Installing and Administering LAN/9000 Software

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Conﬁguring LAN/9000 Using SAM

Step 3: Verifying the Installation

Once your LAN/9000 software is installed, fully conﬁgured and running,

you should execute the following commands to verify LAN hardware and

software installation. See the man pages for complete descriptions of the

commands listed below.

1. Check the state of all LAN hardware. To do so execute the lanscan

command and verify that the Hardware State is UP.

2. Check the state of the network interface. To do so execute ifconfig

on the interface you wish to verify. The example below will provide

information about the lan0 interface.

ifconfig lan0

3. Verify link level loopback connectivity using the linkloop command

with the PPA and station address of the interface you want to test.

You can obtain the station address (typically 0x080009######) and

PPA from the lanscan command output. The example below will test

the connectivity of the LAN card with PPA 4 and station address

0x080009266C3F.

linkloop -i 4 0x080009266C3F

4. Verify that the /dev/lan and /dev/snap ﬁles have been created and

symbolically linked to the /dev/dlpi ﬁle.

ls -l /dev/lan

ls -l /dev/snap

5. To check that the your system can communicate with other systems,

enter the ping command at the HP-UX prompt. In this example,

191.2.1.2 is the IP address of the remote system. Enter [CNTRL]-C to

stop ping.

ping 191.2.1.2

LAN/9000 installation is veriﬁed if the steps above are successful. For

information on troubleshooting LAN/9000 conﬁguration and operation,

refer to the section “Diagnostic Flowcharts,” in Chapter 4.