lanscan(1M)

NAME

lanscan − display LAN device configuration and status

lanscan [-ainv] [system [core]]

lanscan displays the following information about each LAN device that has software support on the system:

• Hardware Path.

• Active Station Address (also known as Physical Address).

• Card Instance Number

• Hardware State.

• Network Interface “Name Unit” and State.

• Network Management ID.

• MAC Type.

• HP DLPI Supported. Indicates whether or not the lan device driver will work with HP’s Data Link Provider Interface.

• Major Number associated with the driver for the lan interface. A -- implies that a major number does not apply to this LAN device.

• Extended Station Address for those interfaces which require more than 48 bits. This is displayed only when the -v option is selected.

• Encapsulation Methods that the Network Interface supports. This is displayed only when the -v option is selected.

The arguments system and core allow substitution for the default values /stand/vmunix and /dev/kmem.

lanscan recognizes the following command-line options:

-a Display station addresses only. No headings.

-i Display interface names only. No headings.

-n Display Network Management IDs only. No headings.

-v Verbose output. Two lines per interface. Includes displaying of extended station address and supported encapsulation methods.

lanscan does not display information about LAN devices that do not have software support such as LAN interface cards that fail to

lanscan was developed by HP.