HP-UX LAN Administrator's Guide (July 2003)

Troubleshooting HP-UX LANDRAFT COPY
Diagnostic Flowcharts
Chapter 462
Flowchart 3 Procedures
A. ifconfig not found. The command has been relocated on the system, deleted,
or /usr/sbin is not in your PATH.
B. Restore /etc/ifconfig from media. You can restore ifconfig from the last
good backup tape or your install/update tape. Go to Flowchart 2.
C. Bad system call. Networking is not configured into the HP-UX kernel.
D. Reconfigure HP-UX kernel to include HP-UX LAN software. Edit the
/stand/system file to include HP-UX LAN software. Refer to chapter 3 for a
list of LAN drivers.
E. No such interface name. The interface name passed to ifconfig does not
exist on the system. Check spelling and names of interfaces on the system
using lanscan.
If you have more than one LAN card, make sure the number of LAN cards
has been configured into the kernel and that an ifconfig command has
been executed for each.
F. Execute lanscan. Execute lanscan to display information about the LAN
cards in your system.
G. Find correct interface name. Using the correct interface name, start again
with Flowchart 1.
H. Is Hardware State UP? Verify the state of the hardware with the output
from the lanscan command. If the Hardware State is up call your HP
representative for help. Otherwise go to I.
I. Execute lanadmin. Use the lanadmin command to reset the LAN card. Go to
Flowchart 2.
J. Check for the plumbing error: Bad file number. If you see this error, the
TCP/IP stack has not yet been initialized.
K. Initialize the TCP/IP stack. Execute the command
/sbin/init.d/net.init start.
L. Check the status of the network. Use the command netstat -in. Make sure
that the loopback interface lo0 appears in the display.
M. Check the loopback interface. Use the command ping 127.0.0.1. If you
cannot ping the loopback interface, call HP. If the ping is successful, go to
Flowchart 2.