AB378A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide, February 2007

Fibre Channel Adapter Installation for HP-UX
Installing Adapter Hardware
Chapter 1
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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.
Step 3. Install the adapter in an available PCI-X slot.
Step 4. Attach fiber cabling to the adapter. All Fibre Channel host bus adapters that use the FCD driver
use a cable terminated with an LC connector.
Installing the Host Bus Adapter
Step 1. Access the system card bay
• 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.
• Ensure that the system is grounded.
• Open the system to gain access to the PCI backplane.
• Insert the card into the highest-performance PCI-X slot available.
Step 2. Install the card
• Slide the adapter edge-connector into the PCI-X slot until it is fully seated.
• Secure the card and reassemble the system.