Procedure 15 Installing the Controller Board
1.
Remove or open the access panel
2.
Select the appropriate PCI Express slot (3 or 4).
3.
Open the MRL.
a.
Press the indentation on the MRL to release it from the chassis wall.
b.
Lift the edge of the MRL, and rotate it upward 90 degrees until it rests against the chassis
wall and the PCI/PCI-X/PCIe card bulkhead filler is fully exposed.
4.
Remove the PCI/PCI-X/PCIe bulkhead filler. Save it to use for if you later decide to remove
the adapter and leave the slot empty.
5.
Insert the adapter into the slot, and press it firmly into place. The contacts on the adapter
edge should be fully seated in the system board connector.
6.
Close the MRL.
a.
Rotate the MRL downward 90 degrees.
b.
Push the edge of the MRL down until it clicks into place on the PCI/PCI-X/PCIe card
bulkhead.
7.
Close the gate latch to secure the end of the card.
Procedure 16 Connecting the Controller to Other Devices
•
Connect the Adapter to the SAS backplane. See
for a listing of Cable
kit part numbers.
Completing the Adapter Installation on HP-UX
Procedure 17 Downloading Software for the Smart Array Series Controllers
The drivers, utilities and manpages for the Smart Array series controllers are located at the
Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software Depot.
1.
Go to
http://www.hpe.com/support/softwaredepot
2.
Search for “Smart Array”
3.
Click
Receive for Free
.
4.
Select the HP-UX version that your system runs, then complete the required registration
information and click Next.
5.
Click the depot that corresponds with the OS you are running to download the drivers, utilities,
and manpages for the Smart Array Controllers.
6.
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.
Installing Software for Smart Array Series Controllers
The drivers, utilities, and manpages for the Smart Array Series Controllers contained in the
RAID-01 bundle downloaded depot can be installed using Software Distributor (SD). SD is a tool
for installing software on HP-UX host systems. SD can also be used to remove software from
HP-UX systems. The RAID-01 bundle is composed of several files that will be copied to the
appropriate directories on the host system. View these files in the /opt/raidsa/bin directory. The
instructions for using SD to install or remove the drivers, utilities, and manpages for the Smart
Array series controllers can be viewed at the Hewlett Packard Enterprise Software Depot.
Procedure 18 Verifying the Installation
After the system reboots, verify that the installation was successful.
1.
Enter the
swlist
command:
swlist
When running HP-UX 11i v2 the generated output will look like this:
RAID-01 B.11.23.0612 RAID SA; Supptd HW=A7143A/A9890A/A9891A
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