These instructions describe how to configure FDDI on HP-UX
version 10.30 or above. To determine the operating system version
you are using, type the following command:
uname -a
Once you have installed FDDI hardware
and software, you can use SAM to automatically configure networking.
SAM stands for System Administration Manager, a menu-driven
utility for system administration tasks, including configuration
of networking software. SAM has two user interfaces, an X-Windows
system interface and a text terminal interface. The primary components
and functionality of SAM are the same for both interfaces. The differences
are the screen appearance and the navigation methods.
You can get to the SAM online help system using the following
methods:
Choose an item from the "Help"
menu (located in the menubar). This gives you information about
the current SAM screen, keyboard navigation within SAM, using the
SAM help system, and displaying the version of SAM you are currently
running.
Activate the HELP button from a dialog or message
box. This gives you information about the attributes and tasks you
can do from the currently displayed window.
Press the F1 key. This gives you context-sensitive
information for the object at the location of the cursor.
Using SAM, configuring HP FDDI/9000 can be divided into two
procedures:
Configuring the FDDI Link.
Configuring Network Connectivity.
Follow step 1 to add the IP address, any
alias names, and, if the FDDI card is on a subnetwork, the subnet
mask for your FDDI card. This procedure will automatically initialize
the FDDI link and attach your node to the local area network (LAN).
Follow step 2 to add remote system names and remote system
IP addresses for network connectivity, and to specify default gateway
information.
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 | NOTE: Using SAM is the preferred method for HP FDDI/9000 configuration.
However, SAM currently does not support the domain name format.
The domain name format is used with the BIND name service provided
with Internet Services/9000. If you are using the BIND name service,
you can configure the Network Interface Card, but you cannot configure
remote connectivity. You may want to configure FDDI manually. See
the Installing and Administering LAN/9000
manual for detailed instructions on how to install and configure
software manually.
See the "FDDI Resources" chapter for FDDI-specific
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