A9782A & A9784A PCI-X 2 Gigabit Fibre Channel and Gigabit Ethernet Combination Card Installation Guide

OpenVMS Installation

Step 5: Connect the ﬁbre channel devices

Chapter 2

Step 5: Connect the ﬁbre channel devices

• Attach the LC connector from a ﬁbre channel cable to the ﬁbre channel connector on the card (Figure 1).

For ﬁbre channel, the cable must be 50 micron MMF. If the remote connection is type SC, you will need an

LC-to-SC conversion cable.

• Plug the other end of the ﬁbre channel cable into the connector on your ﬁbre channel switch or device.

• Ensure power cable is connected to the system.

Step 6: Boot the System

Boot the system with appropriate VMS boot ﬂags according to system documentation.

When OpenVMS starts up, execute the following commands:

1. Log in as SYSTEM.

2. Check the OpenVMS version by executing SHOW SYSTEM. The version must be V8.2 (or later).

Step 7: Conﬁgure the card using LANCP

1. Log in as SYSTEM and verify that the card and its hardware path are displayed by executing

MC LANCP SHOW CONFIG

The LAN device characteristics that can be set include speed, duplex mode, ﬂow control, and whether

jumbo frames are enabled. The MC LANCP SET DEVICE and LANCP DEFINE DEVICE commands

modify these settings.

2. Set the desired characteristics according to the Network Conﬁguration worksheet (see Table 2-1). For

example, use this command:

MC LANCP DEFINE DEVICE devname /SPEED=1000 /FULL /AUTONEGOTIATE

3. To make any conﬁguration values permanent, enter the values in the LANCP permanent device

database.