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Has anyone managed to get the 10/100BaseT Ethernet cards to work in
their microchannel 550 with any version of AIX from 3.2.5 to 4.3?  The
only thing IBM seems to be able to tell me is that it should work but is
unsupported in the 550. (They didn't test it). At $795 a pop, that's not
comfortable!  Thx !

: Has anyone managed to get the 10/100BaseT Ethernet cards to work in
: their microchannel 550 with any version of AIX from 3.2.5 to 4.3?  The
: only thing IBM seems to be able to tell me is that it should work but is
: unsupported in the 550. (They didn't test it). At $795 a pop, that's not
: comfortable!  Thx !

Make sure you specify the speed of the card when configuring. They do
not seem to be able to do auto-negotiate. Also make sure you have the
latest device driver - in 4.2.1 it is at the .11 level. We had a very
difficult time with one on a C10. It turned out to be a defect adapter
card - lots of CRC errors on read.

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Jerry M.
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 where can I do these??
I use 4.2.1 + 8f62 with Level .11

Bye,bye, Thomas.

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:> Make sure you specify the speed of the card when configuring. They do
:> not seem to be able to do auto-negotiate. ...

:  where can I do these??
: I use 4.2.1 + 8f62 with Level .11

Use SMIT devices. If you have already configured TCP/IP you will need to
bring the network interfaces down, (ifconfig en0 down, ifconfig et0 down)
delete the interfaces, (rmdev -l en0, rmdev -l et0), reconfigure devices,
(cfgmgr), reconfigure your ethernet adapter, ent0 (SMIT devices), select
the speed for the device, and finally reconfigure TCP/IP with SMIT.
(SMIT tcpip, Minimum Configuration and Startup)

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Regards,
Jerry M.
Seen on a Tee Shirt, "Never GREP a YACC by the INODE".