From: Steve Chandler (schandler@APPLE.COM)
Date: Fri Jul 12 2002 - 14:37:35 EDT
Have you tried smitty mkinet to see if you can add the interface manually?
steve
Bill Thompson wrote:
> Kevin,
>
> en5 is not in the ODM.
>
> If I run "smitty mktcpip" en5 does not show up in the "Available Ethernet
> Interfaces" selection box. en0, en1, etc. are there and et0, et1, ..., et5
> are there, but no en5.
>
> Also I get the following error when I run an lsattr:
> > lsattr -El en5
> lsattr: 0514-519 The following device was not found in the customized
> device configuration database:
> en5
>
> More specifically, in the /etc/objrepos directory I find entries for en0,
> en1, en2, en3, and en4 in three ODM files: CuAt, CuDep, and CuDv, but
> nothing for en5.
>
> Bill Thompson
> Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
> The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
>
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> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Adams Kevin J" <kevin.adams@PHS.COM>
> Newsgroups: bit.listserv.aix-l
> To: <aix-l@Princeton.EDU>
> Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 1:21 PM
> Subject: Re: Gigabit Ethernet
>
> > Where are you not seeing en5?
> >
> > Kevin Adams
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Bill Thompson [mailto:bill.thompson@GOODYEAR.COM]
> > Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 7:06 AM
> > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
> > Subject: [aix-l] Gigabit Ethernet
> >
> >
> > Admins,
> >
> > I know a number of you are using Gigabit Ethernet adapters in your
> > RS/6000's. Hopefully you can help me with mine.
> >
> > I've installed the adapter in an S7A (AIX 4.3.3), installed the
> appropriate
> > drivers, and rebooted the machine.
> >
> > DRIVER INFORMATION
> > >lslpp -L 'devices.pci.14100401.*'
> > Fileset Level State Description
> >
> >
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> > devices.pci.14100401.diag
> > 4.3.3.50 C Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI
> > Adapter
> > Diagnostics
> > devices.pci.14100401.rte 4.3.3.75 C Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI
> > Adapter
> > Software
> >
> > HARDWARE INFORMATION
> > >lsdev -Cc adapter -l ent5
> > ent5 Available 20-58 Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Adapter (14100401)
> >
> > lsdev shows the adapter (ent5) however, there is no corresponding en5
> entry
> > in the ODM but I am able to access en5 from system command. For example,
> I
> > was able to configure en5 with the ifconfig command:
> >
> > > ifconfig en5
> > en5:
> >
> flags=7e080863,10<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULTICAST,GROUPRT,
>
> > 64BIT,CHECKSUM_OFFLOAD,CHECKSUM_SUPPORT,PSEG>
> > inet 10.100.92.200 netmask 0xffffff00 broadcast 10.100.92.255
> >
> > I see a link light on the back of the card, but I'm unable to access the
> > outside world. I've had our Telecom department diagnose their end of the
> > connection. They monitored the switch port the adapter is connected to
> and
> > said the adapter was not broadcasting it's MAC address. The also put a
> > light meter on the fibre connection and found a 6.75 db loss from the
> > switch to the adapter and a 8.95 db loss from the adapter to the switch.
> > Both are under 9.5 db which is supposed to be an acceptable loss.
> >
> > I ran diagnostics on the adapter and no trouble was found.
> >
> > Some other information:
> >
> > NETSTAT
> > > netstat -in | egrep '^Name|^en5'
> > Name Mtu Network Address Ipkts Ierrs Opkts Oerrs
> Coll
> > en5 1500 link#8 0.2.55.9a.99.7b 73 0 1 0
> > 0
> > en5 1500 10.100.92 10.100.92.200
> >
> > LSATTR
> > -> lsattr -El ent5
> > busmem 0x8fefc000 Bus memory address
> > False
> > busintr 19 Bus interrupt level
> > False
> > intr_priority 3 Interrupt priority
> > False
> > rx_que_size 512 Receive queue size
> > False
> > tx_que_size 8192 Software transmit queue size
> > True
> > jumbo_frames no Transmit jumbo frames
> > True
> > media_speed Auto_Negotiation Media Speed (10/100/1000 Base-T Ethernet)
> > True
> > use_alt_addr no Enable alternate ethernet address
> > True
> > alt_addr 0x000000000000 Alternate ethernet address
> > True
> > trace_flag 0 Adapter firmware debug trace flag
> > True
> > copy_bytes 2048 Copy packet if this many or less bytes
> > True
> > tx_done_ticks 1000000 Clock ticks before TX done interrupt
> > True
> > tx_done_count 64 TX buffers used before TX done interrupt
> > True
> > receive_ticks 50 Clock ticks before RX interrupt
> > True
> > receive_bds 6 RX packets before RX interrupt
> > True
> > receive_proc 16 RX buffers before adapter updated
> > True
> > rxdesc_count 1000 RX buffers processed per RX interrupt
> > True
> > stat_ticks 1000000 Clock ticks before statistics updated
> > True
> > rx_checksum yes Enable hardware receive checksum
> > True
> > flow_ctrl yes Enable Transmit and Receive Flow Control
> > True
> > slih_hog 10 Interrupt events processed per interrupt
> > True
> >
> > (note: our switch does not support jumbo frames)
> >
> > ENTSTAT
> > > entstat en5
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> > ETHERNET STATISTICS (en5) :
> > Device Type: Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI Adapter (14100401)
> > Hardware Address: 00:02:55:9a:99:7b
> > Elapsed Time: 0 days 0 hours 3 minutes 32 seconds
> >
> > Transmit Statistics: Receive Statistics:
> > -------------------- -------------------
> > Packets: 1 Packets: 89
> > Bytes: 60 Bytes: 8975
> > Interrupts: 1 Interrupts: 82
> > Transmit Errors: 0 Receive Errors: 0
> > Packets Dropped: 0 Packets Dropped: 0
> > Bad Packets: 0
> > Max Packets on S/W Transmit Queue: 1
> > S/W Transmit Queue Overflow: 0
> > Current S/W+H/W Transmit Queue Length: 0
> >
> > Broadcast Packets: 1 Broadcast Packets: 89
> > Multicast Packets: 0 Multicast Packets: 0
> > No Carrier Sense: 0 CRC Errors: 0
> > DMA Underrun: 0 DMA Overrun: 0
> > Lost CTS Errors: 0 Alignment Errors: 0
> > Max Collision Errors: 0 No Resource Errors: 0
> > Late Collision Errors: 0 Receive Collision Errors: 0
> > Deferred: 0 Packet Too Short Errors: 0
> > SQE Test: 0 Packet Too Long Errors: 0
> > Timeout Errors: 0 Packets Discarded by
> Adapter:
> > 0
> > Single Collision Count: 0 Receiver Start Count: 0
> > Multiple Collision Count: 0
> > Current HW Transmit Queue Length: 0
> >
> > General Statistics:
> > -------------------
> > No mbuf Errors: 0
> > Adapter Reset Count: 0
> > Adapter Data Rate: 2000
> > Driver Flags: Up Broadcast Running
> > Simplex AlternateAddress 64BitSupport
> > ChecksumTCP ChecksumOffload PrivateSegment
> >
> >
> > ROUTE INFORMATION
> > > netstat -rn | grep 10.100.92
> > 10.100.92/24 10.100.92.200 U 0 0 en5 - -
> >
> >
> > Sorry for the length of the post but I wanted to supply all the
> information
> > I could.
> >
> > If anyone has any suggestions on how to get this adapter to work it would
> > really be appreciated.
> >
> > Also, does anyone know why en5 would not be in the ODM?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > Bill Thompson
> > Sr UNIX Systems Administrator
> > The Goodyear Tire & Rubber Co.
> >
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> >
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