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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About This Document
This document describes how to install, configure, and troubleshoot HP-UX 11i v3 LAN
transport software.
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The latest version of this document can be found online at docs.hp.com, under the
“Networking and Communications” topic, under “HP-UX LAN”. Specifically, this is at:
docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#HP-UX%20LAN.
Intended Audience
This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installing,
configuring, and managing HP-UX 11i v3 LAN transport software. Administrators are
expected to have knowledge of Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP)
networking concepts and network configuration. As well, it is helpful to have a working
knowledge of operating system concepts, commands, and configuration.
This document is not a tutorial.
New and Changed Documentation in This Edition
This guide is for the HP-UX 11i v3 release only. It has been updated from Installing and
Administering LAN/9000 Software (Edition 10). Overall, this document has only had minor
modifications to reflect changes specific to HP-UX 11i v3.