HP J6700, C3700 User Manual

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Read Before Installing

HP A7789A Fire GL™-UX Graphics Card And Software

System Prerequisites

Your HP workstation must meet the following prerequisites to support the Fire GL-UX graphics
option:

1. Hardware requirements - The A7789A Fire GL-UX card is supported only on hp j6000 and HP
PA-RISCworkstations with the PA-8700 or later processors. At this time, the only supported mod­els are the HP c3650, c3700, j6000 and j6700 Workstations. (HP has not tested other host systems
and does not provide technical support for configurations other than these.)

2. O.S. requirements - The prerequisite OS software must be installed before the Fire GL-UX card
will function as a console device. If the workstation was ordered with the Fire GL-UX card inte­grated at the factory and HP-UX ignited, the prerequisite software should already be installed.

OS requirements for HP-UX 11.0: On Media:
* General Release Patch Bundle, Nov. 1999 (ACE) 11.0 (Core) Install/Update
* Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle, Mar. 2002 or later 11.0 Support Plus (Mar. 2002)

OS requirements for HP-UX 11i:
* Hardware Enablement Patch Bundle 11i, Mar. 2002 or later 11i Support Plus (Mar. 2002)

You can confirm that you have the necessary O.S. revision and appropriate patch bundles by exe­cuting the following commands:

$/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle | grep ACE (for General Release patches)

Pub. No. A7789-90001

A778 9- 90001

$/usr/sbin/swlist -l bundle | grep HWE (for Hardware Enablement patches)

The output should contain information similar to this:

XSWGR1100... General Release Patches, November 1999 (ACE) or
HWE1100... Hardware Enablement Patches for HP-UX 11.00, March 2002 (HWE)

If you do not see lines like this in the output, you should install the appropriate patch bundles
(November 1999 or later ACE and March 2002 or later HWE) before attempting to install the Fire
GL-UX software.

Multi-display configurations - The j6000 and j6700 Workstationscanbeconfiguredtorunmultiple
Fire GL-UX cards in a multi-display environment. At this time, HP does not support the Single Logi­cal Screen functionality with the Fire GL-UX card. You cannot use multiple Fire GL-UX cards in the
c3650 or c3700 Workstations. You also cannot use the Fire GL-UX card concurrently with any other
type of graphics card.

Monitor Support

An HP-supported, full multimode color monitor is required for the Fire GL-UX card.
The following list of monitors, plus all other monitors that HP supports in the future, are supported

with the Fire GL-UX card
NOTE The Fire GL-UX card does not support all timings and resolutions that each display

device will accept. Use the HP System Administration Manager (SAM) utility to select
alternative settings.

See your workstation Owner's Guide for information on using the /opt/graphics/common/bin/
setmon command to produce a list of supported timings and screen resolutions for your workstation.

Table 0-1. Fire GL-UX Supported Monitors

Product

Name

P920 D8912W 19-inch color CRT monitor
P910 D8910W 19-inch color CRT monitor

P1130 P4819W 21-inch color CRT monitor
P1120 D8915W 21-inch color CRT monitor
P1110 D2847W 21-inch color CRT monitor

L1820 P4829W 18-inch color LCD flat panel (quartz gray bezel)
L1820 P4829X 18-inch color LCD flat panel (dark gray bezel)
L1810 D5069W 18-inch color LCD flat panel

Product Number Description

A4490A 17-inch color CRT monitor

A4575A 19-inch color CRT monitor

A4576A 21-inch color CRT monitor
A7217A 24-inch color CRT monitor
A1295A 24-inch color CRT monitor

L1800 D5065W 18-inch color LCD flat panel

Software Installation Instructions

NOTE The Fire GL-UX Software CD-ROM must be installed prior to using the workstation

when a Fire GL-UX graphics card is installed. Basic drivers for the Fire GL-UX are
included in the Hardware Enablement Bundle (March 2002) and on factory-ignited
workstations. These drivers are supported only for installing the full drivers from the
Fire GL-UX Software CD-ROM. If you are upgrading a workstation that already has a
video card, the Fire GL-UX Software CD-ROM must be installed prior to installing the
Fire GL-UX graphics card.

1. Insert the Fire GL-UX Software CD-ROM (HP Part No. A7789-91001) into your CD-ROM Drive.

2. As root, mount the CD to a directory. For example:

$mount /dev/dsk/c0t0d0 <directory_name>

3. Change directories (cd) to the <directory_name>

4. Execute the “install” script by typing: #./install

This script is included on the CD and contains the appropriate swinstall command and options to
install the software.

5. Your Fire GL-UX software is now ready for use

NOTE For Ignite-UX: The March 2002 (or later) release of Ignite-UX must be used on an

ignite server to boot target workstations having a Fire GL-UX console. All of the
prerequisite OS software and all patches on the Fire GL-UX Software CD-ROM must
be ignited on the target workstation in order to generate a functioning and supported
configuration.

Making Software And Device-specific Changes

For important information on re-configuring an existing graphics card (for example, creating the
proper device files), refer to your workstation Owner's Guide, Technical Reference or the Graphics
Administration Guide which is found on the http://www.hp.com/go/workstationsupport web page.

Removing/Replacing Cards

NOTE Please read your workstation documentation for important system configuration

information.

CAUTION Graphics boards are susceptible to electrostatic shock. When handling your

graphics board, always wear a properly grounded wrist strap and handle the
board carefully. Always unplug the AC power cord from the workstation before
opening the cabinet and performing any installation inside the workstation