HP-UX 11i June 2001 Release Notes

I/0 and Networking Cards
Network Drivers (new at 11i original release)
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Network Drivers (new at 11i original release)
New Network Driver btlan Pre-Installed in the HP-UX
11i Operating Environment
The networking driver for HP-UX 11i has been simplified and is now
easier to install and upgrade.
The PCI and HSC-based Fast Ethernet network and I/O cards supported
by drivers btlan, btlan3, btlan4, btlan5 and btlan6 have been
combined into a single driver called btlan. This new driver is
pre-installed as part of the kernel.
The result is to ease setup or upgrade of the networking and I/O products
by eliminating driver installation and combining multiple drivers into
one.
Impact
The btlan driver works seamlessly with existing HP LAN link
administrative commands such as: lanadmin, lanscan, linkloop, and
NetTL.
IMPORTANT There is no impact to you unless youhave scripts that refer specifically to
btlan3, btlan4, btlan5 or btlan6. The new btlan driver supports the
same functions and features as the previous HP-UX 10.20 and
11.0-based drivers. In addition, it also supports the online addition and
replacement of I/O cards on L-Class, N-Class and Superdome servers.
You will need to use the new driver name btlan with the following
commands:
• what string . For example: what /stand/vmunix | grep btlan
• ioscan. For example: ioscan -kfC lan | grep btlan
You will also see the driver name btlan as the output in:
• the system file /stand/system
• nettlgen.conf and in the file /var/admin/sw/nettl.LOG00