Hardware and Software Installation Procedure

Step 1: Access the system card bay

Hardware and Software Installation Procedure

These instructions apply to AB465A PCI-X 2-Port 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel and 2-Port Gigabit Ethernet combination cards which can operate on HP-UX 11i v 1.0 of December 2004 or HP-UX 11i v 2.0 of September 2004 or later. If your system is running HP-UX 11i v 1.0, you can ﬁnd the 11i v 1.0 LAN and ﬁbre channel driver bundles on the December 2004 OE distribution media. For 11i v 1.0, you can either load the entire OE or just the two driver bundles for this card. If loading this product on 11i v 2.0, you need to load the entire HP-UX 11i v 2.0 September 2004 OE from the distribution media and you will automatically get the correct LAN and ﬁbre channel driver bundles.

Note: if your LAN card was factory installed (ordered on product option 0D1), you do not need to perform the following hardware and software installation steps though you still need to conﬁgure the card’s IP address as well as set other parameters and options such as those mentioned in Table 2 The Network Conﬁguration Worksheet.

These AB465A combination cards can be added to your system or replaced without the need to shut down or reboot the system--a process called online addition and replacement (OLAR). The following instructions assume you are not performing online addition and replacement.

Step 1: Access the system card bay

•If the system is running, ﬁrst, issue the sync command. Then shut down the system by executing: shutdown -h. Respond “y” to the continue to shutdown prompt.

•Wait for the system to shut down completely, and then power off the system by pressing the system off button. Ensure that the system is grounded.

•Open the system to gain access to the PCI backplane.

•Select an empty PCI or PCI-X slot and remove the slot cover. The card can operate in PCI as well as PCI-X mode. Some servers have “shared” slots. If you put this card in a shared slot that is shared with a slower card, both cards will then operate at the slower card’s speed.

Step 2: Install the card

•Check the latest support matrix to see the systems that support this card, how many cards per system, and if any software updates are needed, The support matrix is available on the web at http://docs.hp.com under “Networking and Communications.”

•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. Add 1 to obtain the MAC address for LAN port B. For ﬁbre channel, also record the card’s Port and Node worldwide names (WWN). The WWN labelled on each card refers to WWN for FC port 1 (the left port). Add 2 to obtain the WWN for FC port 2 (the right port).

•Grasp the card by its edges or faceplate with both hands, insert the card into the slot, and ﬁrmly but gently press the card in until it is fully seated.

•Secure the card and reassemble the system.

Step 3: Connect the card to the network

•Attach the connector from a LAN cable to the card (Figure 1 on page 11). Do the same for the second port. For 1000Base-T, cabling must be Cat 5 UTP or better with RJ-45 connectors. For operating distances, refer to the “Cable Speciﬁcations” section of this document. Note: LAN A is the bottom RJ-45 connector.