L-class Network Interface card problem

[Amruth]

Hello All,

I am installing a HP 9000 L-class server and is having 2 additional PCI Network Interface cards (Driver btlan5 and the software Product no is A5230A), an a default one.The problem is that while configuring the cards i am not able to change the subnet mask other than the default which comes on the setup.
For eg: if i am giving the ip address as 80.0.0.1 then on the configuration menu it comes the default mask as 255.0.0.0 and it works fine. But my requirement is to put the subnet as 255.255.252.0, if i does that it shows that it is getting configured and after coming out the menu of SAM it shows that it is not configured.
ifconfig command also gives me the same that no card available. In the /etc/rc.config.d/netconf it shows that the card is up.

Anybody has seen this problem. If it a known problem can anybody suggest a PATCH.

Thanks in advance,
amruth

[Bill McNAMARA_1]

Try
ioscan -fnkClan
to get lan card device files
lanscan
to check the state of the card
ifconfig lan0 192.6.20.80 mask 255.255.248.0
etc.. to set address
look at man ifconfig

later,
Bill

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

You have to modify startup networking script /sbin/init.d/net and add the next comman to starting section of this script.
ndd -set /dev/ip ip_check_subnet_addr 0
then reboot your server.
refer to man page on ndd command for additional information.

[Mark Mitchell]

I have better luck by not using SAM
for this. If you go to /etc/rc.config.d
you will find the netconf file. VI it and under the settings for each card you will be able to change the subnet. Each interface has brackets by it to tell them appart like
[0] and [1]. Also the gateway has # signs in front of it that need to be removed when the server is fresh out of the box. After you make changes and want to test it just do a
/sbin/init.d/net stop and then
/sbin/init.d/net start
once the cards are working then give it a reboot.

[Joseph C. Denman]

ioscan -fnC lan ##see where your card are lan0/1/2

agree with Mark

add info to /etc/rc.config.d/netconf

/sbin/init.d/net stop
/sbin/init.d/net start

[Vincenzo Restuccia]

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