HP XC System Software Administration Guide Version 3.2
Complete the corresponding portions of Table 22-1 (page 279) with the information from this
section.
22.6.1.2 Determining NIC-Specific Information
For most model types, you need to know the following Ethernet interface data for the NIC:
• the PCI bus ID
NOTE: The PCI bus ID does not apply to the model type rx8620 server.
• the Ethernet device port
• the Ethernet device's MAC address
On all model types except the HP Integrity rx8620, use the lshw command on the target node
to return the data for the Ethernet interfaces:
IMPORTANT: Do not use the lshw command to determine the Ethernet data for model type
HP Integrity rx8620 nodes. This action could cause those nodes to crash. See “Considerations
for the HP Integrity rx8620 rx8620” for information on how to gather the data for the Ethernet
interfaces.
# /usr/sbin/lshw -class network
...
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@02:00.0
1
logical name: eth0
2
version: 11
serial: 00:00:00:00:00:00
3
...
1
This line identifies the PCI bus ID. The PCI bus ID follows the text “pci@”.
NOTE: PCI bus IDs have the following format: xx:yy.z
If two PCI bus IDs are identical except for the z parameter, those buses are on the same
board. For example:
02:00.0
05:00.0
05:00.1
The first bus is on a separate board from the other two, which are usually on the same board.
2
This line identifies the Ethernet device port.
3
This line returns the MAC address of the Ethernet device.
If the node is up, run this command to gather the communication data for all the Ethernet devices
on this node. For example:
# /usr/sbin/lshw -class network
...
description: Ethernet interface
product: NetXtreme BCM5721 Gigabit Ethernet PCI Express
vendor: Broadcom Corporation
physical id: 0
bus info: pci@02:00.0
logical name: eth0
version: 11
serial: 00:00:00:00:00:00
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