Power Server 2 Model 80, TCP/IP?

[BryanDavis]

I am attempting to get an IP connection with a Power Server/2 Model 80. It has an MPA card and Token Ring hardware but no smit (smitty) or rlogin. What the heck do I need to do to get this machine up on an IP connection?

 

[avadh]

Hello,
What level of aix you are running.

 

[BryanDavis]

I think it is "IBM AIX PS/2 01.21.w200". At least that is what is on the diskette. I am not sure though.

 

[gheist]

uname -a # will give you O/S version info
ifconfig -a # will show you network interfaces
ifconfig inet 10.10.10.10 netmask 255.255.255.0 # will give it an IP address

RS/6000 is now called e-Server p-Series

 

[BryanDavis]

for the ifconfig commands I get "ifconfig: ioctl (SIOCGIFFLAGS): no such interface"

 

[gheist]

ifconfig tr0
ifconfig tr0 inet .....


and what could be the output of

uname -a

 

[BryanDavis]

uname -a gave an output of "AIX aispx2 1 2 i386"

 

[gheist]

http://techsupport.services.ibm.com/server/fixes?view=pSeries

AIX 3.2.5 - it has been a long time ago

 

[gheist]

AIX2 AIX3? (1986..90???)

check

http://www.rootvg.net

for AIX history and try to find your machine type (like 7025) and model (like F50)

 

[gheist]

You may do
ls -lR /dev

it shows two nearby columns like 11,12 (ie major/minor)
devices with major number 11 are those you can touch with ifconfig

if you are running anything older than AIX 3 on anything that is not POWER - feel free to ask General UNIX about older&limited commands

 

[Yegolev]

He is using an ancient piece of hardware! You will need to look about many UNIX or AIX sites for info from that time. The PS/2 was, unfortunately, collecting dust when I started in the RS6000 field in 1996. Good luck!

Note the i386 processor. A museum piece. Again, good luck, and let us (or me) know if you get it running.