LAN details

[Mridul Dutta]

Hi friends ,

I m new in HP-UX . I have typed command ioscan -fnC lan . Its shows the output as follows....
Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description
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lan 0 0/0/0/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP PCI 10/100Base-TX Core
/dev/diag/lan0 /dev/ether0 /dev/lan0
lan 1 0/8/0/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A5230A/B5509BA PCI 10/100Base-TX Addon
/dev/diag/lan1 /dev/ether1 /dev/lan1
lan 2 0/9/0/0 btlan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A5230A/B5509BA PCI 10/100Base-TX Addon
/dev/diag/lan2 /dev/ether2 /dev/lan2
lan 3 0/10/0/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A6847-60101 PCI 1000Base-SX Adapter
lan 4 0/12/0/0 igelan CLAIMED INTERFACE HP A6847-60101 PCI 1000Base-SX Adapter



Now i m confused ...what is btlan and igelan


Can anybody help me ...regaring the output

Mridul

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom Mridul,

btlan is generally 100 BaseT technology.

igelan is faster Gigabit 1000 BaseT technology.

Thats the most simple answer.

SEP

[Torsten.]

btlan and igelan are the drivers for the cards. btlan for your 10/100 TX cards (copper) and igelan for your 1000 SX cards.

[Raj D.]

Good day! Mridul,

These are networking drivers ,

You can check this good document:

http://docs.hp.com/en/5990-7288/ch07s02.html



Cheers,
RajD.