Help on lanadmin command

[Ramji]

Hi All,
1) can any one help me out what is the result of status indicating for the command lanadmin and the ppa number is 1.

LAN INTERFACE STATUS DISPLAY
Sat, Dec 9,2006 20:11:32

PPA Number = 1
Description = lan1 HP PCI-X 1000Base-T Release B.11.11.05
Type (value) = ethernet-csmacd(6)
MTU Size = 1500
Speed = 1000000000
Station Address = 0x306e5de8b2
Administration Status (value) = up(1)
Operation Status (value) = down(2)
Last Change = 11022105
Inbound Octets = 0
Inbound Unicast Packets = 0
Inbound Non-Unicast Packets = 0
Inbound Discards = 0
Inbound Errors = 0
Inbound Unknown Protocols = 0
Outbound Octets = 0
Outbound Unicast Packets = 0
Outbound Non-Unicast Packets = 0
Outbound Discards = 1
Outbound Errors = 0
Outbound Queue Length = 0
Specific = 655367

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2) If i stop the network daemon.What will be the lan status if it have 3 lan card present..

[Matti_Kurkela · Accepted solution]

1.)
PPA number:
It means "Physical Point of Attachment" number. In HP-UX 11.00 and above, it is the same as the instance number of the LAN card, i.e. PPA 1 = lan1, PPA 2 = lan2 and so on. In older versions of HP-UX it might have been different.

The status of your lan1:
Administration Status is up = your card is completely configured and ready for use.

Operation Status is down = the card has no connectivity i.e. it does not receive a link pulse. You'll find the link LED next to the lan1 connector is OFF.

Suggestion:
- ensure the cable is plugged in
- inspect the cable for damage
- check the device at the other end of the cable: is it configured and working properly?

2.)
What do you mean, exactly?
There is no "network daemon" as such.

Running the network startup script as "/sbin/init.d/net stop" will do nothing at all: the script will just exit with an "OK" result code.

If you run "/sbin/init.d/net start", the network interfaces listed in /etc/rc.config.d/netconf will be reconfigured according to the netconf file.
If a network interface is not listed in the netconf file, the script will not change that interface in any way.

(Any network configurations will be lost when a server is rebooted, unless the configurations are listed in the netconf file. If you make changes using SAM, it will automatically update the netconf file. If you use "ifconfig" to manually change the configuration of an interface, your changes will be lost at reboot unless you also edit the netconf file.)

Shutting down any of the network service daemons will disable the service in question, but this does not normally effect the LAN card status as viewed by lanadmin.

Some specialized cluster systems may be exceptions to this: e.g. some versions of Stonebeat cluster software will require total control of network interface(s) allocated to Stonebeat. In these cases, read the documentation of the cluster software.

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

with lanscan you can check if you have more LAN cards running, and which one is up.

HTH
Volkmar

[Asif Sharif]

http://docs.hp.com/en/B2355-90748/ch04s05.html#d0e4235

[Ramji]

Thanks all for replying.......

Regs
Ramji