HP A6795A, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...5A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide HP UX Networking Edition 3 Manufacturing Part Number A6795 90006 E0305 Printed in the US Copyright 2004 2005 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P ...

Page 2: ...ranty terms applicable to your Hewlett Packard product and replacement parts can be obtained from your local Sales and Service Office U S Government License Proprietary computer software Valid license from HP required for possession use or copying Consistent with FAR 12 211 and 12 212 Commercial Computer Software Computer Software Documentation and Technical Data for Commercial Items are licensed ...

Page 3: ...er 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 ...

Page 4: ...Contents 4 ...

Page 5: ... 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 Cha...

Page 6: ...are 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...

Page 7: ...K button to return to the Software Selection window You can click the Help button to get more information 6 Select the FibrChanl 00 software bundle 7 Select Mark for Install from the Actions menu 8 Select Install from the Actions menu to begin product installation and open the Install Analysis window 9 Click the OK button in the Install Analysis window to confirm that you want to install the softw...

Page 8: ... hp com For detailed instructions on using OL on HP UX 11i v2 and later HP UX releases see the Interface Card OL Support Guide and the Interface Card OL Support Matrix which can be accessed at http www docs hp com NOTE rp54xx servers have slot restrictions for OLAR PCI slots 1 through 4 do not support OLAR In these servers use PCI slots 5 through 12 for OLAR IMPORTANT Superdome systems are not int...

Page 9: ...is not in use Do not use the protector as a diagnostic tool To install the A6795A Adapter offline all systems except Superdome 1 Shutdown the system 2 Install the adapter in an available PCI slot 3 Attach fiber cabling to the adapter The A6795A adapter uses a fiber optic cable terminated with an LC connector For additional installation instructions see the system documentation Table 1 1 Server Nam...

Page 10: ...HP UX Installation Installing the Adapter Offline Chapter 1 10 Figure 1 1 A6795A Dual Port Fibre Channel Adapter ...

Page 11: ...if necessary and power up the system The following table lists the Fibre Channel cables that you can use with Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapters Be sure to use LC LC or LC SC cables for the A6795A adapter Table 1 2 Cable Products LC LC C7524A Fibre Channel Cable 2m LC 50 125 duplex M M C7525A Fibre Channel Cable 16m LC 50 125 duplex M M C7526A Fibre Channel Cable 50m LC 50 125 duplex M M C7527A Fibre...

Page 12: ... and hardware is installed and running type the following commands to verify mass storage hardware and software installation 1 Check the state of all Fibre Channel hardware and interfaces Enter the ioscan command and verify that the S W State of all Fibre Channel hardware and interfaces is CLAIMED If the Fibre Channel device file has not been created enter the following commands ioscan f insf e 2 ...

Page 13: ... Loop Device Figure 1 3 Example of a Hardware Path for a Direct Fabric Attach Device Figure 1 4 Example of a Hardware Path for a Private Loop Device Each field in the hardware path is described below Field Value Information Fibre Channel Topology of HBA Fabric Topologies such as Public Loop and Direct Fabric Attach Private Loop Adapter This is the hardware path of the Fibre Channel adapter through...

Page 14: ...pology of the HBA and the target device and on the LUN addressing method used For LUNs with Peripheral Device Addressing the value of this field is always 255 For other LUN methods the value of this field is the least significant byte of the N_Port ID of the target device For LUNs with Peripheral Device Addressing the value of this field is always 255 For other LUN methods the value of this field ...

Page 15: ...f the Fabric as Private Loop devices to the Private Loop device Target The value depends on both the Fibre Channel topology and the LUN addressing method used For LUNs with Peripheral Device Addressing the value of this field is the lower 4 bits of the third byte of the N_Port ID of the target device This field usually corresponds to the Arbitrated Loop Physical Address AL_PA of the target device ...

Page 16: ...HP UX Installation Interpreting Hardware Paths Chapter 1 16 ...

Page 17: ...led and used in accordance with the instruction manual may cause harmful interference to radio communications Operation of this equipment in a residential area is likely to cause interference in which case the user at his own expense will be required to take whatever measures may be required to correct the interference Hewlett Packard s system certification tests were conducted with HP supported p...

Page 18: ...ements U S FDA CDRH Optical laser Transceiver CAUTION The optical transceiver provided on the network interface card contains a laser system and is classified as a Class I Laser Product under a U S Department of Health and Human Services DHHS Radiation Performance standard according to the Radiation Control for Health and Safety Act of 1968 The Class I label and compliance statement are located on...

Page 19: ...ver require maintenance contact an authorized service location CAUTION Use of controls adjustments or the performance procedures other than those specified herein may result in hazardous radiation exposure To prevent direct exposure to laser beam do not try to open the enclosure There are no user serviceable parts nor any maintenance required for the optical transceiver All adjustments are made at...

Page 20: ...Regulatory Information A6795A Declaration of Conformity Appendix A 20 A6795A Declaration of Conformity ...