PCI 100Base-T Network Adapter Installation and Service Guide (32650-90904)

1 PCI 10/100Base-TX/3000 Quick

Installation

There are two options available for connecting the PCI-based HP e3000

system to a 10/100Base-T LAN: the RJ-45 LAN connection port on the

Core I/O card (included with the base system hardware), or the PCI

10/100Base-TX add-on adapter card (A5230A) for the HP e3000. Both

cards support 10Mbits/s and 100Mbits/s Fast Ethernet operation as

well as full and half-duplex modes. Ensure that the speed, duplex, and

autonegotiation settings of the associated data hub or switch match the

settings on the card (as conﬁgured in the network conﬁguration ﬁle,

NMCONFIG.PUB.SYS). Refer to the sections on “Notes on Manual Speed

and Duplex Mode Conﬁguration” and “Notes on Autonegotiation and

Autosensing” in this guide for background information on determining

these settings, if needed. For a detailed description of using NMMGR to

conﬁgure the 10/100Base-TX link in your NMCONFIG ﬁle, see the

NS 3000/iX NMMGR Screens Reference Manual and the HP e3000

Network Planning and Conﬁguration Guide.

1. Verify the PCI 10/100Base-TX software is present in the installed

version of MPE/iX (must be 7.0 or later).

• Make sure MPE/iX 7.0 or later has been successfully installed on

the system. The PCI 10/100Base-TX software license is included

with the FOS (Fundamental Operating System). No additional

software installation is required.

• Run the NMMAINT,78 command and verify complete version

information is displayed for the PCI 100Base-TX link software

(subsystem 78).

Sample output:

:nmmaint,78

NMS Maintenance Utility 32098-20014 B.00.10 (C) Hewlett Packard Co. 1984

TUE, APR 3, 2001, 2:59 PM

Datacom products build version: N.74.10

Subsystem version IDs:

Subsystem Number : 78

PCI 100Base-T Fast Ethernet driver module versions:

NL procedure: PCI_100BT_NL_VERS Version: A0070073

XL procedure: PCI_100BT_XL_VERS Version: A0070073

Catalog file: NMCAT78.NET.SYS Version: A0070072

NL procedure: LNK_NL_VERS Version: A0070008

PCI 100Base-T Fast Ethernet driver ------- overall version = A.00.70