HP SCSI Host Bus Adapters What’s in This Document, New and Changed Documentation in This Edition, Typographical Conventions, The, Bold, Table, PCI-X, Emphasis, HP A7173A, UserInput

Table 2 Publishing History Details (continued)

Document Manufacturing	Operating Systems Supported	Supported Product	Publication Date
Part Number		Versions
J6373-90023	HP-UX 11i v1 January 2007	B.11.11.0701	February 2007
	HP-UX 11i v2 December 2006	B.11.23.0612
	HP-UX 11i v3	B.11.31
J6373-99999	HP-UX 11i v1 January 2007	B.11.11.0706	August 2007
	HP-UX 11i v2 December 2006	B.11.23.0706
	HP-UX 11i v3	B.11.31

What’s in This Document

The HP A7173A PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Support Guide is divided into several chapters and appendices. Table 3 briefly describes the content of each chapter and appendix.

Table 3 Document Organization

Chapter	Description
Chapter 1: “HP A7173A Adapter	A7173A adapter features and specifications.
Overview” (page 11)
Chapter 2: “Installing the A7173A	Detailed installation instructions for the A7173A adapter, including
Adapter” (page 13)	hardware and software installation, connecting peripherals, and verification.
Chapter 3: “Configuring the A7173A	Detailed instructions for offline and online configuration of the A7173A
Adapter” (page 23)	adapter, including confirming and changing SCSI parameters.
Chapter 4: “HP A7173A Administration	A7173A adapter performance tuning, online replacement, and firmware
and Management” (page 45)	update instructions.
Chapter 5: “Troubleshooting” (page 51)	A variety of A7173A adapter troubleshooting information, including a
	detailed description of the mptutil command for online diagnostics as
	well as the HP Offline Diagnostics Environment (ODE).
Appendix A (page 65)	Interpretation of common SCSI error messages.

New and Changed Documentation in This Edition

This edition of the HP A7173A PCI-X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI Host Bus Adapter Support Guide contains detailed instructions for performing offline A7173A adapter configuration and firmware

updates on HP Integrity® systems using the Extended Firmware Interface (EFI) utility. It has been updated to provide more details on supported cabling configurations.

Typographical Conventions

This document uses the following conventions:

Book Title	The title of a book. On the web and on the Instant Information CD, it may be
	a hot link to the book itself.
Emphasis	Text that is emphasized.
Bold	Text that is strongly emphasized.
ComputerOut	Text displayed by the computer.
UserInput	A command entered by the System Administrator

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