NIC install not working

[s2budd]

I am trying to install a second network interface card into an Ultra10 Solaris 8 machine without sucess.

I have installed the interface card into one of the PCI slots and checked that the network cable works.
On booting there is no new interface card.

I then tried, from the OK prompt: probe-ide

and then tried, from multiuser: ifconfig -a and still no card.

I then ran the following with no change: ifconfig hme1 plumb

Am I missing a fundamental step here ? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks

The output from ifconfig is:

ultra10:/etc/rcS.d $ ifconfig -a
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1
inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000
hme0: flags=1000843<UP,BROADCAST,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 1500 index 2
inet 192.168.1.120 netmask ffffff00 broadcast 192.168.1.255
ether 8:0:20:9e:81:2f
lo0: flags=2000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6> mtu 8252 index 1
inet6 ::1/128
hme0: flags=2000841<UP,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv6> mtu 1500 index 2
ether 8:0:20:9e:81:2f
inet6 fe80::a00:20ff:fe9e:812f/10

 

[tarn]

Read, and digest this posting of useful Solaris Networking it will help you resolve your problem:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?SQID=382954&SPID=60&page=3

Good Luck,
Laurie.

 

[s2budd]

Yes. Thanks for replying. I saw that it's very good and I have tried to plum the new card without sucess.

I receive the following error:

medusa:/ $ ifconfig qfe5 plumb
ifconfig: plumb: qfe5: Bad file number
I have tried hme0-5 and qfe0-5

I think perhaps I am missing a step but I can not figure out what it is.

 

[tarn]

So you added a new card then done a &quot;boot -r&quot; ? (-r to pickup new devices).

?
Laurie.

 

[s2budd]

Thanks for the reply.

I did do a boot -r. I have tryed it again though.
The PCI card is in the first PCI port - marked &quot;1&quot;
and does have a green light on the back of the network card when the cable is plugged into the router. However the lights on the router do not light up at the other end of the cable. The cable is OK though as it works OK when connected to the other working network port - hme0.

The network card is an SMC EZ PCI Card 10/100 and I think that here lies the problem. I will try another network card.

Thanks for your time and help.

Stuart

 

[DedeMole]

s2budd -- was the problem your NIC card??? I seem to be having the same problems but only with a SUNBLADE 2000.... Or did you fix your problem another way????

 

[bluelake]

seems the nic was not found by the box.
try the 'devfsadm' command,then issue the 'netstat -ain' to check if there the new nic was listed, if not,maybe the problem is that that nic is not compatible enough with your box well.