Hardware and Software Installation Procedure
Features
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Features
The AB465A PCI-X Combination cards have the following features:
•
PCI-X 133 MHz
capable card. It can operate at 32-bit or 64-bit compatible modes and is supported in the
following frequencies: PCI 66, PCI-X 66, and PCI-X 133. Best performance is achieved by putting the card
in a “
dual-rope
” PCI-X 133 slot. To identify which slots are the dual rope slots in a particular system,
please refer to the hardware users’ guide for each system. The AB465A card is
not
supported in PCI 33
bus mode. It operates in
3.3V slots only
.
•
Supports HP-UX 11i v 2.0 (64 bit) of
September 2004 (or later)
or 11i v 1.0 of
December 2004 (or
later)
on HP 9000 (PA-RISC-based) and HP Integrity (Itanium
or Itanium
2-based) platforms.
•
The Gigabit Ethernet ports support use of
Jumbo Frames
.
•
Supports HP
Serviceguard
and Auto-Port Aggregation (
APA
) for high availability.
•
The Gigabit Ethernet port supports virtual LANs (
VLANs
). This feature is described in
Using HP-UX
VLANs
on
http://docs.hp.com
.
•
Supports PCI-X online addition/replacement (
OLA/R
) on specified systems.For instructions on how to
perform online addition and replacement (OLAR) for PA-RISC-based systems running HP-UX 11i v 1.0,
see
Configuring HP-UX For Peripherals
. For instructions on performing OL* for Itanium-based systems
and PA-RISC systems running HP-UX 11i v 2.0 of September 2004 or later, refer to the
Interface Card
OL* Support Guide
.
•
Supports configuration through
SAM
or command line.
•
vPars support with vPars 3.02 on supported HP 9000 (PA-RISC-based) systems. Boot over vPars is
supported only on the Fibre Channel ports.
•
Supports 16k LUNs on the Fibre Channel ports.
•
Supports boot/dump on Fibre Channel ports only.
•
Online/Offline Diagnostics.
•
Ignite UX support.
•
Supports readout of Vital Product Data (VPD) for Fibre Channel. To read the Fibre Channel VPD, use:
fcmsutil
devicefilename vpd
.
•
Firmware for the Fibre Channel ports -- version is 3.3.150 as of the publication of this document. The FC
EFI driver firmware version is 1.42. For GigE, the bootcode is version 3.27; EFI is v7.0.10 or later. To
check for updates of these, see the section “For Further Information” in this document.
•
Fibre channel transfer rates of 2Gbit/s and 1Gbit/s
•
Auto speed sensing on the Fibre Channel ports.
•
Supports Fibre Channel protocols SCSI-FCP-2 and FC-Tape.
•
Supports the following Fibre Channel topologies:
— FC-SW
— FC-AL-2
— FC-FLA
— FC-PLDA
