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
DRAFT COPY Installing HP-UX LAN
Checking LAN Installation Prerequisites
Chapter 2 3
Checking LAN Installation Prerequisites
Prior to loading the HP-UX LAN product onto your system, check that you have met the
following hardware and software prerequisites:
•Check that /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin are in your PATH using the command:
echo $PATH
• The operating system should have been upgraded to HP-UX 11i v3 software. To obtain
this information, execute the command:
uname -a
• Prior to installing HP-UX LAN, HP recommends that you create a network map or update
the existing map of your network. Refer to chapter 6 for a sample LAN network map and
sample worksheet.
• You have the appropriate cabling for your LAN card.
• You have the installation and service manual for your network card.
• You have an IP address, subnet mask (optional), and host name alias for your new LAN
card.
• You have superuser capability.