PCI FDDI Administrator's Guide

Troubleshooting PCI FDDI
Diagnostics
Chapter 380
• Display Link Status: Transmit/receive statistics for the link,
including SMT packets.
dmesg
After installation, verify that the adapter can be found by the system by
using the dmesg command. Log in as “root” and run the following
command:
/usr/sbin/dmesg
Probing epic0
Probe of epic0 complete
0 epic
0/0/0 fddi4
0/1/0 fddi4
...
fddi4: INITIALIZING: PCI FDDI card in slot 0/0/0
fddi4: INITIALIZING: PCI FDDI card in slot 0/1/0 ...
arp
The arp (Address Resolution Protocol) command displays the
Internet-to-physical address translationtables.It maps the IP address to
the physical (MAC) address. The arp <hostname> command gives you a
list of addresses associated with the specified host. The arp -a command
(in the example below) displays all current arp entries based on the
kernel file system/hpux.
Example:
hpntc7q:root> arp -a
hpindbu.cup.hp.com (15.13.104.13) at 0:0:c:0:37:bf ether
ntc7f-f (192.20.100.122) at 0:60:b0:d6:90:9f snapfddi
ifconfig
The ifconfig command sets or displays the current configuration of the
network (IP) interface. Use the ifconfig command to verify the existence
and status of the device.
Example: To see the status of the lan3 interface use this command: