Problems running SAM without network

[Jim McKee_1]

I am bringing up a new server and I am having trouble getting the network going. I am trying to run SAM to look at the network cards, but SAM hangs.

I thought I remembered a trick with changing entries in /etc/hosts that will allow SAM to run without an active network, but don't remember the details.

Any help would be appreciated.

[Tim Nelson]

Cannot tell you the secret SAM trick, mainly because I do not use SAM (yuck).

If you would like help configuring LAN cards I can help.

Here are a few commands.

lanscan (to see the available NICs in the system)
lanadmin (to see connectivity options)
ifconfig (to configure the NIC)
route (to configure a route)
(edit /etc/rc.config.d/netconf to make changes permanent for next boot)

Only need these 4 to review and configure a NIC.