how to activate GigEther-01 driver: OS 11.23

[Rodrigo_21]

I installed GigEther-01 driver to support a A6825 module.
this is output from swlist:

GigEther-00 B.11.23.01 PCI GigEther;Supptd HW=A4926A/A49
9A/A6096A;SW=J1642AA
GigEther-01 B.11.23.03 PCI GigEther;Supptd HW=A6825A/A67
4A/A6847A/A8685A/A9782A/A9784A/A7109A

The question is that
# what /stand/vmunix reports the "old" driver

[atlas|root]>> what /stand/vmunix |grep igelan
igelan_ilan Version: 2 Dec 17 2003
igelan Revision: B.11.23.03 Dec 17 2003
kdebug_lan_igelan.c $Date: 2004/08/05 12:08:11 $Revision: i380/3 PATCH_
11.23 (PHKL_31500)

and no the september 2004 driver contained in GigEther-01.

I´m not sure if there´s some driver activation procedure, I can see the module from ioscan:


[atlas|root]>> ioscan -funC lan |grep 1000
lan 1 0/0/2/1/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A6825-60101 PC
I 1000Base-T Adapter
lan 6 0/0/10/1/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A6825-60101 PC
I 1000Base-T Adapter

the Igelan documentation
http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/J5683-90013/J5683-90013.html
says that I should get
a september 2004 driver info when issuing

# what /stand/vmnix |grep igelan
....
igelan_ilan Version: 1 Aug 18 2004
igelan Revision: B.11.23.05 Aug 18 2004
....

but this is not the case,
so, how can i activate this gig-ether-01 driver.

Regards,,
Rodrigo

[Zygmunt Krawczyk]

Hi Rodrigo,
to install igelan driver revision B.11.23.05 (GigEther-01) you need the HP-UX 11.23 Install media September 2004.

mount the media to /cdrom directory and run the command:

swinstall -s /cdrom -x autoreboot=true GigEther-01

Installation of September 2004 11.23 patch bundle is not sufficient. The patch bundle does not upgrade the drivers.

Regards,
Zygmunt

[Steven E. Protter]

That card should be autodetected by the OS if its in an appropriate PCI slot.

Your ioscan shows the interface is claimed. All you are doing with the install is updating the driver. Thats a good idea but should not be necessary for activation.

ioscan -fnC lan

What does that show?

lanscan

It may show the interace is up and ready for configuration with the ifconfig utility.

SEP