HP-UX 11i June 2003 Release Notes

I/0 and Networking Cards
Network Drivers
Chapter 7
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Merging with the BTLAN.100 Script
When you run the pre-update script BTLAN.100,the configuration files used by the PCI
and HSC-based Fast Ethernet networking drivers are merged into one file called
hpbtlanconf.
Once the BTLAN.100 script creates the merged configuration file, it is placed temporarily
in the /var/adm/sw/save_custom/UNIFIED_MER directory, and the original
configuration files are saved with the extension .obsolete. During the consolidated
btlan driver installation, the merged configuration file is then moved to the
/etc/rc.config.d directory as hpbtlanconf.
Note that the BTLAN.100 script will only merge the driver-specific configuration files if
the corresponding hardware is present on the system, and if the files have at least one
LAN interface configured. (For example, if the system had the HSC-based Fast Ethernet
networking driver [btlan4] and corresponding hardware [HSC cards], then the
hpgsc100conf configuration file should have at least one card configured in it.)
Manual Merging
If the update process is abandoned because of preupdate script failures (other than
syntax errors in configuration files or a duplicate LAN interface error), then the
configuration files have to be merged manually. Once this has been done, you can then
continue the update process. (Once the update process is restarted, the user should
answer NO (N) at the prompt, Do you want to proceed in merging the
configuration files into one? [Y|N].)
Manual Merging Procedure
1. Find out which of the five configuration files listed below exists in the
/etc/rc.config.d directory.
• hpbtlanconf (btlan)
• hpbase100conf (btlan3)
• hpgsc100conf (btlan4)
• hppci100conf (btlan5)
• hpsppci100conf (btlan6)
2. For each of the files found in Step 1, use the command ioscan -kfC lan to find out
if corresponding hardware is present.
Driver Name: File Name
a. btlan -- hpbtlanconf
b. btlan3 -- hpbase100conf
c. btlan4 -- hpgsc100conf
d. btlan5 -- hppci100conf
e. btlan6 -- hpsppci100conf
If hardware is present, check to see if any LAN interface is configured. For example,
the configuration for hpbtlanconf (btlan) would show as follows:
HP_BTLAN_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=lan1
HP_BTLAN_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=0x080009C4686E
HP_BTLAN_SPEED[0]=100HD