HP-UX Virtual Partitions Ordering and Configuration Guide (May 2012)

Table 14 Mass Storage Cards Supported by vPars on PA-RISC Servers (continued)

DescriptionCard Product Number

Single Port PCI 2x Fibre Channel AdapterA5158A

Dual Port FWD SCSI (PCI Bus) AdapterA5159A, A5159B

PCI 2-Port 100Base-T 2-Port Ultra2 SCSIA5838A

PCI 2Gb Fibre Channel AdapterA6795A

PCI Ultra160 SCSI AdapterA6828A

PCI Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI AdapterA6829A

PCI Dual-Port 2Gb/1Gb Fibre-ChannelA6826A

PCI 4-Port RAID160 SA SCSI AdapterA7143A

PCI-X 2-Port Ultra320 SCSI AdapterA7173A

PCI-X 2Gb Fibre-Channel and GigEthernet Combo Card AdapterA9782A

PCI-X 2Gb Fibre-Channel and GigEthernet Combo Card AdapterA9784A

Smart Array 6402 Ultra320 SCSI RAID ControllerA9890A

Ultra320 SCSI PCI-X RAID Smart Array ControllerA9891A

U320 SCSI/GigE ComboAB290A

2-Port 2-Gb Fibre Channel / 2-Port Gigabit ComboAB465A

PCI-X 1-Port 4Gb FC and 1-Port 1000BT AdapterAD193A

PCI-X 2-Port 4Gb FC and 2-Port 1000BT AdapterAD194A

If using the A6826A card with a virtual array, you must upgrade the firmware on the A6826A to version 3.02.170 or

later. This eliminates the crash dump problem that occurs with earlier firmware versions. You can check the firmware

version by using the /opt/fcms/bin/fcdutil /dev/fcd# command.

Support for boot as of vPars A.03.02.

Cards with a PCI-to-PCI Bridge

On systems running HP-UX 11i v1, you must install the PCI OL* patch PHKL_31227 or its successor

for cards that have a PCI-to-PCI bridge. This includes the cards AB290A, A9782A, A9784A, and

AB465A. You can check if any of your cards uses a PCI-to-PCI bridge by issuing the ioscan

-fkC ba command:

# ioscan –fkC ba

If a line similar to the following is shown in the ioscan output:

ba 2 1/0/6/1/0 PCItoPCI CLAIMED BUS_NEXUS PCItoPCI Bridge

then the cards below the hardware path use a PCI-to-PCI bridge, and you should install the patch.

Networking Cards

For vPars on PA-RISC, all networking cards that are supported for the server are supported for the

server in a vPars environment.

4.4.2 Supported Mass Storage and Networking Cards (Integrity)

Updating Firmware

All firmware steps described below require the system to be booted into nPars mode. For information

on the modes for Integrity servers, see the HP-UX Virtual Partitions Administrator Guide.

Using the Network Card

Note that when using vparboot -I on an Integrity system, the network card used to obtain the

bootable kernel is the network card of the target virtual partition, whereas on a PA-RISC system

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