AB379A Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide, February 2007

Fibre Channel Adapter Installation for HP-UX

Important Patches and Updates

Chapter 1

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• Verify that you have the following items:

— Grounding wrist strap

— Fibre Channel driver software media (included with the OS or application CD)

— Fibre Channel host bus adapter with an optical port protector attached (not included with

all adapters)

• Verify that you have the following cabling items:

— Fiber optic cable terminated with a duplex LC connector.

— Cable map (optional)

Important Patches and Updates

Review the FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX Release Notes located at

docs.hp.com for the latest patch and dependency requirements.

Install all driver software and dependency patches before you install the adapter.

NOTE HP recommends that you sign-up for Subscriber’s Choice so you can automatically receive

email notices for the latest firmware updates. Make sure you register all your products to

receive the appropriate firmware update notices.

You can also go to the Business Support Center Web site at http://www.hp.com/go/bizsupport for

the latest HP-UX 11i firmware updates. The IT Resource Center (ITRC) Web site at

http://itrc.hp.com also provides a link to the Business Support Center.

The system firmware files, installation instructions, and release notes with detailed firmware

version information can be obtained by selecting "Download Drivers and Software" at

http://www.hp.com/bizsupport. This provides a searchable database for various products or you

can follow the "Server" link to select the latest firmware download for your specific server

product. Be sure to read the Release Notes for the firmware to ensure a successful update. In

general, HP recommends that you update to the latest firmware available before installing or

updating to HP-UX 11i v3.

For a matrix of minimum required system firmware for I/O adapters with HP-UX 11i v3 boot

support, as well as the minimum system firmware requirements for HP-UX 11i v3, refer to the

documents at http://docs.hp.com/en/hw.html#System%20Firmware

NOTE Patches are available from http://www.software.hp.com