Upgrading Networking Products

If your system includes networking products, read this section.

During the upgrade from 9.x to 10.01, the contents of /etc/netlinkrc will be moved to files under /etc/rc.config.d/ files.

If you upgrade your operating system before your networking products, you may see a report of a networking startup failure when you reboot; this would be shown in the Configure LAN interfaces item in the HP-UX Start-up in progress list that is displayed on the console while the system is booting. The networking startup failure may be due to an attempt to configure a non-existent link (one of your networking products that needs to be upgraded to the 10.01 version.)

If this happens, continue with the upgrade. If, after you have upgraded the networking products, you still see a networking startup failure, use the lanscan command to verify the configuration in SAM, and check the /etc/rc.log file for any failure statements.

Follow these guidelines to ensure a smooth upgrade of a networked system:

Do not upgrade to 10.01 until 10.01-compatible networking products are available. If you upgrade the operating system without compatible networking products, you will lose network functionality. To recover that functionality, upgrade the appropriate networking products.
If possible, upgrade your existing networking products at the same time as you upgrade to 10.01.
Install any new networking products after you upgrade to 10.01.
If you can't upgrade all of your networking products at the same time, upgrade the software/hardware products (for example, Token Ring, FDDI, Fiber Channel) before the software-only products (software products that rely on a separate network hardware product to function — for example, OSI Transport Services, Netware).
Do not move or reposition any network adapter cards before or during the upgrade process.
Stop all applications that are running over the network before you start the upgrade process.
Contact the suppliers of your non-HP products for information on upgrading them.
Hewlett-Packard itself does not support the upgrade of non-HP products to 10.01.
You may need to change device-file names, interface names, and NMID numbers once you have upgraded the system.
If problems arise during the upgrade process, check the following files: /etc/rc.log, /var/adm/sw/snoop.log, and /var/adm/sw/swagent.log.

Upgrading Networking Products

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