HP Installation Guide, HP AT094A PCIe 2P 8Gb FC and 2P 1/10GbE Adapter, Edition 2

2 Installing an adapter
IMPORTANT: See the following chapter before installing the AT094A adapter: “Installing the
HP-UX operating system components” (page 9)
Preventing electrostatic discharge
To prevent damaging the system, be aware of the precautions you need to follow when setting up
the system or handling parts. A discharge of static electricity from a finger or other conductor may
damage system boards or other static-sensitive devices. This type of damage may reduce the life
expectancy of the device.
To prevent electrostatic damage:
• Avoid hand contact by transporting and storing products in static-safe containers.
• Keep electrostatic-sensitive parts in their containers until they arrive at static-free workstations.
• Place parts on a grounded surface before removing them from their containers.
• Avoid touching pins, leads, or circuitry.
• Always be properly grounded when touching a static-sensitive component or assembly.
Installing an adapter in a server
See the HP Integrity rx2800 i2 or Superdome2 server documentation for additional information
on how to safely install a PCI Express card in the server.
NOTE: A minimum of two Gigabytes (2 GB) of server memory is required per each adapter.
NOTE: Direct Attach Cable (DAC) for copper environments or fiber transceivers and cables for
fiber-optic environments must be purchased separately.
The Online Addition and Replacement feature, OL* for the HP-UX 11i v3 release, enables PCI host
bus adapters to be added or replaced without shutting down and rebooting the system, and without
adversely affecting other system components. The system hardware uses slot-specific power control,
combined with HP-UX operating system support, to enable these features.
Confirm whether OL* is supported on the system in which you plan to install a Fibre Channel
adapter. See the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix, at the following website:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-11iv3-iocards-manuals
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.
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 all driver software and dependent patches before you install the adapter. For more
information, see “Prerequisites” (page 9)
1. Install all driver software and dependent patches.
2. Shut down the system.
3. Insert the card into the highest-performance PCIe slot available.
4. Attach all the cables to the adapter. All Fibre Channel host bus adapters that use the fclp
driver use a cable terminated with an LC connector.
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