Installing the A6828A Adapter

Installing the A6828A Adapter

NOTEAs stated earlier, although the A6828A HBA is supported on only 64-bit HP-UX 11.0 and 11i, you can install the adapter in either a 32-bit or

64-bit PCI slot. In addition, HP recommends using a PCI4X or PCI2X slot, to get maximum performance. However, you can install the adapter in a PCI2X, PCI1X, or shared PCI slot, if necessary.

When you have finished installing the A6828A HBA, go to section “Connecting External SCSI Peripherals” on page 19.

 

Online Addition and Replacement—HP-UX 11i Only

 

Online Addition and Replacement (OLAR) is the ability of a PCI

 

host bus adapter to be replaced in or added to an HP-UX system

 

designed to support this feature, without the need for completely

 

shutting down and then rebooting the system or adversely affecting

 

other system components. The system hardware uses the per-slot power

 

control combined with OS support to enable this feature.

 

Check the latest SCSI support matrix that contains information on the

 

HP-UX systems that support OLAR of the A6828A adapter. The support

 

matrix is available at http://docs.hp.com under the Networking and

 

Communications section.

 

 

IMPORTANT

Certain “classes” of hardware are not intended for access by users. At

 

this time, this includes superdome systems. HP recommends that these

 

systems be opened by a qualified HP engineer only. Failure to observe

 

this requirement can invalidate any support agreement or warranty to

 

which the owner might otherwise be entitled.

 

You can add or replace an OLAR-compatible adapter in either of the

 

 

following ways:

 

• Using the SAM utility.

 

• Issuing command-line commands, through rad, that refer to the

 

c8xx OLAR script (/usr/sbin/olard.d/c8xx).

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