Originally posted by: GEBarnes
entstat -d ent{1,2,3} says that all three are "up" even though only ent2 is presently configured.
Interestingly, lsattr -El ent{1,2,3} correctly shows the up/down state. Only ent2 is currently up.
The machine has three Ethernet interfaces. Two of them are part of the base
machine (ent0, ent2) and one is a PCI-X board (ent1). ent1 is the one that
stopped working. ent0 and ent2 were not previously in use. Presently ent2
is up and active. ent0 and ent1 are neither.
+ ent0 U0.1-P1/E1 10/100 Mbps Ethernet PCI Adapter II (1410ff01)
+ ent1 U0.1-P1-I1/E1 Gigabit Ethernet-SX PCI-X Adapter (14106802)
+ ent2 U0.1-P1/E2 10/100/1000 Base-TX PCI-X Adapter (14106902)
As suggested I'll turn on ent1 and print the lsattr states.
Running smitty to set up ent1...
# smitty tcpip ============================================================================== Minimum Configuration & Startup To Delete existing configuration data, please use Further Configuration menus Type or select values in entry fields. Press Enter AFTER making all desired changes. [Entry Fields] * HOSTNAME [apex2] * Internet ADDRESS (dotted decimal) [9.43.78.168] Network MASK (dotted decimal) [255.255.255.129] * Network INTERFACE en1 NAMESERVER Internet ADDRESS (dotted decimal) [] DOMAIN Name [] Default Gateway Address (dotted decimal or symbolic name) [9.43.78.129] Cost [0] # Do Active Dead Gateway Detection? no + Your CABLE Type N/A + START Now no + ============================================================================== COMMAND STATUS Command: OK stdout: yes stderr: no Before command completion, additional instructions may appear below. en1 apex2 inet0 changed en1 changed inet0 changed ============================================================================== # mkdev -l inet0 inet0 Available # # lsattr -El ent0 alt_addr 0x000000000000 Alternate Ethernet Address True busintr 166 Bus interrupt level False busmem 0xc8030000 Bus memory address False chksum_offload yes Enable hardware transmit and receive checksum True intr_priority 3 Interrupt priority False ipsec_offload no IPsec Offload True large_send yes Enable TCP Large Send Offload True media_speed 100_Full_Duplex Media Speed True poll_link no Enable Link Polling True poll_link_timer 500 Time interval
for Link Polling True rom_mem 0xc8000000 ROM memory address False rx_hog 1000 RX Descriptors per RX Interrupt True rxbuf_pool_sz 1024 Receive Buffer Pool Size True rxdesc_que_sz 512 RX Descriptor Queue Size True slih_hog 10 Interrupt Events per Interrupt True tx_preload 1520 TX Preload Value True tx_que_sz 8192 Software TX Queue Size True txdesc_que_sz 512 TX Descriptor Queue Size True use_alt_addr no Enable Alternate Ethernet Address True # # lsattr -El ent1 alt_addr 0x000000000000 Alternate ethernet address True busintr 179 Bus interrupt level False busmem 0xe0080000 Bus memory address False chksum_offload yes Enable hardware transmit and receive checksum True copy_bytes 2048 Copy packet
if
this many or less bytes True delay_open no Enable delay of open until link state is known True flow_ctrl yes Enable Transmit and Receive Flow Control True intr_priority 3 Interrupt priority False intr_rate 10000 Max rate of interrupts generated by adapter True jumbo_frames no Transmit jumbo frames True large_send yes Enable hardware TX TCP resegmentation True link_up_timer 0 Link up notification delay timer True media_speed 1000_Full_Duplex Media speed True rom_mem 0xe0040000 ROM memory address False rx_hog 1000 Max rcv buffers processed per rcv interrupt True rxbuf_pool_sz 2048 Rcv buffer pool, make 2X rxdesc_que_sz True rxdesc_que_sz 1024 Rcv descriptor queue size True slih_hog 10 Max Interrupt events processed per interrupt True tx_que_sz 8192 Software transmit queue size True txdesc_que_sz 512 TX descriptor queue size True use_alt_addr no Enable alternate ethernet address True # # lsattr -El ent2 alt_addr 0x000000000000 Alternate ethernet address True busintr 183 Bus interrupt level False busmem 0xf0080000 Bus memory address False chksum_offload yes Enable hardware transmit and receive checksum True compat_mode no Gigabit Backward compatability True copy_bytes 2048 Copy packet
if
this many or less bytes True delay_open no Enable delay of open until link state is known True flow_ctrl yes Enable Transmit and Receive Flow Control True intr_priority 3 Interrupt priority False intr_rate 10000 Max rate of interrupts generated by adapter True jumbo_frames no Transmit jumbo frames True large_send yes Enable hardware TX TCP resegmentation True link_up_timer 0 Link up notification delay timer True media_speed 100_Full_Duplex Media speed True rom_mem 0xf0040000 ROM memory address False rx_hog 1000 Max rcv buffers processed per rcv interrupt True rxbuf_pool_sz 2048 Rcv buffer pool, make 2X rxdesc_que_sz True rxdesc_que_sz 1024 Rcv descriptor queue size True slih_hog 10 Max Interrupt events processed per interrupt True tx_que_sz 8192 Software transmit queue size True txdesc_que_sz 512 TX descriptor queue size True use_alt_addr no Enable alternate ethernet address True # # lsattr -El en0 alias4 IPv4 Alias including Subnet Mask True alias6 IPv6 Alias including Prefix Length True arp on Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) True authority Authorized Users True broadcast Broadcast Address True largesend off Enable/Disable Largesend attribute True monitor off Enable/Disable Monitor attribute True mtu 1500 Maximum IP Packet Size
for This Device True netaddr Internet Address True netaddr6 IPv6 Internet Address True netmask Subnet Mask True prefixlen Prefix Length
for IPv6 Internet Address True remmtu 576 Maximum IP Packet Size
for REMOTE Networks True rfc1323 Enable/Disable TCP RFC 1323 Window Scaling True security none Security Level True state down Current Interface Status True tcp_mssdflt Set TCP Maximum Segment Size True tcp_nodelay Enable/Disable TCP_NODELAY Option True tcp_recvspace Set Socket Buffer Space
for Receiving True tcp_sendspace Set Socket Buffer Space
for Sending True # # lsattr -El en1 alias4 IPv4 Alias including Subnet Mask True alias6 IPv6 Alias including Prefix Length True arp on Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) True authority Authorized Users True broadcast Broadcast Address True largesend off Enable/Disable Largesend attribute True monitor off Enable/Disable Monitor attribute True mtu 1500 Maximum IP Packet Size
for This Device True netaddr 9.43.78.168 Internet Address True netaddr6 IPv6 Internet Address True netmask 255.255.255.129 Subnet Mask True prefixlen Prefix Length
for IPv6 Internet Address True remmtu 576 Maximum IP Packet Size
for REMOTE Networks True rfc1323 Enable/Disable TCP RFC 1323 Window Scaling True security none Security Level True state up Current Interface Status True tcp_mssdflt Set TCP Maximum Segment Size True tcp_nodelay Enable/Disable TCP_NODELAY Option True tcp_recvspace Set Socket Buffer Space
for Receiving True tcp_sendspace Set Socket Buffer Space
for Sending True # # lsattr -El en2 alias4 IPv4 Alias including Subnet Mask True alias6 IPv6 Alias including Prefix Length True arp on Address Resolution Protocol (ARP) True authority Authorized Users True broadcast Broadcast Address True largesend off Enable/Disable Largesend attribute True monitor off Enable/Disable Monitor attribute True mtu 1500 Maximum IP Packet Size
for This Device True netaddr 9.43.78.152 Internet Address True netaddr6 IPv6 Internet Address True netmask 255.255.255.128 Subnet Mask True prefixlen Prefix Length
for IPv6 Internet Address True remmtu 576 Maximum IP Packet Size
for REMOTE Networks True rfc1323 Enable/Disable TCP RFC 1323 Window Scaling True security none Security Level True state up Current Interface Status True tcp_mssdflt Set TCP Maximum Segment Size True tcp_nodelay Enable/Disable TCP_NODELAY Option True tcp_recvspace Set Socket Buffer Space
for Receiving True tcp_sendspace Set Socket Buffer Space
for Sending True #
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