NIC Problem Solaris 9

[Adell40]

I have a Compaq Prolinear Server PL1600 with 2 nics. I do a ifconfig -a and this is all I get:
lo0: flags=1000849<UP,LOOPBACK,RUNNING,MULTICAST,IPv4> mtu 8232 index 1 inet 127.0.0.1 netmask ff000000

Where do I go from here?

Thanks

 

[KenCunningham]

Have you done a boot -r from the OK prompt - this should pick up the NICS.

 

[Adell40]

Thanks Ken, I will try that later tonight. Is there anything else you can think of?

Thanks again!

 

[Adell40]

Oh by the way, it auto boots to Gnome or CDE, I use the terminal window from there. Is there a way to boot into just the terminal instead of the gui?

 

[dUbbsNIX]

You will need to confiugre the NICs, a boot -r won't suddenly allow you to see them from ifconfig -a.

There is no way to avoid booting to the gui if you're accessing from the console, although you could login via a Failsafe mode if you don't like the CDE, this will just bring up a single xterm instead.

 

[Adell40]

What all do I need to do to configure the OS so I can see the cards?

 

[dUbbsNIX]

create the appropiate /etc/hostname.<interface> file

then use ifconfig(1M) to plum it in, e.g.

#ifconfig hme0 192.168.1.132 netmask 255.255.255.0 up

Don't think I've missed anything out...

 

[Adell40]

I did attempt configuring the /etc/hostname file and included the broadcast address. I must be missing other files to configure or I need to start from scratch and re-install the OS. I am however able to see all the drivers installed for the nics.

Thanks for the suggestion, I will however re-look the hostname file again.

 

[blackhowk]

To see the card with an ifconfig, a simple &quot;ifconfig <interface> plumb&quot; will prepare the card for config.

 

[Adell40]

ifconfig elxl0 plumb...all I get is bad address

 

[mrmac228]

Might it need the module for the driver loaded into the kernel? man modload

I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by - Douglas Adams

 

[Havesh]

On sparc's there's a hardware detected file called /etc/path_to_inst.might be worth cat'ing that to see if your card's detected???

 

[dUbbsNIX]

What version of Solaris are you actually running??

 

[dUbbsNIX]

sorry stupid question!! Solaris 9. Apologies..

 

[mrmac228]

Have a look in /kernel/drv for elxl to see if the driver is in the kernel.


I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by - Douglas Adams

 

[dUbbsNIX]

yes, then you're looking for /kernel/misc/gld, the elx(l) driver is dependent on it...

http://docs.sun.com/db/doc/816-0222/6m6nmlstt?a=view#elxl-7d-indx-2

Dubbs..

 

[Adell40]

Thanks for all the replies. As soon as I get back home from (home) Texas I will give this a try. Thanks again!

 

[Adell40]

all these files exist...not sure what to do next...seems I have tried quite a bit. Thanks again!

 

[jad]

umm ... what are the NIC's in your machine, it seems to have been assumed that they're 3com cards (elxl), and not Intel Etherpro (iprb) ... or any other type.

 

[Adell40]

As soon as I get the opportunity, hopefully in a couple of days I am going to pick this back up. I think we will go with a full re-install after I verify what the physical nics are. Thanks to all!