HP-UX LAN Administrator's Guide (Feburary 2007)
Table Of Contents
- About This Document
- 1 New for the HP-UX 11i v3 Release
- 2 Installing HP-UX LAN
- 3 Configuring HP-UX LAN Using SAM
- 4 Manually Installing and Configuring HP-UX LAN
- 5 Troubleshooting HP-UX LAN
- Troubleshooting Overview
- Troubleshooting Q & A
- LAN Interface Card Statistics
- 100Base-T Checklist
- Diagnostic Flowcharts
- Flowchart 1: Configuration Test
- Flowchart 2: Configuration Test continued
- Flowchart 3: Configuration Test continued
- Flowchart 4: Network Level Loopback Test
- Flowchart 5: Network Level Loopback Test continued
- Flowchart 6: Transport Level Loopback Test (using Internet Services)
- Flowchart 7: Link Level Loopback Test
- Flowchart 8: LAN Connections Test
- Flowchart 9: Gateway Remote Loopback Test
- Flowchart 10: Gateway Remote Loopback Test continued
- Flowchart 11: Subnet Test
- 6 LAN Resources
- 7 Network Addressing
- Overview of Network Addressing Schemes
- Networking Terminology
- Network Addresses and Node Names
- Internet Addresses
- Subnet Addresses
- Configuring Gateways on Fixed-Length Subnets
- Variable-Length Subnet Addressing
- Configuring Gateways on Variable-Length Subnets
- Configuring Gateways on Supernets
- IP Multicast Addresses
- Virtual IP (VIP) Addresses
- CIDR - Classless Inter-Domain Routing
- 8 LAN Device and Interface Terminology

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Index
Symbols
$HOME/.netrc
, 99
$HOME/.rhosts, 99
/etc/hosts, 29, 96, 97, 99
creating, 28
editing manually, 28
editing with SAM, 13
permissions, 30
purpose of, 28
sample entry, 30
/etc/hosts.equiv, 99
/etc/networks, 97
editing manually, 32
permissions, 33
purpose of, 32
sample entry, 34
syntax, 33
/etc/protocols
editing manually, 34
permissions, 35
purpose of, 34
syntax, 34
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf, 29, 96, 99
editing with SAM, 13
purpose of, 24
/etc/route
and SAM
, 13
/etc/services, 31, 98
editing, 31
permissions, 32
purpose of, 31
sample entry, 32
syntax, 31
/sbin/init.d/net, executing, 26
/stand/system, creating kernel, 19
/usr/adm/inetd.sec, 99
Numerics
127.n.n.n
, 25
A
Address, Descriptions
, 95
Alias, 29
and /etc/networks, 32
and /etc/protocols, 34
and /etc/services, 31
ARP cache, 94
ARPA host name, 99
Assigning
IP address
, 25
network interface name, 25
C
Card
configuring
, 10
installing, 5
moving, 11, 16
Configuring
gateways
, 13, 113
kernel manually, 19
LAN cards, 10
manually, 19
network connectivity, 13
Contacting HP, 51, 87
D
Diagnostics, ping(1M)
, 15
Documenting problems, 51, 87
Dynamic routing, 116, 129
E
Editing files
/etc/hosts
, 28
/etc/networks, 32
/etc/protocols, 34
/etc/rc.config.d/netconf, 24
/etc/services, 31
Encapsulation method, 10
Error messages, 86
Explicit routing, 116, 129
G
Gateway
configuring
, 13
definition, 94
H
Hardware
path
, 10
slot numbers, 10
Host
address
, 97, 104
and /etc/hosts, 29
name, 99
hostname(1M), 29