Ethernet Support Guide (for HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2)

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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

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)

Test Procedure

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

Tables

Table 1-1. HP-UX 1000Base-T Supported Conﬁgurations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16

Table 3-1. Allowable MTU Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39

Table 3-2. Link Card Parameters that lanadmin can Display (-x) or Set (-X) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42

Table 4-1. Diagnostic Flowcharts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Table A-1. LED Description and Status for 1000Base-SX . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Table A-2. LED Description and Status for 1000Base-T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 78

Table A-3. A4924A / A4925A / A4926A Physical Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table A-4. A4924A / A4925A / A4926A Electrical Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table A-5. A4924A / A4925A / A4926A Environmental Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table A-6. A4924A / A4925A / A4926A Humidity Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table A-7. A4924A / A4925A / A4926A Altitude Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

Table A-8. A4924A / A4925A / A4926A Electromagnetic Compatibility Specs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Table A-9. A4929A Physical Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Table A-10. A4929A Electrical Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Table A-11. A4929A Environmental Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Table A-12. A4929A Humidity Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Table A-13. A4929A Altitude Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .80

Table A-14. A4929A Electromagnetic Compatibility Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80

Table A-15. A6825A / A6847A Physical Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table A-16. A6825A / A6847A Electrical Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table A-17. A6825A / A6847A Environmental Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table A-18. A6825A / A6847A Humidity Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table A-19. A6825A / A6847A Altitude Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table A-20. A6825A / A6847A Electromagnetic Compatibility Specs. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 81

Table A-21. B5509AA / A5230A Physical Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Table A-22. B5509AA / A5230A Electrical Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Table A-23. B5509AA / A5230A Environmental Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Table A-24. B5509AA / A5230A Electromagnetic Compatibility Specs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 82

Table A-25. A5506A Physical Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Table A-26. A5506A Electrical Speciﬁcations. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .82

Table A-27. A5506A Environmental Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Table A-28. A5506A Electromagnetic Compatibility Speciﬁcations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 83

Table B-1. Cabling for 1000Base-SX and 1000Base-T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 86

Table B-2. IEEE 802.3 Type 10Base-T Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 87

Table B-3. IEEE 802.3u 100Base-TX Standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Table B-4. Cable Types and Distances for 100Base-T (Copper) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88

Table C-1. Ethernet Card Conﬁguration Worksheet . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92

Table 13. Administration Status (ifAdmin): Valid Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97

Table 14. Operation Status (ifOper): Valid Values . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 97