AB378B Fibre Channel Mass Storage Adapter Installation Guide, December 2006

Fibre Channel Adapter Installation for HP-UX

Installing Adapter Hardware

Chapter 1

Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter

CAUTION Observe all ESD safety precautions before attempting this procedure. Failure to follow ESD

safety precautions could result in damage to equipment.

NOTE The optical port protector is used only to protect the adapter port when it is not in use. Do not

use the protector as a diagnostic tool.

Install OnlineDiag, which is available at:

http://www.software.hp.com

OnlineDiag is also available from the HP Support PLUS CD for HP/9000 systems or the IPFxxxx CD for

Itanium systems. Installation instructions are available at:

http://docs.hp.com/hpux/onlinedocs/diag/st/st_inst.htm

Install all driver software and dependent patches before you install the adapter. For more information, see

FibrChanl-01 (fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v1 Release Notes and FibrChanl-01

(fcd) Fibre Channel Mass Storage Driver for HP-UX 11i v2 Release Notes available at:

http://docs.hp.com/en/netcom.html#Fibre%20Channel

NOTE See the system documentation for information about how to safely shut down your system and

obtain access to expansion slots.

To install the Fibre Channel adapter, follow these steps:

Step 1. Install all driver software and dependent patches.

Step 2. Shut down the system.

Step 3. Install the adapter in an available PCI-X slot.

Step 4. Attach fiber cabling to the adapter. All Fibre Channel host bus adapters that use the FCD driver

use a cable terminated with an LC connector.

Installing the Host Bus Adapter

Step 1. Access the system card bay

• If the system is running, enter this command to shut it down:

# shutdown -h

Enter y when prompted to continue.

• Wait for the system to shut down completely, and then power off the system by pressing the

system off button.

• Ensure that the system is grounded.

• Open the system to gain access to the PCI backplane.

• Insert the card into the highest-performance PCI-X slot available.

Step 2. Install the card

• Slide the adapter edge-connector into the PCI-X slot until it is fully seated.

• Secure the card and reassemble the system.