PCI Token Ring Administrator's Guide

Token Ring Resources
Manual Installation and Configuration
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This step is equivalent to configuration using SAM. Token Ring
configuration is kept in the netconf and hptokenconf files. See
“Editing /etc/rc.config.d/netconf” in Chapter 3 of the Installing and
Administering LAN/9000 Software manual for details. Note that for
Token Ring, the encapsulation method is not configurable.
The Internet configuration information in the netconf file should be
similar to the information displayed in the example below.
IP_ADDRESS[1]=192.20.20.122
SUBNET_MASK[1]=255.255.255.0
LANCONFIG_ARGS[1]=“rif”
INTERFACE_NAME[1]=lan1
BROADCAST_ADDRESS[1]=192.20.20.255
The valid value for LANCONFIG_ARGS is “rif” or “-rif.”
The Token Ring-specific link configuration information in the
hptokenconf file should be similar to the information displayed in the
example below.
HP_TOKEN_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan1
HP_TOKEN_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=0x10009090c8EE
HP_TOKEN_MTU[0]=4170
HP_TOKEN_RING_SPEED[0]=
Note that HP_TOKEN_RING_SPEED is used for the M712 only.
Valid values are 16000000 or 4000000.
For HP-PB and EISA Token Ring, you can install patches to increase
the MTU size to 4500. Refer to Table 3-2 for a list of patches.
6. Activate your configuration. You can reboot the system to activate
the configuration or execute the ifconfig or lanadmin commands
manually or startup the scripts /sbin/rc2.d/S340net and the
proper script for your interface (e.g. /sbin/init.d/hptoken for
HP-PB). When you configure Token Ring using SAM, SAM executes
these commands for you. Using the netconf and hptokenconf
examples above, you will execute:
lanadmin -A 0x10009090C8EE 5
ifconfig lan1192.20.20.122 netmask 255.255.255.0\
broadcast 192.20.20.255