problems with a gig ethernet adpater

[Daniel Arredondo]

lan0 is a
HP AB290-60001 PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T 2-port U320 SCSI/2-port 1000B-T Combo Adapter
New server rx7640 hpux 11.31
the connection is set to 100 full duplex -
with auto on. question is how do I find out about having the right drivers, or patches.
I tried using - lanadmin or sam and has no options for 1000 auto

[Steven E. Protter]

Shalom,

Set all options on the card to auto negotiate.

Then check the port/switch configuration.

These cards will not work with manual settings. Most likely the problem is in the port switch settings.

SEP

[TTr]

Take a look at the card manual http://docs.hp.com/en/AB290-90001/AB290-90001.pdf specifically on page 4 and page 7 about speed settings and driver support.

You should check the port settings on the other side of the connection. The switch port settings may be affecting the available options for the card port settings.

The IEther-00 driver is needed for this card. It should be installed by default on 11.31 bit run "swlist -l fileset | grep -i ether" to verify it. Also take a look on the ethernet guide for 11.31 at http://docs.hp.com/en/5900-0475/5900-0475.pdf

The card is definitely supported on this server and OS version http://docs.hp.com/en/supportmatrixEthernetver2.pdf/supportmatrixEthernetver2.pdf

[Prashanth.D.S]

Hi Daniel,

You can check the latest driver version for this card by logging into the following url..

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=scsiU320-00

OR

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=AB290A

You also need this..

https://h20392.www2.hp.com/portal/swdepot/displayProductInfo.do?productNumber=IEtherEnh-00

Best Regards,
Prashanth

[rick jones]

On HP-UX auto is just that, auto. There are no provisions in HP-UX to have autonegotiate set and select a subset of what it should advertise.

If you have autoneg enabled on the UX side, and the link comes-up 100 FD that suggests to me that the other side is also set for autoneg, but these days, that does not also tell us whether they limited their advertisements to 100 Megabit. (Were autoneg completely disabled on the other side, autoneg on the UX side would "fail" and per the IEEE specs the link would come-up half-duplex).

While you are investigating patches and such (there is only one driver for a given NIC in HP-UX) you might also investigate the cable. Is it a cable known to allow both ends to get to 1000 FD? Do you have other cables you can try? Etc etc.

[Daniel Arredondo]

Hey: just wanted to let you Guys - know
I found the problem, this was a patch
cable to the network switch was bad.
after moving the patch cable to another
port it worked. Thank You.

Dan..

[Torsten.]

BTW, you can use nwmgr to get more information about LAN:

# nwmgr -g -v -c lan0
lan0:
Interface State =UP
MAC Address = 0x00306E4B1234
Subsystem = igelan
Interface Type = 1000Base-T
Hardware Path = 0/1/2/0
NMID = 1
Feature Capabilities = Physical Interface
IPV4 Recv CKO
IPV4 Send CKO
VLAN Tag Offload
64Bit MIB Support
IPV4 TCP Segmentation Offload
UDP Multifrag CKO
Feature Settings = Physical Interface
VLAN Tag Offload
64Bit MIB Support
MTU = 1500
Speed = 100 Mbps Full Duplex (Autonegotiation : On)