WBEMP-LAN-00 LAN Provider for HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v1 of June 2007 Release Notes

WBEMP-LAN-00 LAN Provider for HP-UX 11i v2 and 11i v1 of June 2007
What’s in this Version
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What’s in this Version
The following information describes the updates made to the product for the June 2007 releases.
Two new providers are delivered in the June 2007 versions of WBEMP-LAN-00 on HP-UX 11i v1 and
11i v2: HP-UX LAN Indication Provider and LAN Consolidated Status Provider.
You can look up the following documents installed on your system to find out more information about the
LAN Provider module:
/opt/lanprovider/doc/HPUX_LANProvider.pdf
/opt/lanprovider/doc/HPUX_LANIndProvider.pdf
/opt/lanprovider/doc/HPUX_LANCSPProvider.pdf
Notes for WBEMP-LAN-00 on HP-UX 11i v2:
LAN Indication Provider Causes Critical Resource Analysis to Return Data Critical Result.
When the LAN Indication Provider is enabled, a Critical Resource Analysis (CRA) of an Ethernet inter-
face will return a data critical result. The CRA is executed before replacing the PCI online card through
SAM, olrad, or the PCI attention button.
What To Do.
Install Data Link Provider Interface (DLPI) patch PHNE_35545. With this patch installed, CRA results
will not be impacted by the LAN Indication Provider. DLPI patch PHNE_35545 is available at the HP IT
Resource Center: http://itrc.hp.com.
Without installing this patch, you can still proceed with an online card replacement as follows: review the
CRA report and determine if an online operation on the slot will be safe for the system’s operation. If the
output of lanadmin -p PPA shows only cimprovagt for the affected PPAs (Physical Points of
Attachment), then it is safe to use the olrad command's force (-f) option to proceed with the
replacement. See the manpage olrad(1M) for more information on the -f option.