Ethernet Support Guide (for HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2)
Table Of Contents
- About This Manual
- 1 Introduction to Technology
- 2 Installation and Configuration
- 3 Administration
- Gigabit-Specific Information
- Logging and Auditing
- Detailed Configuration Information
- Understanding the Gigabit Ethernet Parameters
- Using the lanadmin Tool with Gigabit Ethernet
- Performance and Tuning Considerations
- Fast Ethernet-Specific Information
- 4 Troubleshooting
- Troubleshooting Overview
- Diagnostic Flowcharts
- Flowchart 1: Cable and LED Test
- Flowchart 2: Link Level Test
- Flowchart 3: Network Level Tests
- Flowchart 4: ARP Test
- Flowchart 5: ping Test
- Flowchart 5 (continued)
- Flowchart 6: Transport Level Test
- Flowchart 7: Bridge/Gateway Loopback Test
- Flowchart 8: Configuration Tests
- Flowchart 9: ioscan and lanscan Tests
- Flowchart 10: netfmt and lanadmin Tests
- Flowchart 11: ifconfig Test
- Network Level Test for Jumbo Frames (Gigabit Ethernet only)
- Ethernet-Specific Information
- Contacting Your HP Representative
- A Technical Specifications
- Gigabit Ethernet
- The Meaning of the LEDs
- Card Specifications
- A4924A / A4925A / A4926A Specifications
- A4929A Specifications
- A6825A/A6847A Specifications
- Fast Ethernet
- PCI-X 10/100Base-TX card Specifications
- One-Port cards (B5509AA/A5230A)
- Four-Port card (A5506A)
- B Cabling Requirements
- Gigabit Ethernet
- Connectors
- Cabling
- Back-to-Back Connection
- 10/100Base-TX Ethernet
- Connectors
- PCI-X 10/100Base-TX card Twisted-Pair Connector
- Connector Pin Usage for 10- Mbit/s Twisted-Pair Connector
- FigureB1 Pin Layout of RJ-45 Connector on PCI-X Card
- Connector Pin Usage for 100- Mbit/s Twisted-Pair Connector
- Cabling
- C Worksheets
- Gigabit Ethernet Worksheets
- Network Card Configuration Worksheet
- D Card Statistics
- Glossary
Index108Eelectrical specifications, 79electromagnetic compatibility specifications, 80environmental specifications, 79error messagesaccessing, 71linkloop, 53netfmt test, 68ping test, 58Ethernetdefinition, 21, 103speeds of, 14See also Fast Ethernet adaptersSee also Gigabit Ethernet adaptersEthernet Station Address, 38Excessive Collisions, 99FFast Ethernet adapterscabling requirements, 88connector information, 87definition, 14, 103error/logging messages, 71installation/configuration, 27lanadmin tool, 97management, 46manual references, 74overview, 21, 22specifications, 82troubleshooting tips, 72vs. Gigabit Ethernet, 14FCS Errors, 99flow control parameter, 40flowcharts. See troubleshootingfour-port card (A5506A), 82Frames Too Long field, 99ftp session, transport level testing, 60full-duplex modedefinition, 103Fast Ethernet, 33Gigabit Ethernet, 15, 20Ggateway loopback test, 62Gigabit Ethernet adapterscabling requirements, 86configuration details, 38definition, 14error and logging messages, 71installation/configuration, 27lanadmin tool, 40, 96management of, 38manual references, 74overview, 15specifications, 78troubleshooting hardware, 51, 66vs. Fast Ethernet, 14worksheets, 92See also Jumbo FramesHhalf-duplex modedefinition, 103Gigabit Ethernet, 20hardwaretroubleshooting, 50, 66See also adapters, networkHardware Path, 103host command statistics, 102host name, 103hostsavailability of remote, 54hosts command, 73network layers test, 56transport layers test, 60HP-UX EthernetGigabit compatibility, 15manual reference pages, 73name and release identifier, 11HSC PCI-X 1000Base-SX. See Gigabit Ethernetadaptershub devices, 103humidity specifications, 79II/O cage, reseating, 51, 66IEEE networking standardsdefinition, 103Fast Ethernet cabling, 87Gigabit Ethernet, 15ifconfig commandfunction, 73testing, 63, 69Inbound Discards, 98Inbound Errors, 98Inbound Non-Unicast Packets, 98Inbound Octets, 98Inbound Unicast Packets, 98Inbound Unknown Protocols, 98Index field, 99installationFast Ethernet, 27Gigabit Ethernet, 27overview, 24system-driver matrices overview, 25Instance Number, 41interface statistics, 102Internal MAC Receive Errors, 99Internal MAC Transmit Errors, 99Internet address, 104internetwork, recording elements and connections,24interrupt coalescence, 15, 44interrupts, receiving/sending, 45ioscan commandfunction, 73testing, 65IP address, 104IP checksum calculations, 15
- Network Card Configuration Worksheet
- C Worksheets
- Cabling
- One-Port cards (B5509AA/A5230A)
- The Meaning of the LEDs
- Performance and Tuning Considerations
- Using the lanadmin Tool with Gigabit Ethernet
- Understanding the Gigabit Ethernet Parameters
- Gigabit-Specific Information