problem with the network adapter?

[Ionut Grigorescu_2]

Hi,

I got a Visualize B1000 with HP_UX11.00 and the network connection seems to be down (I cannot ping the box from the same segment LAN) I have changed the patch cable, the port on the Catalyst, lanscan shows me the interface lan0 UP, ioscan shows me the same interface CLAIMED, xstm information looks OK, in lanadmin I can see Administration status UP, Operational Status DOWN. How can I see if the network card is OK or I have to replace it? (there is no light on the card's LEDs on the rear side, if I connect the Ethernet cable to a second machine which stays near this one, the LED's of the second machine's NIC start blinking) - the problem has occurred "over night", nobody has changed nothing in the network configuration of this machine ...

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

With the lanadmin command you can see if you have a link.
if not:
prc60b03:/root # lanadmin -x 7
Current Config = NO LINK AUTONEG


If you have a link, you might check the vlan config on the switch.
Gideon

[Ionut Grigorescu_2]

Hi,

lanadmin -x 7 doesn't return anything in my case ...

[Marco Santerre · Accepted solution]

Though I doubt this would be the issue, have you checked the ifconfig of your LAN on that box? Make sure the status was up on that as well.

Bu tthe fact that your light is not even blinking shows that there is no link between your NIC and your switch. The fact that you moved it into another NIC and the light started blinking I get this feeling that something is wrong with your NIC.. either the port itself or the card.

I would definitely start thinking about placing a call to HP

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

So that as not the answer you were looking for.

To be sure the interface has no troubles you can check it with stm.
an other tool is:
netfmt -1 -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG000 > /tmp/netfmt.out for the interface

This will give you more info.

Gideon

[Steven E. Protter]

You are going to have to change the 7 in that lanadmin command to a relavent number for your system.

run lanscan

if your card shows up as lan2 then:

lanadmin -x 2

Based on your symptoms, especially the LED's it sure seems like the card has died.

mstm,cstm, or xstm should be used to prove the card is truly dead.

Have you tried bringing up the interface with ifconfig?

ifconfig lan1 192.168.0.45 netmask 255.255.255.0 # change the lan,ip and netmask to numbers relavent to your environment.

After that command:
echo $?

0 means it worked any other number means trouble.

Nothing in dmesg or /var/adm/syslog/syslog.log ??

SEP

[G. Vrijhoeven]

Hi,

The 7 was just an example. Check lanscan to find the number of the interface card you have problems with. In your case it could be 0 1 2 3 etc.

Gideon

[Sergejs Svitnevs]

I think you may be having incorrect speed/duplex settings on the switch.

Regards,
Sergejs

[V. Nyga]

Hi,

with no light on the card on the rear side I believe it's your card.
Card LEDs are blinking also if workstation is down! Except you pull off the power cable of the workstation!

Is it the only LAN card?

Volkmar

P.S.
Sergejs could you please visit this link:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=384188

[Ionut Grigorescu_2]

Thank you all for your help,

I will call HP to have the card replaced.

Have a wonderfull weekend!