Re: Services tools LAN adapter

Well that's fun, ain't it. :-)

I am not aware of any way to check the status of that. A few things though, to peruse or test.

First do assure that the CMNnn resource you have selected does NOT have a Ethernet Line Description in IBM i that is varied ON. If there is, that supersedes the Service Tools Adapter. This is the most common failure by the way.

Next identify absolutely that you have a cable connected to the port in question and that it links to the switch. Oddly enough, one way to test that is to create an Ethernet Line Description in IBM i, assign an address to it, see if the line goes active, and can you ping and and out of that address.

Another thing you can do is in the 'node name' in Servcice tools, enter a unique mac address. Note that it should be a locally administered address so start with 06 for example thus setting the locally administered address bit to 1. (This bit is the seventh bit in the first octet counting from the left, or the '2' position in hex) With this assigned look in the mac address table of the switch to see if the address appears at all.

Good Luck
- Larry

On 2/17/2024 3:45 AM, Don Brown via MIDRANGE-L wrote:

I am working on a system remotely.

I need console access.

I checked the Service Tools LAN adapter through SST and all looks fine.

I did a deactivate followed by an activate which appeared to complete
without any problems.

I can't ping the Services tools LAN adapter.

I can ping the IBMi

I am not aware of anyway to see the status of the service tools land
adapter like you can from CFGTCP.

Can anyone suggest how I can check if the adapter is actually Active ?

Thanks

Don



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