HP AD278A PCI 8-Port Serial Multiplexer Installation Guide, February 2007

HP PCI 8-Port Serial Multiplexer Adapter Installation

HP AD278A PCI MUX 8-Port Adapter Installation Prerequisites

Chapter 1

• Cables must be grounded at both the ends

• Cables must be routed away from noise sources such as generators, motors and flourescent lights.

Cable Connections: AD278A PCI MUX 8-port adapter product comprises of Fan-out/Octopus cable. The

Fan-out/Octopus cable ends with DB-25 Male pin connector. If you need to connect a device which has male

DB-25 connector to the Fan-out cable, use F-F gender changer. Ensure that you have cables of correct length

and appropriate connectors to attach the devices properly.

NOTE For more information about peripheral cabling and cable connections, see HP AD278A and

AD279A PCI Multiplexer Support Guide at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Multiplexers.

Hardware Requirements

Table 1-1 lists servers that support AD278A PCI MUX 8-Port adapter on HP-UX 11i v3 system.

NOTE For latest information about the platform support, see Support Matrix document at:

http://www.docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Multiplexers

Table 1-1 AD278A PCI MUX 8-Port Server Support

Server/Workstat

ion

Class

Number of

AD278A

PCI MUX

8-Port

Adapters

Supported

rp3410 PA-RISC 2

rp3440 PA-RISC 3

rp4440 PA-RISC 6

rp7410 PA-RISC 15

rp7420 PA-RISC 15

rx2620 Itanium-based 3

rx4640 Itanium-based 6

rx5670 Itanium-based 4

rx7620 Itanium-based 15

rx8620 Itanium-based 16