Re: Eserver p5 installation

From: Libor Laubacher (llaubach_at_PROGRESS.COM)
Date: 11/23/04

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    Date:         Tue, 23 Nov 2004 07:43:51 -0500
To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU

    Thanks for all the suggestions, I have sorted it out.
    It is always a good idea to put the utp cable to the proper NIC and not
    to the HMC slot, as well as go to bed in the morning instead of keep
    installing the machine ... ;)

    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On
    > Behalf Of Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
    > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 11:06 AM
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: Re: Eserver p5 installation
    >
    > what does link status tell in netstat -v output?
    >
    > cant you connect to the hmc and copy+paste from a serial terminal
    > openend from there?
    >
    >
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On
    > Behalf Of
    > Libor Laubacher
    > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:51 AM
    > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > Subject: Re: Eserver p5 installation
    >
    > It's a bit difficult to post netstat -v as there's no floppy on that
    > machine and network does not work
    >
    > ETHERNET STATISTICS (ent0) :
    > Device Type: IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter (23100020) Hardware
    > Address: 00:02:55:76:0f:7f
    >
    > Transit/receive stats are zero.
    >
    > The same for ent1
    >
    > nothing about en0
    >
    > lsdev -Cc adapter
    > ent0 Available 10-80 IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter
    > (23100020)
    > ent1 Available 10-88 IBM 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter
    > (23100020)
    > ....
    >
    > # ifconfig -a
    > en0:
    > flags=4e080863,80<UP,BROADCAST,NOTRAILERS,RUNNING,SIMPLEX,MULT
    > ICAST,GROU
    > PRT,64BIT,PSEG,CHAIN>
    > inet 206.73.183.34 .....
    >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf
    > > Of Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
    > > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 10:02 AM
    > > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > > Subject: Re: Eserver p5 installation
    > >
    > > netstat -v doesnt give any output??
    > > if it does, post the output
    > > if not, post lsdev -Cc adapter
    > >
    > > -----Original Message-----
    > > From: IBM AIX Discussion List [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf
    > > Of Libor Laubacher
    > > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:44 AM
    > > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > > Subject: Re: Eserver p5 installation
    > >
    > > netstat -v does not show en0 adapter
    > > ifconfig -a however does
    > >
    > > The server is now a bit happier, after disabling /etc/resolv.conf
    > > pointing "outside of the box".
    > > Everything seems to work locally, except being able to access the
    > > server and get access from the server.
    > >
    > > Thanks.
    > >
    > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > From: IBM AIX Discussion List
    > [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf
    >
    > > > Of Holger.VanKoll@SWISSCOM.COM
    > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 9:16 AM
    > > > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > > > Subject: Re: Eserver p5 installation
    > > >
    > > > asm does not work through your nic
    > > > it goes through the internal hmc-network which cannot be used for
    > > > external traffic
    > > >
    > > > check your nic with netstat -v
    > > >
    > > >
    > > > -----Original Message-----
    > > > From: IBM AIX Discussion List
    > [mailto:aix-l@Princeton.EDU] On Behalf
    >
    > > > Of Libor Laubacher
    > > > Sent: Tuesday, November 23, 2004 12:00 AM
    > > > To: aix-l@Princeton.EDU
    > > > Subject: Eserver p5 installation
    > > >
    > > > Hi all,
    > > >
    > > > I am having fun installing brand new p5 (5.2), I managed to
    > > get passed
    > >
    > > > the usb keyboard, but the boot process, every tcp/ip, nfs startup
    > > > operations are very slow and they do not appear to work.
    > > > I can use https:// in order to connect to ASM via browser,
    > > but I can't
    > >
    > > > telnet to that machine neither remotely nor localy.
    > > >
    > > > When trying to run telnetd manually, I got The specificed file
    > > > descriptor is not a socket.
    > > > I can't make NFS/NIS clients working, I can't ping the gateway.
    > > >
    > > > The NIC works, otherwise I would not be able to access the
    > > machine via
    > >
    > > > https:// but nothing else appears to work.
    > > >
    > > > Any ideas where to look ?
    > > >
    > > > Thanks
    > > > /Libor
    > > >
    > > >
    > >
    > >
    >
    >

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