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Installing an Additional PCI-X I/O Card

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• B- Supports Mass Storage Boot • b- Supports LAN Boot • Bb- Supports Mass Storage and LAN Boot 1. Available with Factory Integration IMPORTANT: The above list of part numbers is current and correct as of December 2006. Part numbers change often. Check the following website to ensure you have the latest part numbers associated with this server: http://partsurfer.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/main Installing an Additional PCI-X I/O Card IMPORTANT: While the installation process for PCI/PCI-X cards and PCIe cards is the same, PCIe cards are physically smaller than PCI-X cards and are not interchangeable. Check Table 1-9 (page 31) to verify the slot types and order. NOTE: The PCI I/O card installation process varies depending on what version of the HP-UX operating system you are running on your system. PCI I/O card installation procedures should be downloaded from the http://docs.hp.com/ Web site. Background information and procedures for adding a new PCI I/O card using online addition are found in: • HP System Partitions Guide for HP-UX 11.11 • Interface Card OL* Support Guide for HP-UX 11.23 HP Lights Out Advanced/KVM Card Overview The Lights Out Advanced/KVM Card (LOA) is a PCI-X accessory card that can be installed into any sx2000-based Integrity server to enable the advanced virtual graphics console (vKVM) and virtual CD/DVD/ISO file (vMedia) features of the Integrity Lights Out Management Processor (iLO/MP). The LOA card is also a graphics/USB card that offers physical video functionality for servers running Windows, and USB functionality for servers running HP-UX, Windows, and OpenVMS. All Lights Out Advanced features are fully enabled on the LOA card - there is no additional "advanced pack" license to purchase. At present, vKVM is only available for servers running Windows and vMedia is available for servers running HP-UX, Windows, and OpenVMS. There are no current plans to support the LOA card under Linux. Slotting Rules The LOA card has specific slotting requirements that must be followed for full card functionality: • Must be placed in a mode 1 PCI/PCI-X slot • Must be placed in an I/O chassis with a functional core I/O card • Must be only one LOA card in each partition NOTE: HP recommends that you place the LOA card in the lowest numbered slot possible. Downloading Drivers The following website contains technical support for a wide range of HP Integrity servers, including the capture of the latest drivers required for various hardware components. Refer to this site regarding necessary drivers for supported PCI cards. See: http://www.hp.com/support/itaniumservers PCI I/O OL* Card Methods The following are three methods for performing OL* operations on PCI I/O cards: pdweb The Peripheral Device Tool (pdweb) Web-based method of performing OL*. 56 Installing the System

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B- Supports Mass Storage Boot
•
b- Supports LAN Boot
•
Bb- Supports Mass Storage and LAN Boot
1.
Available with Factory Integration
IMPORTANT:
The above list of part numbers is current and correct as of December 2006. Part
numbers change often. Check the following website to ensure you have the latest part numbers
associated with this server:
http://partsurfer
.hp.com/cgi-bin/spi/main
Installing an Additional PCI-X I/O Card
IMPORTANT:
While the installation process for PCI/PCI-X cards and PCIe cards is the same,
PCIe cards are physically smaller than PCI-X cards and are not interchangeable. Check
Table 1-9
(page 31)
to verify the slot types and order.
NOTE:
The PCI I/O card installation process varies depending on what version of the HP-UX
operating system you are running on your system. PCI I/O card installation procedures should
be downloaded from the
Web site. Background information and procedures
for adding a new PCI I/O card using online addition are found in:
•
HP System Partitions Guide for HP-UX 11.11
•
Interface Card OL* Support Guide for HP-UX 11.23
HP Lights Out Advanced/KVM Card
Overview
The Lights Out Advanced/KVM Card (LOA) is a PCI-X accessory card that can be installed into
any sx2000–based Integrity server to enable the advanced virtual graphics console (vKVM) and
virtual CD/DVD/ISO file (vMedia) features of the Integrity Lights Out Management Processor
(iLO/MP). The LOA card is also a graphics/USB card that offers physical video functionality for
servers running Windows, and USB functionality for servers running HP-UX, Windows, and
OpenVMS. All Lights Out Advanced features are fully enabled on the LOA card — there is no
additional “advanced pack” license to purchase. At present, vKVM is only available for servers
running Windows and vMedia is available for servers running HP-UX, Windows, and OpenVMS.
There are no current plans to support the LOA card under Linux.
Slotting Rules
The LOA card has specific slotting requirements that must be followed for full card functionality:
•
Must be placed in a mode 1 PCI/PCI-X slot
•
Must be placed in an I/O chassis with a functional core I/O card
•
Must be only one LOA card in each partition
NOTE:
HP recommends that you place the LOA card in the lowest numbered slot possible.
Downloading Drivers
The following website contains technical support for a wide range of HP Integrity servers,
including the capture of the latest drivers required for various hardware components. Refer to
this site regarding necessary drivers for supported PCI cards.
See:
http://www
.hp.com/support/itaniumserv
ers
PCI I/O OL* Card Methods
The following are three methods for performing OL* operations
on PCI I/O cards:
pdweb
The Peripheral Device Tool (
pdweb
) Web-based method of performing
OL*.
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Installing the System