Lanscan returns no information

[Sean OB_1]

Hello.

I have searched the forums and found nothing regarding this problem.

I have an L2000 server running 11.0. It has 2 quad ethernet interfaces in it plus the built in ethernet.

When I run a lanscan nothing is returned. A 'lanscan -v' returns only the separator line.

ie:

:/-> lanscan -v
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------
:/->

ioscan -fnC shows all of the interfaces as claimed, and I can get in and out of the box.
However I need to configure a new interface to for a new address.

ifconfig lanID returns information for the interfaces that are configured.

Does anyone have any idea why lanscan would return nothing?


TIA,

Sean

[Sandip Ghosh]

If you have other HP boxes see the size of the lanscan file itself. Because, whether the lan card is up or down, it should give the display. If the size is different then do a rcp from that box. If the size is same then look for the appropriate driver for your quad card. What it is giving if you go through SAM?

Sandip

[Sean OB_1]

This size, date, and permissions of lanscan are the same as an identical l2000.

Sam shows 8 interfaces, 2 enabled the rest as not configured. I don't think that in itself is correct either as ifconfig shows more than 2 enabled. Ifconfig shows 3 interfaces up and 4 others configured but not up.

However on the other box, lanscan shows 8 interfaces up and running, while sam only shows 3 as enabled and the rest not configured. So maybe there's something flaky with sam too.

[Ashwani Kashyap]

what does dmesg say ?

[Sean OB_1]

usr/sbin-> dmesg

Oct 23 11:44
Magic number wrong (namelist mismatch?)

[Sean OB_1]

I should note that I have built a new kernel and put it in /stand in preperation for a reboot this weekend.

So it is not unexpected to get the mismatch message from dmesg.

[S.K. Chan · Accepted solution]

The "magic number .." error means there's something in your current running kernel that does not quite agree with what's in the memory. Did you at any point rebulit the kernel without running kmupdate ? To confirm this run ..
# cd /stand
# lanscan -v vmunix.prev
Did you get anything at all ?

[Ashwani Kashyap]

Sean ,

Take a look at these docs.

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000062922113

http://www2.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docLocale=en_US&docId=200000063200740

[Helen French]

Something similar here:
http://forums.itrc.hp.com/cm/QuestionAnswer/1,,0xb5577bb04b5cd611abdb0090277a778c,00.html