HP A7011A, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...A A7012A PCI X 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet Card Installation Guide HP UX OpenVMS Networking Manufacturing Part Number 5971 4261 E0305 Printed in the US Copyright 2004 2005 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P ...

Page 2: ...ormance or use of this material Warranty A copy of the specific warranty 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 ...

Page 3: ...Configure Jumbo Frames Size 8 Network Card Configuration Worksheet 9 2 OpenVMS Installation Preparing for Installation 13 Installing the Adapter 14 Installing the Card 14 Boot the System 14 Configure the Card Using LANCP 14 Optional Step Defining Jumbo Frame Size 15 A Regulatory Information Card Physical and Environmental Specifications 17 FCC Statement For U S A 17 Canada 18 EMI Australia and New...

Page 4: ...Contents 4 ...

Page 5: ...e T cards operate at 10 or 100 Mbit s in either full or half duplex modes and at 1000 Mbit s only in full duplex mode The 1000Base SX cards operate only at 1000 Mbit s and in full duplex mode Ensure that you set both your switch and gigabit Ethernet card to autonegotiation or set both to the same speed and duplex mode The LAN card driver for HP UX 11i v 1 0 is on the December 2003 application CD f...

Page 6: ...Refer to the tables at the end of this procedure for operating distances Attach the free end of the LAN cable or cables to any unused port s on the switch Set the interfacing ports on the switch to the same settings as this LAN card either set the card and switch port to autonegotiation or set them to the same speed and duplex mode The A7012A card does not interoperate with older switches containi...

Page 7: ...ion Window to confirm that you want to install the software swinstall loads the fileset runs the control scripts for the filesets and builds the kernel This should take about 3 to 5 minutes When the status field indicates Ready click Done A Note Window then opens Click the OK button to reboot the system Step 6 Configure the card using SAM Log in as root and verify that the card and its hardware pa...

Page 8: ... Note here LAN means that the end stations do not have any routers or layer 3 switches in between them Obtain the PPA number of the card by entering lanscan Choose one of two configuration methods that will permanently save your configuration use the GUI based system admin manager SAM To use SAM type sam at the HP UX system prompt then double click Networking and Communications and then Advanced C...

Page 9: ...ed As shown on card SAM or edit etc rc config d hpietherconf or temporarily lanadmin A 0x0060b0c4012f Host name alias for this network interface card Required if the system is connected to more than 1 network None SAM or edit etc hosts host1 Link configuration Required Autonegotiating SAM or temporarily lanadmin X lanadmin X auto_on ppa if already turned off Link speed duplex mode Required Autoneg...

Page 10: ...257 9000 for Jumbo Frames the valid MTU size is any number from 1501 9000 Operating Distance for 1000Base T Copper UTP Up to 100 meters Cat 5 and Cat 5E Operating distances for 1000Base SX using multi mode fiber optic cable are as follows Figure 1 1 A7011A PCI X Fiber based 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet Card Description 850nm short wavelength laser Modal Bandwidth Operating Distance 62 5 micron MMF 160 ...

Page 11: ... Chapter 1 11 Figure 1 2 A7012A PCI X Copper based 2 Port Gigabit Ethernet Card Speed LEDs Off 10 Mbit s Port A RJ 45 Connectors Port B Green 100 Mbit s Activity Link LEDs Flashing Data traffic Solid Active link PCI X 1000Base T Dual Port Yellow 1000 Mbit s ...

Page 12: ...HP UX Installation Network Card Configuration Worksheet Chapter 1 12 ...

Page 13: ...iguration and software administration NOTE These instructions apply to the A7011A 1000Base SX fiber based and A7012A 1000Base T copper based PCI X gigabit Ethernet cards on OpenVMS V8 2 and higher The Base T cards operate at 10 or 100 Mbit s in either full or half duplex modes and at 1000 Mbit s only in full duplex mode The 1000Base SX cards operate only at 1000 Mbit s and in full duplex mode Ensu...

Page 14: ...rform these steps 1 Shut down the system 2 Insert the card into an empty PCI slot 3 Connect the card to the network 4 Power up the system When the system is up any error messages will appear on the terminal display or system console See the hardware documentation for the card for details NOTE The A7012A card does not interoperate with older switches containing a BCM 5400 PHY with a version earlier...

Page 15: ...nd SET DEVICE JUMBO To disable jumbo frames use the LANCP command SET DEVICE NOJUMBO To preserve the setting of jumbo frames across boots when using LANCP define the setting in the LANCP permanent device database using the command DEFINE DEVICE JUMBO Table 2 1 Network Card Configuration Worksheet Data Type Required Optional Default Where to Configure Example Your System Station address Built in an...

Page 16: ...OpenVMS Installation Installing the Adapter Chapter 2 16 ...

Page 17: ... 1 This device may not cause harmful interference and 2 this device must accept any interference received including interference that might cause undesired operation This equipment has been tested and found to comply with the limits for a Class A digital device pursuant to Part 15 of the FCC rules These limits are designed to provide reasonable protection against harmful interference when the equi...

Page 18: ...ning This Class A digital apparatus meets all requirements of the Canadian Interference Causing Equipment Regulations Cet appareil numérique de la classe A respecte toutes les exigences du règlement sur le matériel brouilleur du Canada EMI Australia and New Zealand This product meets the applicable requirements of the Australia and New Zealand EMC Framework VCCI Japan PCI Card Only This equipment ...

Page 19: ...vent direct exposure to laser beam do not try to open the enclosure Laser Safety European Union Optical Transceiver Only CAUTION The optical transceiver provided on the network interface card contains a laser system and is classified as a Class 1 Laser Product per EN 60825 1 Safety of Laser products Class 1 laser products are considered safe and do not pose a biological hazard if used within the d...

Page 20: ...Regulatory Information A7011A A7012A Declaration of Conformance Appendix A 20 A7011A A7012A Declaration of Conformance ...