Digital Equipment DEC 3000 500X AXP Owner's Manual page 79

You set the network type from console mode. To set the network
Setting the
Network Type type, complete the following steps:
1. Start your system as Chapter 5 describes.
2. If your system does not stop at the console prompt after
3. Enter the following command and press the Return key:
Verify the Once you have set the network type, you can verify the network
Network connections by entering the
Connection prompt as follows. The
network interface (NI).
>>>test ni
If the
Successful
the following:
Result of
test ni
>>> test ni
T-STS-NI - OK
>>>
Error Detected If the network test detects an error, you will see a display similar
During test ni to the following:
>>> test ni
T-ERR-NI - Ext Lpbk test failed
?? 000 NI 0x00f2
>>>
Setting and Verifying the Network Connection
the startup tests, press the halt button on the front of
your system unit to display the console prompt (>>>). See
Figure 2–8 for the location of the halt button.
>>> set ethernet network_type
ETHERNET = network_type
The variable network_type is either THICK or TENBT,
depending on which network you are using.
test ni
Return
test is successful, you will see a display similar to
test ni
Return
Return
84 FAIL
Return
test ni command at the console
command tests the Ethernet
Connecting the System to a Network 4–13