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  • 1.  Ethernet interface not showing location

    Posted Fri February 24, 2006 11:34 AM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Greetings to all. Recently, we had problems when replacing a hot-pluggable ethernet adapter from pci9, in this case [b]ent1[/b]. When we chose the replace option in the diag Hot-Plug Tasks screen and changed the adapter, after running the cfgmgr it was shown as Defined. To deal with this, I followed the procedure to remove it, and later add it. After running again the cfgmgr, it appeared as Available, but I couldn't see the en1 and et1. So I proceeded to add a new interface with its own IP, and now the en1 is Available, but it is not showing the location.

    en0 Available 08-08 Standard Ethernet Network Interface
    [b]en1 Available
    Standard Ethernet Network Interface[/b]
    en2 Available 0B-08 Standard Ethernet Network Interface
    en3 Available 0B-09 Standard Ethernet Network Interface

    If I execute a ping from another node, it shows that is communicating. What could it be? Thanks for your assistance!!!
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  • 2.  Re: Ethernet interface not showing location

    Posted Wed March 01, 2006 04:55 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    In the hot-plug steps:

    1) identify the adapter
    2) remove/replace adapter (it should perform a rmdev -dl on the device, but it has to be down-detached to do this)
    3) configure replaced adapter (it really just runs cfgmgr)

    It sounds like it may not have removed it properly or that the ODM is confused.

    I would try to down/detach the adapter. Remove it from the OS via rmdev -dl and then boot the box. It should re-add it when it performs cfgmgr on boot. If its still in this state, I would guess that the ODM may be the issue.

    -Aaron
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  • 3.  Re: Ethernet interface not showing location

    Posted Wed March 01, 2006 05:26 PM

    Originally posted by: SystemAdmin


    Good afternoon Aaron. Previously, I tried all the steps you are showing in your e-mail, but the problem persisted. We had a chance to reboot the server, and this resolved the problem. I appreciate your assistance, and thank you very much for your attention.

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