AB545A PCI-X 4 Port Gigabit Ethernet Card Overview HP-UX Networking HP 9000 and HP Integrity Systems E0307 U.S.A. © Copyright 2007 Hewlett-Packard Development Company L.P.
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Product Overview Product Overview Product Overview The AB545A PCI-X LAN cards have the following features and requirements: • PCI-X 133 MHz capable card and is keyed so it only fits in 3.3V slots. It can operate at 32-bit or 64-bit modes and is supported in the following frequencies: — PCI-X 133. Best performance is achieved by putting the card into one of the highest-performing (or “dual-rope”) PCI-X 133 slot.
Product Overview Driver Availability • Supports vPars on HP Integrity and HP 9000 (PA-RISC-based) systems. Enables creation of additional partitions per server. • Card resident EFI driver V 3.0.03. • Supports LAN Boot on HP Integrity systems running HP-UX 11i v2 and on select HP 9000 systems running HP-UX 11i v1 or 11i v2. • Supports Online/Offline Diagnostics. • Supports Ignite-UX. • IPv4 Checksum Offload for TCP (CKO). • IPv4 TCP Segmentation Offload (TSO).
Product Overview Verifying the LAN installation When you use netstat -in, the output values Ipkts and Opkts should be incrementing. • Installation is complete when you have successfully run linkloop, ping and netstat. To configure remote systems, see the Ethernet Support Guide available on the web at http://docs.hp.com. Do this step only if remote systems have not been previously configured.
Product Overview Figure 1 AB545A PCI-X 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet Card Activity/Link LEDs Flashing = Data traffic Solid = Link established OFF = No link ACT / LNK Port A Port B Port C } RJ-45 Connectors Port D 1000Base-T Supporting Systems Speed LEDs Off = 10 Mbit/s Green = 100 Mbit/s Amber = 1000 Mbit/s For the list of systems that support this card and the ones that don’t, refer to the Ethernet Support Matrix on http://docs.hp.com.
Product Overview Unsupported Shared Slot Usage with 33 MHz Cards Unsupported Shared Slot Usage with 33 MHz Cards The AB545A 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet card is not supported in the shared slots of systems where the card in the neighboring shared slot is a 33 MHz only card. The 33 MHz only cards are specified in Table 1.
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Physical, Environmental and Regulatory Information Card Physical and Environmental Specifications A Physical, Environmental and Regulatory Information This appendix contains regulatory statements for the United States, Canada, and the European community. Card Physical and Environmental Specifications Following are the product physical and environmental specifications of the AB545A PCI-X 4-Port Gigabit Ethernet LAN card.
Physical, Environmental and Regulatory Information FCC Statement (For U.S.A.) Non-operating Altitude 4,500 meters (14850 ft) Electromagnetic Compatibility This document contains regulatory statements for the United States and the European community. FCC Statement (For U.S.A.) Federal Communications Commission Radio Frequency Interference Statement WARNING This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules.
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