During the initial setup the log shows just this and below are a few excerpts
from the session
Initializing random number generator..done
Loading CPUFreq modules (CPUFreq not supported)
Starting HAL daemon
..done
Setting up (localfs) network interfaces:
lo
lo IP address: 127.0.0.1/8
IP address: 127.0.0.2/8
lo
..doneWaiting for mandatory devices: eth0 __NSC__
30
29
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1
0
eth0 No interface found
..failed
Setting up service (localfs) network . . . . . . . . . ...failed
DoDie called.
Re-Starting syslog services
..done
Starting Samba NMB daemon
..done
Starting RPC portmap daemon
..done
************************
znetconf -u
Scanning for network devices...
Device IDs Type Card Type CHPID Drv.
------------------------------------------------------------
0.0.0340,0.0.0341,0.0.0342 1731/01 OSA (QDIO) 0d qeth
novstart:~ #
lsqeth
lsqeth
novstart:~ #
ifconfig
ifconfig
lo Link encap:Local Loopback
inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0
inet6 addr: ::1/128 Scope:Host
UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:16436 Metric:1
RX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
TX packets:8 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
collisions:0 txqueuelen:0
RX bytes:480 (480.0 b) TX bytes:480 (480.0 b)
***************************
ifconfig eth0
eth0: error fetching interface information: Device not found
novstart:~ #
modprobe qeth
modprobe qeth
novstart:~ #
cd /sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth
cd /sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth
novstart:/sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth #
dir
dir
total 0
--w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 14 19:54 bind
--w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 14 19:54 group
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 0 Nov 14 19:54 module -> ../../../../module/qeth
--w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 14 19:54 uevent
--w------- 1 root root 4096 Nov 14 19:54 unbind
novstart:/sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth #
znetconf -a 0.0.0340
znetconf -a 0.0.0340
Scanning for network devices...
qeth.2c6def: register layer 3 discipline
qdio: 0.0.0342 OSA on SC a using AI:1 QEBSM:0 PCI:1 TDD:1 SIGA:RW AO
qeth.736dae: 0.0.0340: Device is a Guest LAN QDIO card (level: V623)
with link type GuestLAN QDIO (portname: )
qeth.47953b: 0.0.0340: Hardware IP fragmentation not supported on eth0
qeth.066069: 0.0.0340: Inbound source MAC-address not supported on eth0
qeth.d7fdb4: 0.0.0340: VLAN enabled
qeth.e90c78: 0.0.0340: Multicast enabled
qeth.5a9d02: 0.0.0340: IPV6 enabled
qeth.184d8a: 0.0.0340: Broadcast enabled
qeth.dac2aa: 0.0.0340: Using SW checksumming on eth0.
qeth.9c4c89: 0.0.0340: Outbound TSO not supported on eth0
Nov 14 19:54:43 novstart kernel: with link type GuestLAN QDIO (portname: )
eth0 renamed to eth1 by udevd Ý2262¨
udev: renamed network interface eth0 to eth1
Nov 14 19:54:43 novstart ifup: No configuration found for eth1
Successfully configured device 0.0.0340 (eth1)
After I did the initial install these devices showed up as unconfigured then I
did a znetconf -a 0.0.0340 and this was the results
novstart:/sys/bus/ccwgroup/drivers/qeth/0.0.0340/net/eth1 # znetconf -c
znetconf -c
Device IDs Type Card Type CHPID Drv. Name State
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------
0.0.0340,0.0.0341,0.0.0342 1731/01 GuestLAN QDIO 0D qeth eth1 online
Larry Davis,
VM Capability
-----Original Message-----
From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mark Post
Sent: Friday, November 14, 2014 4:28 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: SLES 11 Starter System NIC problem
>>> On 11/14/2014 at 04:22 PM, "Davis, Larry (National VM Capability)"
<[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>> wrote:
> Has anyone else had an issue installing the SLES 11 Starter system and
> the NIC device not being recognized
I haven't heard anything, but that doesn't mean much.
> Once the system is up the NIC Devices are visible but need to be
> configured to make them active but won't connect to ETH0
I don't understand what this means. Can be provide more details?
Mark Post
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