Reconfiguring lan card

[MarkW_1]

Using sam to try and change the lan card settings from 10/h to 100/f, which it allows me to do gives the following error.

ERROR: lan1 interface | NM_PPA_ID 1 : btlan0: ERROR: Setting 1 is | ||
||| | unsupported | ||
||| | Valid types: 10HD, 100HD, AUTO_ON | ||
||| | Old Station Address = 0x0060b058c81d | ||
||| | New Station Address = 0x0060b058c81d | ||
||| |
Even though the error message gives 100hd has an option, it won't allow this either. Can I just change the config file or do I have some other problem.

Box is HP9000 D class os11.0

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

Looks to me like you cannot set the setting to 100FD, you can set it to 100HD. If sam complains about the type not supported, I don't think it would work if the same is set manually.

Check the valid types.

hope this helps.

Regds

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

Check one more thing. Check the port setting on the hub/switch side. It is proably set to HD and for that reason sam could be complaining about the 100FS unsupported. Our normal settings on the switch side is 100FD, fixed, auto-neg off.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[MarkW_1]

Even though 100hd is shown as an option, sam still gives this error message when trying to change to this setting.

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

Check the settings on the port on the switch where this system is connected. If the switch is set to 10MBPS, and the lan port on the system is set to auto-neg on, it may not allow you to set the lan speed to 100.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[Kevin Wright]

forget sam, try lanadmin,
lanadmin -s

then lanadmin -S 100000000

[MarkW_1]

I just reset the card in lanadmin and here are the counters.

PPA Number = 1
Description = lan1 Hewlett-Packard LAN adapter Rev0
Type (value) = ethernet-csmacd(6)
MTU Size = 1500
Speed = 10000000
Station Address = 0x0060b058c81d
Administration Status (value) = up(1)
Operation Status (value) = up(1)
Last Change = 4765304
Inbound Octets = 1858669
Inbound Unicast Packets = 1898
Inbound Non-Unicast Packets = 3640
Inbound Discards = 3531
Inbound Errors = 0
Inbound Unknown Protocols = 3531
Outbound Octets = 331039
Outbound Unicast Packets = 1843
Outbound Non-Unicast Packets = 0
Outbound Discards = 0
Outbound Errors = 0
Outbound Queue Length = 0
Specific = 655367

It seems that there could be a problem with this card

Mark

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

What is the hp part code for the lan card.

Regds

[MarkW_1]

How do I find the part code?

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

If this is a addon card. The hp part code can be seen on the back of the card. You can do a "ioscan -fn" and check for the partcode over there.

Hope this helps.

Regds

[MarkW_1]

Here is the ioscan line:

lan 1 8/20/5/1 btlan0 CLAIMED INTERFACE EISA card INP0500

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

The line i was looking for will be the one above this in the "ioscan -fn" output. It will have "lanmux0" or something in that line.

Regds

[MarkW_1]

ba 2 8/20/5 eisa CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS EISA Bus Adapter
lan 1 8/20/5/1 btlan0 CLAIMED INTERFACE EISA card INP0500

[Sanjay_6]

Hi Mark,

I have EISA 100VG card on my D-class and it is a cluster. I cannot try anything on it. Do you have these EISA patches for 11.0 on your system,

EISA 100BT Patch Set for s700/s800 running 11.0
------------------------------------------------------------

PHNE_16403 EISA 100BT patch
PHNE_19754 LAN product cumulative patch
PHNE_19899 cumulative ARPA Transport patch
PHNE_20008 Cumulative STREAMS Patch

Some of these patches may have been superceded. Do you have another comparable system working at the speed you are trying to configure this lan card.

Hope this helps.

Regds