HP A6828A and A6829A PCI Dual Channel Ultra160 SCSI Host Bus Adapters Installation Guide

Installing the A6828A or A6829A Adapter
Installing the Adapter
Chapter 2 7
Install the adapter in your HP-UX system according to the
documentation for the system.
NOTE Although the A6828A or A6829A adapter is supported on only 64-bit
HP-UX 11.0 and 11i, you can install the adapter in either a 32-bit or
64-bit PCI slot. In addition, HP recommends using a PCI4X or PCI2X
slot to get maximum performance. However, you can install the adapter
in a PCI2X, PCI1X, or shared PCI slot, if necessary.
Online Addition and Replacement—HP-UX 11i Only
Online Addition and Replacement (OLAR) enables a PCI host bus
adapter to be added online to an HP-UX system that supports OLAR,
without rebooting the system. If you use the OLAR feature, you do not
have to completely shut down and then reboot the system to add or
replace a PCI host bus adapter. Furthermore, this feature does not affect
other system components. The system hardware uses the per-slot power
control combined with OS support to enable this feature.
Check the latest support matrix that contains information on the HP-UX
systems that support OLAR of the A6828A and A6829A adapters. The
support matrix is available at http://docs.hp.com under "Networking and
Communications."
IMPORTANT Certain classes of hardware are not intended for access by users.
Currently, this includes Superdome systems. HP recommends that these
systems be opened by a qualified HP engineer only. Failure to observe
this requirement can invalidate any support agreement or warranty to
which the owner might otherwise be entitled.
You can add or replace an OLAR-compatible adapter in either of the
following ways:
• Using the SAM utility.
• Issuing command-line commands, through rad, that refer to the
c8xx OLAR script (/usr/sbin/olard.d/c8xx).