HP HP-UX 11i Installation Manual

A6795A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter

Installation Guide

HP-UX Networking

Edition 3

Manufacturing Part Number: A6795-90006

E0305

Printed in the US

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1. HP-UX Installation

Supported Conﬁgurations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

Superdome Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installation Prerequisites . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Patches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Installing Driver Software. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7

Installing the Adapter Online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Installing the Adapter Ofﬂine . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8

Attach Other Devices. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11

Verifying Installation. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Verifying Connectivity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12

Interpreting Hardware Paths . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13

A. Regulatory Information

FCC Statement (For U.S.A.) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

Canada . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

EMI (Australia and New Zealand) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17

VCCI (Japan) (PCI Card Only) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

EMI Statement (European Community) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

Laser Safety Statements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18

A6795A Declaration of Conformity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20

Contents

1 HP-UX Installation

This chapter contains HP-UX installation information for the A6795A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter and contains the following sections:

• “Supported Conﬁgurations”

• “Superdome Installation”

• “Installation Prerequisites”

• “Patches”

• “Installing Driver Software”

• “Installing the Adapter Online”

• “Installing the Adapter Ofﬂine”

• “Attach Other Devices”

• “Verifying Installation”

• “Verifying Connectivity”

• “Interpreting Hardware Paths”

Thank you for purchasing HP I/O Cards

If you are installing an HP I/O card as an add-in device, please review this document before attempting installation.

If this card was factory installed in your server, you can skip to the Verifying Installation section. HP welcomes your input. Please email us at: netinfo_feedback@cup.hp.com with comments or suggestions on

HP I/O Cards or related documentation. All product documentation, including a comprehensive Support Guide, Installation Guide, Release Notes, and

Support Matrix are available online at: http://docs.hp.com

1. Click on browse by topic.

2. Click on networking and communications.

3. Click on the Fibre Channel product category.

Supported Conﬁgurations

Verify compliance with the supported conﬁgurations listed in the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix, available at: http://www.docs.hp.com/hpux/netcom/index.html#Fibre%20Channel

Alternately, you can access the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix, as well as other Fibre Channel documentation as follows:

a. go to http://www.docs.hp.com b. select “browse by topic” c. select “Networking and Communications” d. select “Fibre Channel”

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HP-UX Installation

Superdome Installation

Superdome systems are not intended for access by users. HP recommends that Superdome systems only be opened by a qualiﬁed HP engineer. Failure to observe this requirement can invalidate any support agreement or warranty to which the system owner might otherwise be entitled.

Installation Prerequisites

• Check that the /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin directories are in PATH by entering the following command:

echo $PATH

• Verify that you have the following items:

— Grounding wrist strap — Fibre Channel driver software media (included with OS or application CD). Alternately the driver

software, FibrChanl-00, can be downloaded from http://software.hp.com.

— Fibre Channel host bus adapter with an optical port protector attached (not included with all

adapters).

• Verify the cabling requirements:

— Cable map (optional) — A 50 micron ﬁbre optic duplex M/M cable terminated with a SFF (small form factor) LC connector

• Locate the part number and the Worldwide Name for each port on the Fibre Channel adapter and record them.

NOTE Patches are available from either http://www.software.hp.com or

http://ITresourcecenter.hp.com.

Patches

Review the FibrChanl-00 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX Release Notes for the latest patch and dependency requirements:

a. go to http://www.docs.hp.com b. select “browse by topic” c. select “Networking and Communications” d. select “Fibre Channel” Install all driver software and dependency patches before you install the adapter.

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