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

HP PCI 8-Port Serial Multiplexer Adapter Installation
Installing AD278A PCI MUX 8-Port Software
Chapter 1
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• In the Documents column next to the Download Software column, click Installation
Instructions to download instructions for using the Software Distributor tool to install the
drivers, utilities, and manpages for the AD278A PCI MUX adapter.
Step 3. Run the swinstall program using the following command at the command prompt:
$ /usr/sbin/swinstall
The Software Selection window is displayed.
Step 4. Change the Source Host Name, if necessary, and then enter the mount point of the drive in the
Source Depot Path field. Select the OK button to return to the Software Selection window.
Step 5. The Software Selection window now contains a list of available software to install.
Step 6. Based on the operating system that is installed, select the PCI MUX software.
For HP-UX 11i v1 operating system, select the following software:
PCIMUX-00 -> B.11.11.01 PCI MUX; Supptd HW=AD278A/AD279A
For HP-UX 11i v2 operating system, select the following software:
PCIMUX-00 -> B.11.23.01 PCI MUX; Supptd HW=AD278A/AD279A
Select Mark for Install from the Actions menu. This chooses the highlighted software.
Step 7. From the Actions menu, select the Install... menu, and then choose Install. The product
installation begins and the Install Analysis window is displayed.
Step 8. Select the OK button in the Install Analysis window when the Status field displays a Ready
message.
Step 9. Select the YES button in the Confirmation window to start software installation.
The
swinstall loads the fileset, runs the control script for the filesets, and builds the kernel. When the
processing is finished, the Status field displays a Ready message. Click Done. The Note window
opens.
Step 10. Select the OK button in the Note window to reboot. The user interface disappears and the system
reboots.
When the system comes back up, log on to the system as superuser and view the
/var/adm/sw/swagent.log and /var/adm/sw/swinstall.log files to view error or warning
messages that may have occurred during the installation.
Step 11. Run the following command to verify whether all installed PCI adapters have a software state of
CLAIMED:
$ ioscan -knfC tty
NOTE HP recommends you to install the patch before installing the driver software for AD278A card.