Re: [foxboro] Use of 2nd Ethernet Port to Transfer Files

Would you please elaborate on what you want to do? As I read the question,
it sounds like you want to reboot the AW while you are creating a SAVE ALL
diskette. In general, that is a bad idea.
Regards,
 
Alex Johnson
Invensys Systems, Inc.
10900 Equity Drive
Houston, TX 77041
713.329.8472 (voice)
713.329.1700 (fax)
713.329.1600 (switchboard)
alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

-----Original Message-----
From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of prabhakar
Sent: Wednesday, May 17, 2006 10:41 AM
To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Use of 2nd Ethernet Port to Transfer Files

Hello All,

Sometimes we need to access the WP from AW and reboot it when doing save 
all? How to do this?

rgds
Prabhakar
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Johnson, Alex P (IPS)" <alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 9:28 PM
Subject: Re: [foxboro] Use of 2nd Ethernet Port to Transfer Files


>A brief summary for Solaris
>
>
> 1)       To enable the 2nd Ethernet
>
> a.       Run prtconf -a to list all the network interfaces on the machine.
> Save the results.
>
> b.       Install the card
>
> c.       Boot with the -r option to force the card to be recognized
>
> d.       Run prtconf - determine the name of the new card's name - 
> probably
> le1 or hme1 or something similar
>
> 2)       Create a hostname file
>
> a.       The file name should be /etc/hostname.<name>, e.g.,
> /etc/hostname.le1 or /etc/hostname.hme1
>
> b.       Put one line in the file and make that the name you want to call
> the station on the 2nd Ethernet network. One of my AWs is 1AW51E. It's
> network name is NISAW4.
>
> 3)       Edit /etc/hosts and add a line with the name and IP address of 
> the
> box on the 2nd Ethernet port.
>
> 4)       Reboot
>
>
>
> There are other ways, e.g., using ifconfig to do this manually, but...
>
>
>
>
>
> Once you have the machines setup so that ping works from one to the other,
> you can copy a file by typing to the 2nd network name of a machine (call 
> it
> NISAW3) by typing
>
>
>
> rcp testFile nisaw3:/opt
>
>
>
> You can copy a directory by typing:
>
>
>
> rcp -r /usr/menus nisaw3:/usr
>
>
>
>
>
> I know that there are more instructions from others, but this might get 
> you
> started.
>
>
>
>
>
> Regards,
>
>
>
>
>
> Alex Johnson
>
> Invensys Systems, Inc.
>
> 10900 Equity Drive
>
> Houston, TX 77041
>
> 713.329.8472 (voice)
>
> 713.329.1700 (fax)
>
> 713.329.1600 (switchboard)
>
> alex.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:foxboro-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] 
> On
> Behalf Of Jim Kahlden
> Sent: Tuesday, May 16, 2006 10:41 AM
> To: foxboro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [foxboro] Use of 2nd Ethernet Port to Transfer Files
>
>
>
> It has been mentioned on this list before that to transfer data files =
>
> between workstations that a second ethernet port should be set up to do =
>
> this and not use the control nodebus.  Has anyone done this and created =
>
> some documentation or scripts on how this is done and be willing to share 
> =
>
> with the rest of us on the list?
>
>
>
> Thanks,
>
>
>
>
>
> Jim Kahlden
>
> System Reliability Analyst
>
> Lower Colorado River Authority
>
> Fayette Power Project
>
> 6549 Power Plant Road
>
> La Grange, TX 78945
>
> (979) 249-8514 (Ph)
>
> (979) 249-8390 (Fax)
>
> jim.kahlden@xxxxxxxx
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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