AB287A PCI-X 10 Gigabit Ethernet Card Overview

Product Overview
Network Card Configuration Worksheet
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Network Card Configuration Worksheet
Fill out one worksheet for each network card you are installing.
Note 1: To configure values permanently, edit the configuration files. Using lanadmin will not preserve your settings across
reboots.
Note 2: The valid MTU range for the ixgbe driver on HP-UX 11i v2 of September 2004 or May 2005 or later or HP-UX 11i v1
of September 2005 or later is 257 - 1500 for normal frames, and 9000 for Jumbo Frames. The jumbo frame value must be
9000; it cannot be any other number.
Table 3 Network Card Configuration Worksheet
Data Type
Required/
Optional
Default
How to Configure
(see Note 1)
Example
You r
System
Internet Address Required 0.0.0.0 SAM or ifconfig or
edit
/etc/rc.config.d
/netconf
196.6.20.2
Subnet mask Required if
using
subnetting
Subnet mask not
used
SAM or ifconfig or
edit
/etc/rc.config.d
/netconf
255.255.248.0
Station address Built-in but
can be
optionally
changed
As shown on card SAM or edit
/etc/rc.config.d
/hpixgbeconf or
temporarily:
lanadmin -A
0x0060b0c4012f
Host name alias
for this network
interface (card)
Required if
the system is
connected to
more than 1
network
None SAM or edit /etc/hosts host1
MTU (Maximum
Transmission
Unit): Jumbo
Frames
Optional 1500 bytes SAM or edit
/etc/rc.config.d
/hpixgbeconf or
temporarily:
lanadmin -M
lanadmin -M 9000 ppa#
(see Note 2 below)
Receive flow
control
Optional On SAM or edit
/etc/rc.config.d
/hpixgbeconf or
temporarily:
lanadmin -X
lanadmin -X fctrl off