GE Healthcare
Senographe DS
Revision 1
Service Information and Procedures Class A 2385072-16-8EN
Job Card ELE A021 - Networking Connection and Configuration
Page no. 657
Chapter 7
JC-ELE-A-021.fm
11. Disable 100 Mbit/s Full Duplex as follows:
For V1/V2 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/eri adv_100fdx_cap 0
For V3 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_100fdx_cap 0
For V4 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/e1000g0 adv_100fdx_cap 0
12. Ping the IP address given to you by the hospital network engineer, by entering:
ping
<ip address>
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If the ping test works, the highest speed supported is 100 Mbit/s Half Duplex.
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If the ping test fails, the highest supported speed needs determining - go to step 13.
13. Disable 100 Mbit/s Half Duplex as follows:
For V1/V2 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/eri adv_100hdx_cap 0
For V3 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_100hdx_cap 0
For V4 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/e1000g0 adv_100hdx_cap 0
14. Ping the IP address given to you by the hospital network engineer, by entering:
ping
<ip address>
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If the ping test works, the highest speed supported is 10 Mbit/s Full Duplex.
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If the ping test fails, the highest supported is 10 Mbit/s Half Duplex.
15. Enable the Senographe firewall, by entering:
/etc/rc2.d/S65ipfboot start
16. Logout as root, by entering:
exit
9-2-2
Disabling Auto-negotiation from the Command Line
To set the auto negotiation to off on the network interface:
1. Log in as root as follows:
a. At the ADS prompt enter:
su -
b. When requested to specify the root password, enter:
operator
2. For V1/V2 Control Stations, select the eri0 interface you intend to change, by entering:
ndd -set /dev/eri instance 0
3. If the maximum speed supported by the hospital switch port connected to the Control Station is less
than that of the eri0/nge0/e1000g0 interface, enter the appropriate commands from Table 1 on
page 655 to disable the speeds that are not supported.
4. Set the eri0/nge0/e1000g0 interface auto-negotiation capabilities to no (i.e. 0) as follows:
For V1/V2 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/eri adv_autoneg_cap 0
For V3 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/nge0 adv_autoneg_cap 0
For V4 Control Stations, enter:
ndd -set /dev/e1000g0 adv_autoneg_cap 0
