Hardware and Software Installation Procedure
Features
Features
The AB465A PCI-X Combination cards have the following features:
•PCI-X 133 MHz capable card. It can operate at 32-bit or 64-bit compatible modes and is supported in the following frequencies: PCI 66, PCI-X 66, and PCI-X 133. Best performance is achieved by putting the card in a “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 AB465A card is not supported in PCI 33 bus mode. It operates in 3.3V slots only.
•Supports HP-UX 11i v 2.0 (64 bit) of September 2004 (or later) or 11i v 1.0 of December 2004 (or later) on HP 9000 (PA-RISC-based) and HP Integrity (Itanium or Itanium2-based) platforms.
•The Gigabit Ethernet ports support use of Jumbo Frames.
•Supports HP Serviceguard and Auto-Port Aggregation (APA) for high availability.
•The Gigabit Ethernet port supports virtual LANs (VLANs). This feature is described in Using HP-UX VLANs on http://docs.hp.com.
•Supports PCI-X online addition/replacement (OLA/R) on specified systems.For instructions on how to perform online addition and replacement (OLAR) for PA-RISC-based systems running HP-UX 11i v 1.0, see Configuring HP-UX For Peripherals. For instructions on performing OL* for Itanium-based systems and PA-RISC systems running HP-UX 11i v 2.0 of September 2004 or later, refer to the Interface Card OL* Support Guide.
•Supports configuration through SAM or command line.
•vPars support with vPars 3.02 on supported HP 9000 (PA-RISC-based) systems. Boot over vPars is supported only on the Fibre Channel ports.
•Supports 16k LUNs on the Fibre Channel ports.
•Supports boot/dump on Fibre Channel ports only.
•Online/Offline Diagnostics.
•Ignite UX support.
•Supports readout of Vital Product Data (VPD) for Fibre Channel. To read the Fibre Channel VPD, use: fcmsutil devicefilename vpd.
•Firmware for the Fibre Channel ports -- version is 3.3.150 as of the publication of this document. The FC EFI driver firmware version is 1.42. For GigE, the bootcode is version 3.27; EFI is v7.0.10 or later. To check for updates of these, see the section “For Further Information” in this document.
•Fibre channel transfer rates of 2Gbit/s and 1Gbit/s
•Auto speed sensing on the Fibre Channel ports.
•Supports Fibre Channel protocols SCSI-FCP-2 and FC-Tape.
•Supports the following Fibre Channel topologies:
—FC-SW
—FC-AL-2
—FC-FLA
—FC-PLDA
