Chapter 7
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JC-ELE-A-021.fm
GE Healthcare
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Job Card ELE A021 - Networking Connection and Configuration
9-2-3
Disabling Auto-negotiation at Boot Time via the S93route File
To make this setting permanent (done at each boot), you can put these
ndd -set
command lines in the
/etc/rc2.d/S93route
file (with or without a route). Each time the system boots the information in the
/etc/rc2.d/S93route
file is processed automatically. This ensures that the router is automatically declared
(if the lines router declaration exist) and the network interface eri0/nge0/e1000g0 is automatically run-
ning in
auto negotiation=no
mode with the maximum speed supported by the hospital switch. To do this,
use the following steps:
1. From behind the Browser, launch a command window (see
Launching a Command Line Window
A command window appears with an ADS prompt.
2. Log in as root as follows:
a. At the ADS prompt enter:
su -
b. When requested to specify the root password, enter:
operator
3. Ensure that the
/etc/rc2.d/S93route
file exists, by entering:
touch /etc/rc2.d/S93route
4. Allow the
/etc/rc2.d/S93route
file to be written to, by entering:
chmod ou+w /etc/rc2.d/S93route
5. Exit as root user to return to sdc user, by entering:
exit
You are returned to the command prompt as sdc user.
6. Open the
/etc/rc2.d/S93route
file with the textedit command by entering:
textedit /etc/rc2.d/S93route
The
/etc/rc2.d/S93route
file appears in an X-Windows based
TextEdit
application window.