HP-UX 11i Version 2 March 2004 Release Notes

Internet and Networking

LAN Commands

Chapter 7

Impact

Post HP-UX 11i v2, users of the lanscan command who access it from the/etc path will

have to include /usr/sbin in the $PATH environment variable so as to use

/usr/sbin/lanscan.

Any scripts using /etc/lanscan will have to change to /usr/sbin/lanscan.

Compatibility

There are no known compatibility issues.

Performance

There are no known performance issues.

Documentation

For further information about lanscan, see the manpage lanscan (1M).

Also see the Driver Development Guide, available from the Developer and Solution

Partner Program (DSPP) at http://h21007.www2.hp.com/dev/.

Obsolescence

See the above section, “Summary of Change.”

The linkloop Command

The linkloop command verifies LAN connectivity with link-level loopback.

Summary of Change

Due to the future obsolescence of the Transition Links product, the file /etc/linkloop

will not be replaced by a symbolic link post HP-UX 11i v2.

Impact

Post HP-UX 11i v2, users of the linkloop command who access it from the /etc path

will have to include /usr/sbin in the $PATH environment variable so as to use

/usr/sbin/linkloop.

Any scripts using /etc/lanscan will have to change to /usr/sbin/linkloop.