[Info-vax] DE500 and autonegotiation

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <kc249k$p7u$1 at usenet01.boi.hp.com>, "Robert A. Brooks"
<rab at hp.com> writes: 

> Autonegotiate should always work, assuming a properly-functioning switch 
> and card.  The VMS ethernet drivers are designed for autonegotiate to 
> work, and if there is a problem, we'll fix it.

I guess one could say that if it doesn't work, the switch or card isn't 
functioning properly.  :-)

I tried Hoff's suggestion to find out the hardware version with ANA/SYS, 
but I don't see it.

This console message appears quite early at startup, before cluster 
membership happens.

I don't want to risk fooling around with the settings in LANCP.  
Assuming that the cards I have (probably factory installed in the PWS; 
the one in the XP1000 works fine) work with 100 Mb/s and/or full duplex 
at all, is there any danger in setting this at the console then booting?