SUMMARY:wierd LAT problem

From: dominic christopher (dominicfree_at_yahoo.com)
Date: 06/25/03

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    Date: Wed, 25 Jun 2003 02:49:42 -0700 (PDT)
    To: tru64managers <tru64-unix-managers@ornl.gov>
    
    

     Hello MAnagers,

     Thanks to ,Phil ,Selden & Dr T.Blinn for following
      suggestions .

     The Problem:

         A AS300 Asplaserver , with Tru64 4.0F , had a
         CPU panic problem , so i changed the Motherboard.
        Note: i just replaced the motherboard& RAM, taking
         care to restore the SRM variables .

      Before replacing the mother board , Dumb terminals
      connected to DEC90l+ terminal servers on this
    network
      could just connect to this AS300 using lat command
    at
      terminal server prompt , "c hostname" .
      I now get a "service unavailable " message .

      Now i can connect to all other servers using the
                        same dumb terminal and 90l+.
      The said AS300 is accessible through telnet ,and
      from IP based terminal servers .
      Suspecting a LAT config issue on the AS300 , i
      checked the LAT service using the latcp -d command
      lat is running , inittab is OK , rc.config is OK.
      LAt subsets are OK .

     Using latsetup i just undid and redid the lat config
     but no luck.

     Is there anything else i'm missing

                        Dominic

            When you run tcpdump on another system can you
    see any LAT packets
            coming out of the AS300, it should be
    broadcasting a LAT 'id' packet to
                       advertise its LAT service.

            If it is broadcasting then check things like
    group.

          Phil

     I'd guess that the terminal servers have cached the
    previous
    MAC address associated with the LAT service on the
    system and
     your system's MAC address has changed.
     Most motherboards have a removable plug-in ROM that
     contains the Ethernet hardware (MAC) address.
    I don't know if the AS300 does. It's a little late
    now,
     but you should see if you can exchange that address
    chip between the two systems.

     Alternatively, have you tried resetting one of the
    terminal servers
     to see if that solves the problem? I suspect it will.

       I hope this helps a little.

       Selden

                 Is the Ethernet on the motherboard on
    that system? If so,
                 you've changed the Ethernet address, and
    the terminal server
                 may well know the hard Ethernet address.
    Just a guess, but..

                 - Dr T.Blinn

       Conclusion :

    It was possibly a MAC address issue , since i had
    changed
    the Riserboard along with the motherboard ,and the
    riser
    board contains the ethernet cktry with the MAC address
    .
     Moreover since the motherboard & riser board were a
    few
     minutes earlier associated with a different LAT
    service
     the 90l+ terminal servers ,coukld have taken time to
     relearn the change.

     

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