A6826A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide, February 2007

Fibre Channel Adapter Installation for HP-UX

Installing Adapter Hardware

Chapter 1

Confirm whether OLAR or OL* are supported on the system in wich you plan to install a Fibre Channel

adapter. See the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix, at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel

For detailed instructions on using OLAR on HP-UX 11i v1, see Chapter 2 of Configuring HP-UX for

Peripherals, which can be accessed at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/hpux11i.html

For detailed instructions on using OL* on HP-UX 11i v2 and later HP-UX releases, see the Interface Card

OL* Support Guide at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netsys.html#System%20Administration

IMPORTANT Superdome systems are not intended to be maintained by customers. HP recommends that

Superdome systems only be opened by a qualified HP service engineer. Failure to observe this

recommendation can invalidate any support agreement or warranty to which you may be

entitled.

Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter

NOTE The optical port protector is used only to protect the adapter port when it is not in use. Do not

use the protector as a diagnostic tool.

Install OnlineDiag, which is available at:

http://www.software.hp.com

OnlineDiag is also available from the HP Support PLUS CD for HP/9000 systems or the IPFxxxx CD for

Itanium systems. Installation instructions are available at:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/diag/st/st_inst.htm

Install all driver software and dependent patches before you install the adapter. For more information, see

FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver Release Notes available at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel

NOTE See the system documentation for information about how to safely shut down your system and

obtain access to expansion slots.

To install the Fibre Channel adapter, follow these steps:

Step 1. Install all driver software and dependent patches.

Step 2. Shut down the system.

• If the system is running, enter this command to shut it down:

# shutdown -h

Enter y when prompted to continue.

• Wait for the system to shut down completely, and then power off the system by pressing the

system off button.

• Power off the system, followed by any external storage devices.

• Disconnect all power cables from the system and external devices.

Step 3. Access the system card bay