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The Question is:
Hi,
I have an XP1000 on which I try to get Fast Ethernet to run.
System Information:
System Type COMPAQ Professional Workstation
Cycle Time 1.5 nsec (666 MHz)
PAL Code 1.88-27
Console Vers V5.9-1
D800 F4 EWA: 3 DE500-BA 100 mbit NI
I have applied: VMS721_UPDATE V3.0
At the boot prompt I have issued
>>>set ewa0_mode auto
I have also tried with mode=fast and mode=FastFD.
When OpenVMS is booted I always get:
%EWA0, Auto Sense mode set by console
%EWA0, Twisted-Pair (10BaseT) Ethernet connection selected.
I have tried to set the speed by using LANCP but that does not help. Currently
I have:
LANCP> list dev ewa0/char
Device Characteristics, Permanent Database, for EWA0:
Value Characteristic
----- --------------
TwistedPair Line media type
Enabled Full duplex enable
100 Line speed
LANCP> show dev ewa0/char
Device Characteristics EWA0:
Value Characteristic
----- --------------
1500 Device buffer size
Normal Controller mode
External Internal loopback mode
08-00-2B-86-D6-11 Hardware LAN address
Multicast address list
CSMA/CD Communication medium
FF-FF-FF-FF-FF-FF Current LAN address
64 Minimum receive buffers
128 Maximum receive buffers
Yes Full duplex enable
Yes Full duplex operational
TwistedPair Line media type
10 Line speed (mbps)
Today I saw something similar in OpenVMS 7.3 patch VMS73_LAN-V0100. An extract:
"When using the Auto-Negotiate console setting on an XP1000 system,
Auto-Negotiation is not done. Instead, after boot the device is in
10mb/half-duplex mode."
Is this patch regarding the same problem that I have in OpenVMS 7.2-1?
If it is, can I expect a similar patch for OpenVMS 7.2-1?
Do I have any chance to configure the system to 100 mbit/sec anyhow?
Best Regards
Sven
The Answer is : You are clearly assuming that this is a problem with OpenVMS and not with the Ethernet switch involved. This may or may not be a safe assumption. You will want to confirm that the environment does correctly negotiate. Please search for the DE500 information in the OpenVMS FAQ. Please try explicitly setting the required operation mode. If you require an ECO kit that is not presently available and you have confirmed correct negotiation, please either upgrade to a release that has the support or please contact the Compaq Customer Support Center and request that a fix be made available.
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