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Conﬁguring and Verifying HP EISA and HSC FDDI/9000

Conﬁguring the Local EISA or HSC FDDI Adapter

NOTE The Enable DHCP button speciﬁes that the system is a Dynamic Host

Conﬁguration Protocol (DHCP) client. If you activate this button, the IP

parameters for this system will be set using DHCP.

c. Enter the Internet address for your EISA or HSC FDDI card.

Upon exiting the Internet Address ﬁeld, SAM checks to make sure

that the IP address you entered is correctly formatted and is not

currently in use.

d. Specify whether your EISA or HSC FDDI card will be on a

subnetwork.

If you choose YES, enter the subnet mask for your subnetwork.

e. Optionally, enter comments about your EISA or HSC FDDI card.

f. Choose Add Aliases for Internet Address to open the Add/Modify

Aliases window.

g. Add, modify, or remove alias names for your EISA or HSC FDDI

card.

h. Activate the OK button to perform the task and return to the

Conﬁgure LAN Card window.

7. Activate the OK button at the Conﬁgure LAN Card window to enable

your EISA or HSC FDDI card.

NOTE If the software is correctly conﬁgured, SAM displays the Network Card

Conﬁguration object list with the status Enabled for your EISA or HSC

FDDI card; otherwise, SAM displays an error message.

8. At the Network Interface Card window, choose Exit from the “File”

menu.

NOTE If you have moved or removed any EISA or HSC FDDI cards from the

system, HP recommends that you verify the IP address of every card in

the backplane before leaving SAM.

9. At the Networking and Communications window, choose Exit SAM

from the “File” menu.

10.Go to the next section, “Verifying the Installation.”