HP Integrity BL870c Ethernet Card (Mezzanine) Installation Guide for HP Integr - Page 7

Verifying the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit Configuration

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g. Download the driver to the server or to another system with a floppy, CD, or DVD writer. 3. Open the Computer Management program by clicking Start→Programs→Administrative Tools→Computer Management. If the Programs menu displays Administrative Tools, skip the rest of this step and go to Step 4. If the Programs menu does not display Administrative Tools, follow these steps to enable access to those tools: a. Right-click on the system taskbar. b. Select Properties. c. Click the Start Menu tab. d. Click the Start menu radio button. e. Click Customize. f. Click the Advanced tab. g. Select Display Administrative Tools as a Start Menu item. h. Click Okay. i. Click Okay again. j. Click Start→Programs→Administrative Tools→Computer Management. 4. To install the adapter driver, follow these steps: a. In the left panel of the Computer Management window, under System Tools, click Device Manager. b. In the right panel of Computer Management, under Network Adapters, double-click the name of the adapter you installed. c. Click the Driver tab. d. Click Update Driver.... The Hardware Update Wizard runs. e. Select No, not this time when prompted to let Windows find the driver. Then click Next. f. Select Install the software automatically (Recommended) and click Next. g. Click Finish to close the Hardware Update Wizard. The driver is now installed and the device Properties page displays the new driver version. Verifying the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit Configuration To verify the configuration, follow these steps: 1. Click Start→Run to open the Run dialog box. 2. Enter cmd in the Run dialog box and click OK. 3. At the prompt, enter the ipconfig command and press Enter. This command displays all the IP addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways configured for the server. 4. To verify adapter connectivity, enter the ping command. Use the adapter's IP address (displayed as output from the ipconfig command in Step 3) as your input for the ping command. Configuring a Card Using Linux on HP Integrity Systems The method for installing Linux drivers for the Ethernet card varies depending on the Linux distribution you use. For additional instructions, it is recommended that you see the documentation for each respective Linux distribution. Information on Linux distributions supplied from HP can be found at: http://www.hp.com/go/linux Configuring a Card Using Linux on HP Integrity Systems 7

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g.
Download the driver to the server or to another system with a floppy, CD, or DVD
writer.
3.
Open the Computer Management program by clicking
Start
Programs
Administrative
Tools
Computer Management
.
If the Programs menu displays
Administrative Tools
, skip the rest of this step and go to
Step 4. If the Programs menu does not display
Administrative Tools
, follow these steps to
enable access to those tools:
a.
Right-click on the system taskbar.
b.
Select
Properties
.
c.
Click the
Start Menu
tab.
d.
Click the
Start
menu radio button.
e.
Click
Customize
.
f.
Click the
Advanced
tab.
g.
Select
Display Administrative Tools
as a Start Menu item.
h.
Click
Okay
.
i.
Click
Okay
again.
j.
Click
Start
Programs
Administrative Tools
Computer Management
.
4.
To install the adapter driver, follow these steps:
a.
In the left panel of the
Computer Management
window, under
System Tools
, click
Device Manager
.
b.
In the right panel of
Computer Management
, under
Network Adapters
, double-click
the name of the adapter you installed.
c.
Click the
Driver
tab.
d.
Click
Update Driver...
. The Hardware Update Wizard runs.
e.
Select
No, not this time
when prompted to let Windows find the driver. Then click
Next
.
f.
Select
Install the software automatically (Recommended)
and click
Next
.
g.
Click
Finish
to close the
Hardware Update Wizard
.
The driver is now installed and the device Properties page displays the new driver version.
Verifying the Windows Server 2003 and Windows Server 2008 64-bit Configuration
To verify the configuration, follow these steps:
1.
Click
Start
Run
to open the
Run
dialog box.
2.
Enter
cmd
in the
Run
dialog box and click
OK.
3.
At the prompt, enter the
ipconfig
command and press
Enter
. This command displays all
the IP addresses, subnet masks, and default gateways configured for the server.
4.
To verify adapter connectivity, enter the
ping
command. Use the adapter's IP address
(displayed as output from the
ipconfig
command in Step 3) as your input for the
ping
command.
Configuring a Card Using Linux on HP Integrity Systems
The method for installing Linux drivers for the Ethernet card varies depending on the Linux
distribution you use. For additional instructions, it is recommended that you see the
documentation for each respective Linux distribution. Information on Linux distributions supplied
from HP can be found at:
http://www
.hp.com/go/linux
Configuring a Card Using Linux on HP Integrity Systems
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