HP AB290A, Installation Manual

Page 1: ...nstallation Guide For mpt Driver Versions B 11 11 02 and B 11 23 01 and For iether Driver Versions B 11 11 07 and B 11 23 05 HP 9000 and HP Integrity Systems Manufacturing Part Number AB290 90001 E0405 Printed in the U S A Copyright 2005 Hewlett Packard Development Company L P ...

Page 2: ...ragraph c 1 ii of the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at DFARS 252 227 7013 for DOD agencies and subparagraphs c 1 and c 2 of the Commercial Computer Software Restricted Rights clause at FAR 52 227 19 for other agencies HEWLETT PACKARD DEVELOPMENT COMPANY L P 20555 S H 249 Houston Texas 77070 Use of this document and any supporting software media supplied for this pack is res...

Page 3: ...h HP UX 11i v 2 0 of September 2004 your system needs to be on that OE So if your system does not have 11i v 2 0 of September 2004 or later you need to load the entire HP UX 11i v 2 0 September 2004 or later OE from the distribution media and you will automatically get the correct LAN and SCSI driver bundles These AB290A combination cards can be added to your system or replaced without the need to...

Page 4: ...g must be Cat 5 UTP or better with RJ 45 connectors The maximum cable length for 1000Base T Copper UTP is 100 meters over Cat 5 or Cat 5E Attach the free end of a LAN cable to any unused port on the switch Do the same for the other port The LAN ports on the 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 Set the ports on the card an...

Page 5: ...cally enabled in this case if the jumper is off Low voltage differential peripheral devices are normally terminated with external terminators but are sometimes set with jumpers or a switch on the peripheral Refer to the device manual to identify terminator settings and how to change them Step 5 Power Up the system Determine the SCSI ID required for each device on the SCSI bus Power up the system R...

Page 6: ...u can also use the dmesg command to retrieve startup messages later Verify that the Ethernet LAN connector s Link LED is on When the system is up log in as root and verify that the card and its hardware path are displayed by executing the command ioscan Step 6 Prepare to install the software Check that the usr bin usr sbin and sbin directories are in your PATH using the command echo PATH Check the...

Page 7: ...ater OE distribution media Just repeat Step 7 to load it Step 8 Configure the card using SAM Log in as root and verify that the card and its hardware path are displayed by entering ioscan Run the System Administration Manager by entering sam Double click Networking and Communications Double click Network Interface Cards Highlight the AB290A combination SCSI Gigabit Ethernet card and choose Configu...

Page 8: ...it in the hardware path The device file for each channel of each installed adapter is in the second line of the ioscan output for example dev mpt6 or dev mpt7 For more detailed information on installed AB290A adapter s including the SCSI parameter settings as well as verification of devices that have been connected to the AB290A adapter s issue the mptconfig dev file command for each channel of ea...

Page 9: ...n Step 10 Verify the LAN installation Verify that the LAN connector s Link LED is steadily on this means the card and driver are installed successfully Obtain the PPA number and the station address of each card by using the lanscan command To verify link level connectivity with a remote system enter linkloop i PPA_number remote_station_address Note when you use linkloop ensure that the remote syst...

Page 10: ...g an editor such as vi etc rc config d hpietherconf Set the mtusize by editing HP_IETHER_MTU 0 mtusize and insert the proper interface name HP_IETHER_MTU i HP_IETHER_INTERFACE_NAME When the system reboots the interface will be configured for jumbo frame operation Verify MTU change by entering netstat rn If MTU has not changed enter the following commands ifconfig lan PPA_number unplumb ifconfig la...

Page 11: ...ocated in the Ethernet Support Guide There is maintenance and troubleshooting information about the mpt SCSI driver used in this product in the SCSI Support Guide The mpt driver is the same one used in the A7173A SCSI product and has the same features as the driver described in that product s documentation For further details on advanced features see the HP A7173A PCI X Dual Channel Ultra320 SCSI ...

Page 12: ...ss Required 0 0 0 0 SAM or ifconfig or edit etc rc config d netconf 196 6 20 2 Subnet mask Required if using subnetting Subnet mask not used SAM or ifconfig or edit etc rc config d netconf 255 255 248 0 Station address Built in but can be optionally changed As shown on card SAM or edit etc rc config d hpietherconf or temporarily lanadmin A 0x0060b0c4012f Host name alias for this network interface ...

Page 13: ...to 1500 bytes For jumbo frames using the iether driver on HP UX 11i v 1 0 or HP UX 11i v 2 0 the MTU size is a number from 1501 to 9000 bytes Figure 1 AB290A PCI X 2 Port U320 SCSI and 2 Port 1000Base T Combination Card 68 Pin VHDCI 1000Base T Connectors RJ 45 Speed LEDs Off 10 Mbit s Green 100 Mbit s Yellow 1000 Mbit s Activity Link LEDs Flashing Data traffic Solid Active link OFF No link SCSI Co...

Page 14: ...support virtual LANs VLANs This feature is described in Using HP UX VLANs on http docs hp com Supports PCI X online addition replacement OLA R on specified systems For instructions on how to perform online addition and replacement OLAR for PA RISC based systems running HP UX 11i v 1 0 see Configuring HP UX For Peripherals For instructions on performing OL for Itanium based systems and PA RISC syst...

Page 15: ...Combination Card in HP Integrity Systems rx1600 and rx1620 rx2600 rx2620 rx4640 rx7620 HP Integrity Superdome IA 16 way 32 way 64 way 128 way and 192 way rx8620 and rx8620 with Server Expansion unit Table 4 Combination Card in HP 9000 Systemsa a The AB290A combination card is not supported on rp7410 rp8400 or on HP 9000 Superdomes that have 8600 or 8700 processors rp3410 2 rp3440 4 rp4440 8 rp7420...

Page 16: ...133Mhz Height 10 8 cm 4 25 in Depth 21 6 cm 8 5 in Width 2 cm 0 7 in Weight 0 18 kg 0 4 lb kg Power consumption 25 Watts Operating Temperature Range Degrees Celsius 5o C to 40o C Recommended Operating Temperature Range Degrees Celsius 10o C to 40o C Non operating storage Temperature Range Degrees Celsius 40o C to 70o C Temperature Shock Immunity Max Rate of Change 20 C hr Non operating storage Hum...

Page 17: ...nd can radiate radio frequency energy and if not installed 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...

Page 18: ...Card Physical and Environmental Specs and Regulatory Information EMI Statement European Community 18 ...