[Info-vax] LAVC, AlphaStation255 & Cisco Switch

[Kari Uusimäki]

On 2.8.2010 15:32, Christoph Gartmann wrote:
> Hello,
>
> we replaced an old switch with one from Cisco (C3560E). But an AlphaStation 255
> has problems booting (OpenVMS 7.3-2) via this switch. It boots, starts
> STARTUP.COM, mounts its local device for page- and swap-file, starts two
> processes and then tells something about the network setting (Fast Ethernet,
> Full Duplex) and crashes claiming that there were too many erros on device
> PEA0. On the switch side it is a fixed setting (speed 100, duplex full, no mdix
> auto). There is no problem neither with a 3COM-Switch nor with one from HP.
> Thus, I assume the setting on the VMS side is all-right. But what do I need
> to configure on the Cisco end? What is happending here?
>
> Regards,
>     Christoph Gartmann
>

Hi,

Are you using the integrated Ethernet interface on the AlphaStation 255?
It doesn't support 100Mbit/s AFAIK.
Only the DE500 (and DE600) adapters are able to use 100Mbit/s.


Regards,

Kari