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AB290A PCI-X
2-Port U320 SCSI and 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet
Combination Card Installation Guide
For mpt Driver Versions B.11.11.02 and B.11.23.01 and
For iether Driver Versions B.11.11.07 and B.11.23.05
HP 9000 and HP Integrity Systems
Manufacturing Part Number : AB290-90001
E0405
Printed in the U.S.A.
© Copyright 2005 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
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- Page 1 2-Port U320 SCSI and 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Combination Card Installation Guide For mpt Driver Versions B.11.11.02 and B.11.23.01 and For iether Driver Versions B.11.11.07 and B.11.23.05 HP 9000 and HP Integrity Systems Manufacturing Part Number : AB290-90001 E0405 Printed in the U.S.A.
- Page 2 UNIX® is a registered trademark in the United States and other countries, licensed exclusively through The Open Group. Itanium®, Itanium2®, and Intel® are registered trademarks of Intel Corp. HP Serviceguard ® and Superdome® are registered trademarks of Hewlett-Packard Co. This Installation Guide has been translated to: http://www.docs.hp.com/ja/index.html...
- Page 3 If your system is HP-UX 11i v 1.0 based, you need to get the two driver bundles from the December 2004 version of HP-UX 11i v 1.0. You do not necessarily have to load the entire OE if you don’t want to. To add the product for 11i v 1.0:...
- Page 4 “I/O Cards and Networking Software.” • Observe the antistatic precautions. HP recommends wearing ESD straps when installing the card. • Record the serial number and MAC address located on the card for future reference. The MAC address labelled on the card refers to LAN port A.
- Page 5 HP A7173A PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Support Guide available at http://docs.hp.com. For Itanium™ based systems, use EFI to set the SCSI IDs offline. See the HP A7173A PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Support Guide for details.
- Page 6 • Check the Release Notes for IEther-00 and scsiU320-00 to see if you need to install any appropriate patches for your system. Release Notes are available on the Web at http://docs.hp.com under I/O Cards and Networking Software. Step 7: Install the latest software.
- Page 7 Click the OK button to activate the card and then select exit from the “File” menu until you exit SAM. Step 9: Verify the SCSI installation After installing the scsiU320-00 software bundle containing the mpt driver, installing the AB290A adapter, and attaching the peripheral devices, verify that all of the components are working by following these steps: •...
- Page 8 PCI devices or functions (one per channel). Two lines are listed for each AB290A adapter, —one for channel A (denoted by a 0 as the last digit in the hardware path), and one for channel B (denoted by a 1 as the last digit in the hardware path). The device file for each channel of each installed adapter is in the second line of the ioscan...
- Page 9 When the system boots after installation, the insf command creates the proper device files for the “ctl” interfaces (which would include the AB290A adapter) as well as the SCSI devices attached to the AB290A adapter. Sometimes, however, the insf command does not create all of the device files that are needed.
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Page 10: For Further Information
The PPA_number is the one we obtained from the output of lanscan. For using Jumbo Frames with the iether Gigabit Ethernet driver on HP-UX 11i v 1.0 or 11i v 2.0 of September 2004 (or later), set the mtu_size to a number from 1501 to 9000 (bytes). - Page 11 For further details on advanced features, see the HP A7173A PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Support Guide. There is also a Support Matrix for Gigabit Ethernet and a separate one for SCSI.
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Page 12: Network Configuration Worksheet
Hardware and Software Installation Procedure Network Configuration Worksheet Network Configuration Worksheet Fill out one worksheet for the networking data of each LAN port on the combination card you are installing. Table 2 Network Configuration Worksheet Required/ How to Configure Your Data Type Default Example... - Page 13 • For normal frames using the iether driver on HP-UX 11i v 1.0, the MTU size is a number from 257 to 1500 bytes. On HP-UX 11i v 2.0, the MTU size for normal frames is a number from 1024 to 1500 bytes.
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Page 14: Product Overview And Requirements
“dual-rope” PCI-X 133 slot. To identify which slots are the dual rope slots in a particular system, please refer to the hardware users’ guide for each system. The AB290A card is not supported in PCI 33 bus mode. It operates in 3.3V slots only. - Page 15 HP Integrity Superdome IA 16-way, 32-way, 64-way,128-way, and 192-way rx8620 and rx8620 with Server Expansion unit The combination card is supported in the HP 9000 (PA-RISC processor-based) systems specified in Table 4. Table 4 Combination Card in HP 9000 Systems...
- Page 16 Card Physical and Environmental Specifications Card Physical and Environmental Specs and Regulatory Information Card Physical and Environmental Specifications Following are the product physical and environmental specifications of the AB290A PCI-X 2-Port U320 SCSI and 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet Combination Card. Physical Specifications Form Factor PCI-X (2.3)
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Page 17: Fcc Statement (For U.s.a.)
Hewlett-Packard’s system certification tests were conducted with HP-supported peripheral devices and cables, such as those received with your system. Changes or modifications to this equipment not expressly approved by Hewlett-Packard could... - Page 18 Card Physical and Environmental Specs and Regulatory Information EMI Statement (European Community)