HP AD279A PCI 64-Port Serial Multiplexer Installation Guide, September 2006

HP PCI 64-Port Serial Multiplexer Adapter Installation

On-Line Addition and Replacement (OLAR) Operation on HP-UX 11i v2 Systems

Chapter 1

Table 1-4 lists the HP-UX servers on which On-Line Addition and Replacement (OLAR) of AD279A PCI MUX

64-Port adapter is supported.

To add a new adapter or an additional adapter on a system that supports HP-UX 11i v2 operating system,

complete the following steps:

Step 1. Check whether the software is already installed on the system.

Step 2. Run the following command at the command prompt:

$ olrad -q

After you successfully run this command, you get the slot ID information to insert the adapter.

Step 3. Run the following command at the command prompt:

$ olrad -a <

slotid

After you successfully run this command, you are prompted with a message stating that the power

on the slot is turned off.

Step 4. Insert the card in the chosen slot manually.

Step 5. Run the following command at the command prompt:

$ olrad -A <

slotid

This command powers on the slot, recognizes the card, and creates device ﬁles.

Step 6. To check if the card is claimed and the device ﬁles are created, run the following command at the

command prompt:

$ ioscan -knfC tty

Table 1-4 OLAR Server Support

Server / Workstation OLAR Slot Support

rp4440 All slots

rp5450 Slot 7 to Slot 12

rp5470 Slot 5 to Slot 12

rp7410 All slots

rp7420 All slots