HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapters Support Guide FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Driver

1 Adapter Overview
HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage Overview
NOTE: For the latest copy of this document and related HP Fibre Channel documentation:
1. Go tohttp://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs
2. Select “ HP-UX 11i v1 I/O Cards”, “HP-UX 11i v2 I/O Cards”, or “HP-UX 11i v3 I/O Cards”,
depending upon your version of HP-UX.
HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage is a high-speed connection for mass storage. It transmits data
faster than existing SCSI mass storage interconnects.
HP Fibre Channel Mass Storage networks are ideal for data-intensive applications, including data
mining, atmospheric modeling, multimedia, geographic information systems, and medical imaging.
HP Fibre Channel host bus adapters (HBAs) are available for HP 9000 and HP Integrity servers.
For all supported configurations, see the HP Fibre Channel Host Bus Adapter Support Matrix at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs
Installation steps differ for various systems. Be sure to follow the information in this guide for your
adapter. See the system’s documentation for detailed installation procedures and illustrations.
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