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
AdministrationGigabit-Specific InformationChapter 342-x card_info Displays card and driver revision and settingsauto_on Turns on auto-negotiation modeauto_off Turns off autonegotiation mode for a 1000Base-SXfctrl on Turns on receive flow controlfctrl off Turns off receive flow control-x speed Displays peed and duplexity of the link10hd Sets speed of a 1000Base-T to 10 Mbit/s half-duplex10fd Sets speed of a 1000Base-T to 10 Mbit/s full-duplex100hd Sets speed of a 1000Base-T to 100 Mbit/s half-duplex100fd Sets speed of a 1000Base-T to 100 Mbit/s full-duplexsend_max_bufs* Sets send buffer coalescing threshold [1 – 128]recv_max_bufs* Sets receive buffer coalescing threshold [1 – 256]send_coal_ticks* Sets send interrupt coalescing ticks [0 – 10000000]recv_coal_ticks* Sets receive interrupt coalescing ticks [0 – 10000000]stats clear Clears all driver and card statistics-x stats drv Displays all driver and card statistics-x vmtu <ppa> Displays the TSO capability of the link. See “Support forTCP Segmentation Offload (TSO)” on page 18 for details.-X vmtunew_vmtu_value <ppa>Sets the TSO vmtu value. See “Support for TCPSegmentation Offload (TSO)” on page 18 for details.* These options require the desired value to be specified after the option name. Some ofthese values may vary due to performance tuning efforts. See “Performance andTuning Considerations” on page 46 more information.Table 3-2 Link Card Parameters that lanadmin can Display (-x) or Set (-X)Option Setting
- 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










