HP-UX LAN Administrator's Guide (Feburary 2007)

DRAFT COPY Manually Installing and Configuring HP-UX LAN
Editing LAN Configuration Files
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CAUTION Each HP LAN card has a preset station address, for example 080009xxxxxx.
This address must be modified with caution. Modifying the station address of
an active card will probably destroy existing connections and traffic resulting in
data loss.
The station address configuration parameters have an index value, [x], that groups the
station address parameters together. The index value must be different for each additional
interface.
Following is a sample hpbtlanconf entry:
HP_BTLAN_INTERFACE_NAME[0]=”lan1”
HP_BTLAN_STATION_ADDRESS[0]=”0x022345678901”
Editing /etc/rc.config.d/netconf
Editing the netconf file allows you to identify the network interface name, IP address, and
subnet mask of your LAN card, and add entries to the network routing table. As the netconf
file has read-only permission, you must have superuser capability to make modifications to
this file.
The steps to add the hostname, loopback address, internet configuration information and
routing configuration information to the netconf file are listed below.
NOTE The netconf file and the script that is executed are shell programs; therefore,
shell programming rules apply.
1. Verify that the hostname and loopback address are set. Upper layer software often
requires loopback. Be sure that loopback is also enabled in the netconf file.
HOSTNAME=”nameofyoursystem”
LOOPBACK_ADDRESS=”127.0.0.1”
2. Add internet configuration information.
In this step you will assign an IP address and subnet mask, and configure network
interface parameters. The internet configuration parameters have an index value, [x],
that groups the configuration parameters together. Following is a sample of the internet
configuration information of the netconf file entry:
INTERFACE_NAME[0]=”lan0”
IP_ADDRESS[0]=”192.6.1.1”
SUBNET_MASK[0]=”255.255.224.0”