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

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2 OpenVMS Installation
These instructions apply to A9782A and A9784A PCI-X combination cards on OpenVMS and contains the
following sections:
• “Step 1: Verify Driver Software”
• “Step 2: Access the system card bay”
• “Step 3: Install the card”
• “Step 4: Connect the card to the network”
• “Step 5: Connect the fibre channel devices”
• “Step 6: Boot the System”
• “Step 7: Configure the card using LANCP”
• “Network Card Configuration Worksheet”
• “Step 8: Verify Installation”
• “Optional Step: Jumbo Frames Size”
The Base-T cards (A9784A) operate at 10 or 100 Mbit/s in either full- or half-duplex modes and at 1000 Mbit/s
only in full-duplex mode. The 1000Base-SX cards (A9782A) operate only at 1000 Mbit/s and in full-duplex
mode. Ensure that you set both your switch and gigabit Ethernet card to autonegotiation or set both to the
same speed and duplex mode. Note: you will not need to perform the following hardware and software
installation steps if your combination card was factory installed (ordered on product option 0D1) or its LAN
port is the “built-in” or “core” LAN.)
Thank you for purchasing HP I/O Cards
If you are installing an HP I/O card as an add-in device, please review this document before installation.
If an HP I/O card was factory installed in your server, you can skip the step to verify the installation.
HP welcomes your input. Please email us at: [e-mail] with comments or suggestions on
HP I/O Cards or related documentation.
All product documentation, including a comprehensive support guide, installation guide, release notes, as
well as information on supported servers, OpenVMS versions, drivers, and patches, is available online at:
http://docs.hp.com
1. Click on “browse by topic”.
2. Click on “networking and communications”.
3. Click on the Combination Cards product category.