AB545A PCI-X 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Card Installation Guide

Hardware and Software Installation Procedure

Step 7: Verify the LAN installation

• Double-click Networking and Communications.

• Double-click Network Interface Cards.

• Highlight one interface port on the AB545A 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet card and choose Configure from the

“Actions” menu.

• Fill in the form according to the instructions using the “Network Card Conﬁguration Worksheet” in this

document.

• Click the OK button to activate the card and then select exit from the “File” menu until you exit SAM.

Step 7: Verify the LAN installation

• Verify that the LAN connector’s Link LED is steadily on (this means the card and driver are installed

successfully).

• Obtain the PPA number and the station address of each card by using the lanscan command. The MAC

address labelled on each card refers to LAN port A (the right port). Add 1 to obtain the MAC address for

LAN port B, 2 for port C, 3 for port D.

• To verify link-level connectivity with a remote system, enter:

$ linkloop -i

PPA_number remote_station_address

NOTE When you use linkloop, ensure that the remote system is on the same subnet and is an

HP-UX-based system.

• To verify IP-level connectivity with a remote system, enter:

$ping

Remote_IP_Address

and

netstat -in

When you use netstat -in, the output values Ipkts and Opkts should be incrementing.

• Installation is complete when you have successfully run linkloop, ping, and netstat. To conﬁgure

remote systems, see the Ethernet Support Guide available on the web at http://docs.hp.com. Do this step

only if remote systems have not been previously conﬁgured.

• Optionally, if you want to verify that the iether driver appears for each installed card, enter: ioscan

-fknClan

The ioscan output for each port would look something like the following:

Class I H/W Path Driver S/W State H/W Type Description

lan 3 0/5/1/0/4/0 iether CLAIMED INTERFACE HP AB545-60001 PCI/PCI-X 1000Base-T 4-port

1000B-T Adapter

The last two digits of the hardware path (third column) reﬂect the path of each port.