Ethernet Support Guide for HP-UX 11i v3

For information on using the GUI version, see the nettladm(1m) manpage . For information on

using the command-line interface, see the nettl(1m) manpage.

Listed below are some example commands using the command-line interface.

• To examine the log file with cause and action descriptions, enter:

$ netfmt -v -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG000 | more

The -v option enables the reporting of available cause and action descriptions for each log

message. A sample log message using the -v option follows:

***********Gigabit Ethernet LAN Networking***********

Timestamp : Mon Dec 3 PDT 2007 18:37:16.175754

Process ID : [ICS] Subsystem:GELAN

User ID ( UID ) : -1 Log Class:DISASTER

Device ID : 3 Path ID: 0

Connection ID : 0 Log Instance: 0

• To examine just the log messages in the log file, enter:

$ netfmt -f /var/adm/nettl.LOG000

• To check network logging and tracing status, enter:

$ nettl -status

• To start Ethernet tracing on the file /tmp/tracefile.TRC000, enter:

$nettl -traceon all -entity iether -file /tmp/tracefile

$nettl -traceon all -entity igelan -file /tmp/tracefile

$ nettl -traceon all -entity gelan -file /tmp/tracefile

NOTE: The nettl command adds the .TRC000 postfix for you.

• To stop Ethernet tracing, enter:

$ nettl -traceoff -entity iether

$ nettl -traceoff -entity igelan

$ nettl -traceoff -entity gelan

• To format the Ethernet trace file into the file /tmp/traceout, enter:

$ netfmt -f /tmp/tracefile.TRC000 > /tmp/traceout

For more information on how to create a filter for trace formatting, see the netfmt(1m) manpage.

4.5 Contacting HP for problem support

For information about contacting HP for technical support, see “Support and other resources”

(page 56). In particular, for a list of information that you can provide your HP representative when

seeking technical support, see Section 5.1.1 (page 56).

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