PCI Token Ring Administrator's Guide

Conﬁguring Token Ring

Conﬁguration Using SAM

Chapter 248

2. To check that the network connection is working, enter the ping

command at the HP-UX prompt. In this example, 191.2.1.2 is the

conﬁgured IP/Internet address of the remote system.

ping 191.2.1.2

3. To view information about the station address, hardware state, and

network interface state of your Token Ring card, enter the

lanscan

command at the HP-UX prompt as shown below:

lanscan

4. To show the number of packets sent or received, and any link errors,

enter the netstat -i command at the HP-UX prompt as shown below:

netstat -i

5. To show the status of the Token Ring interface, enter the lanadmin

diagnostic command at the HP-UX prompt as shown below:

lanadmin

After entering the utility, enter the following lanadmin menu

commands in sequence to show the status of the Token Ring device

with the NMID of 5.

lan

nmid 5

display

To exit the utility, enter:

quit

Refer to Appendix A for a description of the lanadmin display ﬁelds.

Step 3b: Verifying the installation on systems running HP-UX

version 10.30 and later

As of 10.30, there were a number of changes in the various commands

that may be used to verify the installation of a Token Ring board. This

section provides information about these changes.

• Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI)

As of 10.30, several changes were made to the DLPI driver to support

the Streams-based networking stack.