PCI Token Ring Administrator's Guide

Troubleshooting Token Ring

Diagnostic Flowcharts

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H. Is your system a M712, HP 9000 EISA, S800 HP-PB, or PCI?

Follow the ﬂowchart corresponding to your system.

I. Run eisa_conﬁg. Follow the instructions in “Conﬁguration for

(older) EISA Cards” in Chapter 2 to set the card link speed.

J. Reboot. Execute reboot at the HP-UX prompt to activate the new

conﬁguration.

K. Reboot -h. Execute shutdown -h at the HP-UX prompt to shut down

your system.

L. Change jumper. After you have shut down and powered off your

system, follow the instructions in the HP-PB Token Ring Network

Adapter Installation and Service Manual for setting the Data Rate

Selection Jumper.

M. Power on system.

N. Is there a Token Ring status message? Check the error statistics

and ring functional status in the lanadmin status display. Refer to

Appendix A for interpretation.

O. Review status ﬁelds in Appendix A and correct problem. Look

up the message and take the appropriate action to correct the

problem.

For PCI Token Ring, check the NetTL logs.

P. Run SAM. Use SAM to set the link speed, following the steps below:

• Double click Networking and Communications at the SAM main

window.

• Double click Network Interface Cards at the Networking and

Communications window.

• After the Network Interface Cards window is displayed,

highlight the Token Ring card and select Conﬁgure from the

“Actions” menu.

• Set the ring speed ﬁelds to the speed of your network (4 or 16

Mbps). If connected to a 100 Mb/s switch port and autosense is

enabled, A5783A will operate at 100 Mb/s.

• Exit SAM.

• Wait a minute or two for the conﬁguration change to take effect.

For PCI Token Ring, SAM or manual conﬁguration may be used.