A6795A driver installation and Online Diagnostics

[Omar Alvi_1]

Hi,

I have a system with A5158A FC card already installed. I'm adding the A6795A card to the same N Class server now.

The driver is the same for both cards. However, I want to install the latest driver for the possibility of enhanced functionality. Hoe do I go about doing this? Do I need to remove the old driver beforehand ... or what is the recommended procedure.

Another issue is that do I need to install the latest version of Online Diagnostics for the new card or the older version should be able to diagnose as well.

Appreciate any assistance.

Thanks and Regards,

-Alvi

[erics_1 · Accepted solution]

Omar,

Install patch PHSS_28509 and dependency PHKL_30257. This will upgrade the driver to the latest revision. It is good practice to keep Online Diagnostics current. I think there is a patch associated with the latest version as well.

Regards,
Eric

[Steven E. Protter]

swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s \*

example
swinstall -x autoreboot=true -s /tmp/fc.depot \*

This will boot the machine and if the enhanced functionality only works with one card, it will only be available for the new card. The enhanced diagnostics should simply fail when used on the older card.

SEP

[Andrew Merritt_2]

The A6795A was introduced in 2001, and OnlineDiags of Dec 2001 (A.29.00) or later will support it.

There was a problem a year or two back when the FC drivers and the OnlineDiags got out of step, so that if you had mismatched versions the wrong event numbers would get reported, which might be what you've heard about.

If you have up-to-data FC drivers and OnlineDiags you should have no problems.

You can see the current versions of OnlineDiags here - http://www.docs.hp.com/en/diag/stm/stm_upd.htm#table

The latest OnlineDiags patches are:
11.23:
C.46.05 HWE0409 PHSS_32923

11.11:
A.47.00 HWE0412 PHSS_32492

Andrew