Query: AD385A 10G NIC support on HP-UX 11i v1

[brouhaha]

I have a PA-RISC system running HP-UX 11i v1, installed from 2006-12 media , and an AD385A PCIX 10G NIC installed into a PCIX 64-bit 133-MHz slot. (The card is specified to work in 64-bit 266/133/66 MHz slots.) I've installed 10GigEthr-00 (ixgee driver) which is supposed to support that card, as well as the earlier AB287A. The card shows up in ioscan as a network card, but the nothing else seems to recognize it. For isntance, it doesn't appear as a network interface in SAM.

The dcoument "HP 10 Gigabit Ethernet SR Fiber Network Interface Card information library" (data and part number unknown) states "Operating system support on AD385A is HP-UX 11i, HP-UX 11i v2 and OpenVMS 8.3."

The document "HP-UX 11i v1 Networking Software - Specifications" states "Ethernet card:  [...] AD385A PCI-X 133 MHz 10 GbE SR Fiber (PA-RISC). [...]"

Is there a patch against 10GigEthr-00 for 11i v1 that adds the AD385A support? Or is there some other step I have to take to get the kernel to recognize the card?

[support_s]

System recommended content:

1. Ethernet Support Guide (for HP-UX 11i v1, 11i v2)

2. HP Auto Port Aggregation Administrator's Guide for HP-UX 11i v1 and 11i v2 September 2008

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[brouhaha]

I appreciate the attempt of "systme recommended content" to help, but unfortuantely it didn't.

However, I finally found the answer myself. While the 10GigEthr-00 and IXGBE-DRV packages on the final release of the 11i v1 install media doesn't support the AD385A, newer 10GigEthr-00 and IXGBE-DRV packages, version B.11.11.0712, are on the application media (presumably not any earlier than from December 2007), whcih sttaes that it does support the AD385A.

[georgek_1 · Accepted solution]

Hello brouhaha,

Yes, the NIC AD385A using driver 10GigEthr-00 which is available for HP-UX v1, v2 & v3 .

The drivers are available to download from HPE site , from URL given below .

https://myenterpriselicense.hpe.com/cwp-ui/product-details/10GigEthr-00/11.31.1109%2F11.23.1107%2F11.11.0709/sw_free

Following are the drivers available for HP-UX.

    HP_UX_11i_v3_10GigEthr-00_B.11.31.1109_HP-UX_B.11.31_IA_PA.depot (1.77 MB)

    HP_UX_11i_v2_10GigEthr-00_B.11.23.1107_HP-UX_B.11.23_IA_PA.depot (880 KB)

    HP_UX_11i_v1_10GigEthr-00_B.11.11.0709_HP-UX_B.11.11_64.depot (340 KB)  ==>

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