About This Document; Intended Audience; Document Organization; Typographic Conventions - HP AD278A Support Manual

About This Document

This document describes how to troubleshoot HP AD278A/AD279A PCI Multiplexer (MUX)
serial adapters and peripherals. It also discusses technical specifications for the adapters and
peripheral connections.
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Intended Audience

This document is intended for system and network administrators responsible for installing and
managing PCI MUX serial adapters. You are expected to have knowledge of operating system
concepts and I/O concepts. You must also have knowledge of networking and network
configuration concepts.
This document is not a tutorial.

Document Organization

The HP PCI Multiplexer Support Guide is organized as follows:
Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Appendix A
Appendix B
Appendix C

Typographic Conventions

This document uses the following conventions.
audit(5)
Book Title
KeyCap
Emphasis
Bold
Bold
ComputerOut
UserInput
Command
Introduction Presents an overview of HP PCI Multiplexer product and describes
its components.
Troubleshooting Describes the diagnostics tools available and how to
troubleshoot PCI Multiplexer.
Appendix AProvides technical specification details for components of PCI
Multiplexer.
Appendix BProvides RJ45 and DB25 pin-out tables for RJ-45 and DB-25
connectors.
Appendix CDescribes the naming and numbering conventions followed for
ports and device drivers.
An HP-UX manpage. In this example, audit is the name and 5 is the section in
the HP-UX Reference. On the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may
be a link to the manpage itself. From the HP-UX command line, you can enter
"man audit" or "man 5 audit" to view the manpage. See man(1).
The title of a book. On the Web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be
a link to the book itself.
The name of a keyboard key. Note that Return and Enter both refer to the
same key.
Text that is emphasized.
Text that is strongly emphasized.
The defined use of an important word or phrase.
Text displayed by the computer.
Commands and other text that you type.
A command name or qualified command phrase.
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