SAM - Subnet Mask Bug not Fixed

[David Gutierrez_1]

I have a problem on a HP-UX 11.0 box where SAM keeps insisting that my subnet mask is invalid. I know this is a known bug fixed (supposedly) by PHCO_23876, but I have applied the latest patch bundle for HP-UX 11.0, which includes that patch. The workaround is to simply not supply a subnet mask since SAM says that field is "optional". FYI: Even if I enter a standard class C mask of 255.255.255.0 SAM would accept it and be happy even though its the wrong mask for my IP Address. Any ideas/suggestions?

[steven Burgess_2]

Hi

Have found the following regarding the checking of subnet, not sure if sam will actually look at this parameter, maybe worth a try

You have to modify startup networking
script /sbin/init.d/net and add the next comment to starting section of this script.

ndd -set /dev/ip ip_check_subnet_addr 0

then reboot your server.

Regards

Steve

[David Gutierrez_1]

I added the following entries to the /etc/rc.config.d/nddconf file as a workaround to this issue:
TRANSPORT_NAME[0]=ip
NDD_NAME[0]=ip_check_subnet_addr
NDD_VALUE[0]=0

This worked. Before, the bootup process would fail at "Configuring LAN Interfaces". Now, it boots up fine. Thanks.