HP AD278A PCI 8-Port Serial Multiplexer Installation Guide, June 2006

HP PCI 8-Port Serial Multiplexer Adapter Installation

On-Line Addition Operation (OL*) on HP-UX 11i v2 Systems

Chapter 1

Step 4. Remove the card from the slot that has to be replaced, and insert the new card manually in the slot.

Step 5. Power-on the slot by running the following command at the command prompt:

$ /usr/bin/rad -i slot_id

Step 6. Resume the AD278A/AD279A adapter driver by running the following command at the command

prompt:

$ /usr/bin/rad -r

On-Line Addition Operation (OL*) on HP-UX 11i v2 Systems

On-Line Addition (OL*) of AD279A PCI MUX 64-Port adapter is supported on HP-UX 11i v2 operating

systems.

To add a new adapter or an additional adapter on a system that supports HP-UX 11i v2 operating system,

complete the following steps:

Step 1. Check whether the software is already installed on the system.

Step 2. Run the following command at the command prompt:

$ olrad -q

After you successfully run this command, you get the slot ID information to insert the adapter.

Step 3. Run the following command at the command prompt:

$ olrad -a <

slotid

After you successfully run this command, you are prompted with a message stating that the power

on the slot is turned off.

Step 4. Insert the card in the chosen slot manually.

Step 5. Run the following command at the command prompt:

$ olrad -A <

slotid

This command powers on the slot, recognizes the card, and creates device ﬁles.

Step 6. To check if the card is claimed and the device ﬁles are created, run the following command at the

command prompt:

$ ioscan -knfC tty

The following output is displayed:

Step 7. To list the device ﬁles created after installing the driver, run the following command at the

command prompt: