Installing and Administering LAN/9000 Software

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Manually Installing and Configuring LAN/9000
Editing the LAN Configuration Files
configuration file) will modify the station address each time the system
reboots. The modified station address is not permanent. Each system
reboot causes the preset station address to be overwritten when a value
is supplied to the configuration parameters.
CAUTION Each HP LAN card has a preset station address, for example
080009xxxxxx. Modifying this address should be approached with
caution. Modifying the station address of an active card will probably
destroy existing connections and traffic resulting in data loss.
The station address configuration parameters have an index value, [x],
that groups the station address parameters together. The index value
must be different for each additional interface.
Following is a sample hpbtlanconf entry:
HP_BTLAN_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=”lan1”
HP_BTLAN_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=”0x022345678901”
Editing /etc/rc.config.d/netconf
Editing the netconf file allows you to identify the network interface
name, IP address, and subnet mask of your LAN card, and add entries to
the network routing table. As the netconf file has read-only permission,
you must have super-user capability to make modifications to this file.
The steps to add this information to the netconf file are listed below.
NOTE The netconf file and the script that is executed are shell programs;
therefore, shell programming rules apply.
1. Verify that the hostname and loopback address are set. Upper layer
software often requires loopback. Be sure that loopback is also
enabled in the netconf file.
HOSTNAME=”nameofyoursystem”
LOOPBACK_ADDRESS=”127.0.0.1”
2. Add internet configuration information.
In this step you will assign an IP address and subnet mask, and