interface and shown an error occured at /etc/rc.log

[Charles Ooi Chia Lun]

Dear friend,
my itanium2 rx2600 show FAiled at lan interface and shown an error occured at /etc/rc.log and they asked me to check on that.
- I can vi into the /etc/rc.log but i don't know what should i check.
- The system can't go in into the CDE more, how can i retrieve the rc.log file from the prompt.?

Thank you very much, please let me know..

Regards
Chialun

[Raj D.]

Charles,

Which prompt are u getting .

Try to check the /sbin/rc2.d/S???... fiels for details of that failed device.

You can rename that file to ZS... and try restrating server and check if it works. And then debug the failed device.

Cheers,
Raj.

[Mel Burslan]

I think, on a box small like rx2600 you do not have more than one interface, and for some reason it is not coming up. If there is no networking, your CDE will not start.

First, once you are at the root command prompt, you run

# ioscan -fnC lan

and see if you have any interface is coming back with NO_HW. If so, you have a hardware problem and you need to call in for hardware support.

But if the hardware is not your problem, at the command prompt, vi /etc/rc.log and search for word ERROR or FAIL in capital letters.

you will see the section where this problem gets reported. If you can copy the error text, and paste here, you will get better and more precise help.

More than likely it is a configuration issue, like wrong subnet mask or wrong route. Again, error message will get you better help.

Also you have asked few questions and got more than 10 answers. Please take some time to assign some points to these answers

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[Bharat Katkar]

Hi chialun,
If you can vi the /etc/rc.log file then search for something like "/sbin/init.d/net start"
In that it may have given some sepcific error. Moreover you can have a look at /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log file to see any error related to you lan interface.

You can also execute certain command to see status of lan interfaces:

# lanscan
# netstat -in
# ioscan -fnC lan


Hope that helps.
Regards,