Compaq's proprietary network teaming software is the problem, you need to
remove that software first.
"Domain105" wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I was tasked with installing a dual port compaq NC3134 NIC into a
> Compaq Proliant 550 server running NT.
>
> The server already had 3 network cards, of which 2 were dual port. so
> a total of 5 ports already installed.
>
> Nic1 212.34.56.78
>
> nic2 first port 194.192.25.130 second port 194.192.25.217
>
> Nic3 first port 194.192.25.224 second port 194.192.25.160
>
>
>
>
> New Nic(4) to have 212.45.23.12 and 192.168.1.1
> (not my real ip addresses)
>
>
> When I added the new card and rebooted the server, the new card had IP
> addresses assigned to it that belonged to NIC2 and nic2 was showing
> "need installing" in compaq teaming and network config utility!!!?
>
> after rejigging the ip addresses around the cards so they went back to
> the correct nics, I found that the card with the .130 address could
> not ping anything on the network (it could ping itself only)
>
> If I removed the new nic(4) NIC2 and nic3 swapped ip addresses again
> after rejigging the ip addresses back to the correct nics all the
> ports worked fine.
>
> I can't figure out why the network cards are not keeping their ip
> addresses.
>
> The new card was originally installed in PCI slot 7 but the server
> would blue screen so it was then installed in slot 1 (no other free
> slots)
>
> One thing i did'nt check was the "Lock boards" option in the compaq
> BIOS (F10) could this have been something to do with it?
>
> Any help would be very greatfully welcomed as I shall be returning to
> the site on Friday to have another attempt
>
> Thankyou
>
> John Court