HP-UX System Administrator's Guide: Configuration Management

Assigning IP Addresses and Subnet Masks to Additional Cards Using Web-Based HP
SMH
To configure the LAN cards, you can use the web-based HP System Management
Homepage (HP SMH).
1. Ensure that an X Window System server is running on your local system. See
“Using the X Window System” (page 32).
2. Start web-based HP SMH from your local system. See “Starting an HP SMH Web
Client” (page 24).
3. Navigate to Tools→ Network Interfaces Configuration→Network Interface
Cards (the HP-UX Network Interfaces Configuration Tool screen) and select the
NIC tab.
4. Select the radio button of the LAN card that you want to modify. The interface
details are displayed below the list.
5. In the procedure list on the right side, click View/Modify IP Attributes. The
View/Modify IP Attributes screen is displayed.
6. Configure the IP address, host name, and any other desired parameters. Click the
question mark (?) in the upper right corner of the screen to consult the online help.
7. (Optional) Select Preview to see the commands that will be executed.
8. Click OK to continue or Cancel to quit the process.
Frequently Asked Questions
This section describes how to solve some of the most frequently encountered problems
and answers the most frequently asked questions.
1. Driver information: What driver do I need ?
a. What is the driver name in HP SMH (or other tools), for example, iether?
See the Ethernet Support matrixes located in the document Ethernet
System-Driver Matrix for HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2, and 11i v3 in the I/O Cards and
Networking Software section of http://docs.hp.com.
b. Is the software on the system?
The principal Gigabit Ethernet and Fast Ethernet drivers are preloaded onto
your system’s hard drive; the 10 Gigabit Ethernet driver needs to be selected
and loaded from the OE media. To see if the driver software bundle is loaded
on your hard drive, run swlist.
c. How can I tell if the driver is in the kernel?
See “Verifying that the Networking Driver is in the Kernel” (page 142).
d. What software do I load?
Most networking drivers are always installed, so you don’t have to load them
onto your hard drive. The ones that are preloaded need to be configured to
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