Installation Guide, First Edition: HP Lights Out Advanced / KVM Card

2 Installing an HP Lights Out Advanced / KVM Card in a
Server
The HP Lights Out Advanced / KVM card can be installed into any mode-1 slot in a PCI-X
backplane, or any mode-1 PCI-X slot in a PCI-X/PCIe backplane.
CAUTION: Observe all electrostatic discharge (ESD) safety precautions before attempting this
procedure. Failure to follow ESD safety precautions could cause damage to the server.
CAUTION: You cannot add or replace an HP Lights Out Advanced / KVM card while the
nPartition is running. You must first shut down the nPartition before adding or replacing the
card. For more information on shutting down nPartitions and powering off hardware components,
see your server documentation.
IMPORTANT: The HP Lights Out Advanced / KVM card requires that your server has the
following minimum system firmware installed:
• rx7640/rx8640 — rx8640/rx7640 and SEU (AB301A) Firmware Version 4.0 or greater
• Superdome sx2000 — HP Integrity Superdome SX2000 and HP 9000 Superdome SX2000 Server
Firmware Recipe 8.6d or greater
IMPORTANT: The HP Integrity rx8640 and rx7640 midrange servers support only one HP Lights
Out Advanced / KVM card per partition, and the card must be installed in an I/O chassis with a
core I/O card installed. If you install multiple HP Lights-Out Advanced / KVM cards on one
partition, only the first card that is detected is fully enabled. Subsequent cards will have only
USB functionality enabled.
IMPORTANT: The graphics functionality of the HP Lights-Out Advanced / KVM card also takes
precedence over the A6869B graphics/USB PCI card.If both an HP Lights-Out Advanced / KVM
card and an A6869B card are present on a partition, the A6869B card has only USB functionality
enabled. HP recommends removing the A6869B card if you have both cards installed on a
partition.
6 Installing an HP Lights Out Advanced / KVM Card in a Server