Hp INTEGRITY RX4640, INTEGRITY RX7620, INTEGRITY RX2600, INTEGRITY RX6600, INTEGRITY RX8640 PCIe Ethernet Card Installation Guide

PCIe Ethernet Card Installation Guide for HP Integrity Servers

HP-UX, Linux, OpenVMS, and Windows

HP Part Number: 5991-6020
Published: April 2008
Edition: 1

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Localized Documentation

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This document contains procedures to install and verify PCIe Ethernet cards on HP Integrity
servers, for all supported operating systems. This document addresses the following topics:

• “Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity systems”

• “Prerequisites”

• “Installing the PCIe Card” (page 4)

• “Configuring a Card Using HP-UX on HP Integrity Systems” (page 4)

• “Configuring a Card Using OpenVMS on HP Integrity Systems” (page 5)

• “Configuring a Card Using Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit on HP

Integrity Servers” (page 6)

• “Configuring a Card Using Linux on HP Integrity Systems” (page 7)

Operating Systems Supported on HP Integrity systems

For additional information on using this product with HP Integrity systems, see the I/O
documentation at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html

Available documents include the following:

• Product Overview, including specifications, regulatory statements, and Declaration of
Conformity

• Driver Release History and Release Notes

• Support Matrix, including supported servers, operating systems, and required versions

• Support Guides and Users Guides, including detailed maintenance and troubleshooting
information

Prerequisites

Review the prerequisites below before performing any installation.

• Review the card, technology, and driver documentation. See “Operating Systems Supported

on HP Integrity systems”.

• Determine the slot in which to install the card; choose the fastest performing slot available.
For detailed information about slots in entry-level Integrity servers, see I/O Slot Matrix -
Entry Level Integrity Servers in the System Administration section at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/hw.html

For additional information about slot restrictions for this card, see the support matrix or
product overview for this card at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html

• If the operating system, server, and card, support Online Addition and Replacement (OLAR
for HP-UX 11i v1), Online Addition, Replacement, and Deletion (OL* for HP-UX 11i v2 and
11i v3), or hot-plug (Windows Integrity 64-bit), the server might not need to be powered
off.

For HP-UX 11i v1 OLAR, see Chapter 2 of Configuring HP-UX for Peripherals at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11i.html

For HP-UX 11i v2 and later releases (OL*) see Interface Card OL* Support Guide in the
System Administration section at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html

For Windows Integrity 64-bit, see the Smart Setup Guide applicable to your server at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/windows.html

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