User guide

User Guide NetXtreme II
September 2013
Broadcom Corporation
Document INGSRVT78-CDUM100-R Configuring With the Command Line Interface Utility Page 291
CONFIGURING WITH THE COMMAND LINE INTERFACE UTILITY
An alternate method to BACS for configuring Broadcom network adapters is with BACSCLI, which is a Broadcom utility that
allows you to view information and configure network adapters using a console in either a non-interactive command line
interface (CLI) mode or an interactive mode. As with BACS, BACSCLI provides information about each network adapter,
and enables you to perform detailed tests, run diagnostics, view statistics, and modify property values. BACSCLI also allows
you the ability to team network adapters together for load balancing and failover.
For a complete list of available commands and examples, see the BACSCLI_ReadMe.txt file on the installation CD.
On a system with Broadcom NetXtreme I and NetXtreme II network adapters, BACSCLI is installed when BACS is installed
with the installer.
TROUBLESHOOTING BACS
Problem: When attempting to open BACS on a Linux System, the following error message displays:
“Another instance of the BACS client appears to be running on this system. Only one instance of the BACS client can be
running at a time. If you are sure that no other BACS client is running, then a previous instance may have quit
unexpectedly.”
Solution: This message displays if you try to run a second instance of BACS. If you receive this message but are certain
that no instance of BACS is currently running, a previous instance of BACS may have quit unexpectedly. To clear that
instance, remove the file “/dev/shm/sem.Global-BACS-{C50398EE-84A7-4bc3-9F6E-25A69603B9C0}.”