6 some maint commands for the ethernet media cards – Lexmark IBM 9077 User Manual

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Configuration of IP-Forwarding Media Cards

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if-config:

Ethernet interface configuration.

Enumerated field, values:

autonegotiate: autonegotiate

10-half: 10 BaseT Half Duplex

10-full: 10 BaseT Full Duplex

100-half: 100 BaseT Half Duplex

100-full: 100 BaseT Full Duplex

super> set if-config = 100-full

super> write

CARD2/ written

super> quit

#

The configuration of the Ethernet card is now completed. Issue

grwrite -v

and

grreset <slot_number>

. Communication between the GRF’s Ethernet card

and attached devices should work now. To monitor the card, use the

maint

commands we found to be useful in the following section.

4.1.6 Some maint Commands for the Ethernet Media Cards

The

maint

commands operate on the SP Switch control board and require the

card’s slot number, which you may find with the

grcard

command.

Prepare to use

maint

with the following steps:

• First, switch to

maint

’s

GR 66>

prompt with the

grrmb

command.

• At the

GR66>

prompt, change to the prompt for the specific card you are

interested in. For a card in slot 7, this would be the command

port 7

.

• As a result, the following message along with the changed prompt is

returned:

Current port card is 7

GR 7>

• At this prompt

maint

commands can be issued.

• To leave the

GR 7>

prompt, enter

quit

.

The following

maint

commands were most useful for us:

maint 1

-to view the list of receive side (RX)

maint

commands.

maint 101

-to view the list of transmit side (TX)

maint

commands.

maint 3

-to display configuration and status of all ports.

maint 4

-to display media statistics for both the input side and the output side

for one or all eight interfaces. If you do not specify one interface,

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