DEGPA-TA 10/100/1000BASE-T Adapter on Alpha ES40

[John Shanley]

Hello

I have just installed a DEGPA-TA 10/100/1000
ethernet card. The System is running Tru64 V4.0 1229 and unfortunetly I am unable to move from this due to legacy projects. All LED's are on I guess due to the fact I need to install patches?
Is there a patch for V4.0? I would be grateful if someone could point me in the right direction or send me the patch?
Regards

John
John Shanley
Unix System Manager
CSC Chelmsford

[Hein van den Heuvel]

Build 1229 maps to 4.0F

(see for example: http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=235990 )

Best I know the DEGPA-TA is only supported on the 4.0G for the ES40 but I may well be wrong. You are sure you checked that already? Regardless, can you go to 4.0G?

Have you tried the new ADVANCED SEARCH in the forum? You can tell it to look for DEGPA only within Tru64 and it will pop up 5 or 6 relevant entries:
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/james/searchForums.do?searchText=DEGPA&searchCriteria=allwords&searchOptionITRC=true&searchCategoryITRC=Tru64+UNIX&searchCategoryBSC=ALL&searchIn=entireThread&author=&threadType=0&datePosted=0&sortOption=score&resultsPerPage=25&x=42&y=9

For example, check out:

http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=214265

Oh... and get that application upgraded/tested!

Hope this helps,

Hein.

[John Shanley]

Hein

Thanks for your help. I will look at the advanced search. Unforunetely I am stuck with the OS version as ourcustomer will not move.

Regards

John

[Cortes Albertino]

Hello,

Also works in V4.0F PK#8 BL22.

For 1000BaseTX operations:

-Connecting the DEGPA-TA adapter and using a network switch with a network port set to
Auto-Negotiation ON, works.
( sure of that...)

I have done the test.

Hope it helps,

Cheers,

Albertino Cortes
unix support engineer
Hewlett-Packard France

[John Shanley]

Hi Albertino

Would you know where to get the correct patch from for True64 4.0F. I mainly work on Sun kit so I am not to familiar with Tru64. I would be grateful for any advice.

Regards

John

[Ralf Puchner]

John,

download latest patchkit fro 4.0f from itrc.hp.com (search for patches/service packs).

Btw. 4.0f is not supported anymore.

[Cortes Albertino]

Hello,

You need to download the following patch kit: DUV40FB22AS0008-20030730.tar
This patch kit could be downloaded from :
ITRC Patch Page: http://www.itrc.hp.com/service/patch/mainPage.do

Item » find standard patch bundles
and then select :
Tru64 UNIX 4.0F Patch Kit 8 (DUV40FB22AS0008-20030730)

Hope it helps,

Albertino Corte

[Johan Brusche]

Till now we do not know if patchkit#8 isn't already installed on the system, because if it's already there, we need to look for other causes for this problem.
To check that please execute the command :

/usr/sbin/dupatch -track -type kit -nolog

Krgs,
Johan.

[Ralf Puchner]

Johan,

if patchkit 8 is installed, maybe the patch for the gigabit card is not really updated because the card is brand new as written by John. So your approach is correct, checking the correct version of the gigabit driver is a starter and an reinstall of the patch within the patchkit necessary if it will not match.

[Cortes Albertino]

Hi,

So try it to obtain the alt.mod driver level:

# sysconfig -q alt DriverVersion

Albertino

[John Shanley_1]

Thanks for advice! I have just installed patch kit 8 on the server, all led's remain on after booting. Ifconfig -a doesnt show card.

Patches installed on the system came from following patch kits:
--------------------------------------------------------------

- DUV40FAS0003-20000225 OSF440
- DUV40FAS0004-20000613 OSF440
- DUV40FAS0006-20010620 OSF440
- DUV40FB22AS0008-20030730 OSF440
I will try card in another slot maybe that?

Regards

John

[Ralf Puchner]

are you sure you have booted the genvmunix after patch installation and used the doconfig command? Be sure genvmunix detected the card during boot!

[Mohamed K Ahmed]

John,

Kindly check this thread, that what happened to me and it is fixed now
http://forums1.itrc.hp.com/service/forums/questionanswer.do?threadId=486349

Mohamed

[Cortes Albertino]

Hello John,

At srm prompt you should first be able to see the NIC adapter using "show config"
Then you can try booting genvmunix, as previoulsy noted.

( By the way i suppose that is really a ES40 host..Because if not and another system could be a specific PCI slot issue )

So if you are able to see the NIC adapter at srm try :
>>>boot -fi genvmunix

If then you are able to see the altX devices then.

#cp -p /vmunix /vmunix.save
#cp /genvmunix /vmunix
#reboot
#doconfig



Hope it helps,

Albertino Cortes.

[Ralf Puchner]

Albertino,

never copy genvmunix to vmunix! Instead boot genvmunix from srm console and create a new kernel via doconfig command!

PS: If you don't know how to boot genvmunix let us know....