A6826A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide, February 2007

Chapter 1
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1 Fibre Channel Adapter Installation for
HP-UX
This chapter contains installation prerequisites, guidelines, and procedures for the A6826A host bus adapter.
This chapter addresses the following topics:
“Prerequisites” on page 5
“Important Patches and Updates” on page 6
“Installing Driver Software” on page 6
“Installing Adapter Hardware” on page 7
“Attaching the Adapter to Other Fibre Channel Devices” on page 11
“Verifying the Fibre Channel Adapter Installation” on page 12
“Interpreting Legacy Hardware Paths (HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2)” on page 13
“Interpreting Lunpath Hardware Paths (HP-UX 11i v3)” on page 16
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If you are installing an HP I/O card as an add-in device, please review this document before attempting
installation.
If this card was factory installed in your server, see “Verifying the Fibre Channel Adapter Installation” on
page 12.
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1. Within the “Internet & Networking” category select “I/O Cards and Networking Software”
2. Select “Fibre Channel”
3. Click on the Fibre Channel documentation product.
Prerequisites
Before installing the adapter, follow these steps:
Step 1. Verify compliance with supported sonfigurations using the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter
Support Matrix at:
http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel
Step 2. Determine if the adapter is a Customer Replaceable Unit (CRU) using the HP Fibre Channel Host
Bus Adapter Support Matrix. If the adapter is not a CRU, contact your HP representative for
installation assistance.
Field Replaceable Units (FRUs) must be installed or replaced by qualified Hewlett-Packard service
representatives only. CRUs can be installed or replaced by customers or qualified Hewlett-Packard
service representatives.
Step 3. Check the following conditions:
• To verify that the /usr/bin, /usr/sbin, and /sbin directories are in the PATH, enter the
following command:
echo $PATH
• Verify that you have the following items:
— Grounding wrist strap
— Fibre Channel driver software media (included with the OS or application CD)