HP A6826-60001 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter's Driver upgrade for Superdome Server

[AMIT PANDEY]

Hi All,
This is wrt Driver Upgradation for HP A6826-60001 2Gb Dual Port PCI/PCI-X Fibre Channel Adapter running HP UX 11.11 on HP Superdome Server.
If anyone has done this upgradation please assist on the same.I have got the depot file for this upgradation, from HP site.
Thanks in advance.

Regards
Amit Pandey

[Torsten.]

You are on 11.11, so you're running a PA-RISC machine.
You don't need the EFI driver, you don't need the RISC firmware, if you don't boot from this card.
All you need is a current driver ...

Read the notes, swinstall the driver and reboot ...

http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=331473&swItem=ux-28277-6&prodNameId=331475&swEnvOID=7&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0

[Murat SULUHAN]

Hi Amit

This url is documentation for A6826 installation.
http://docs.hp.com/en/A6826-96009/index.html

The driver download url is
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareIndex.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodNameId=331475&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=331473&swLang=13&taskId=135&swEnvOID=7

The installation is very easy swinstall command as you can see in the following url
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/SoftwareDescription.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&prodTypeId=329290&prodSeriesId=331473&swItem=ux-28277-6&prodNameId=331475&swEnvOID=7&swLang=13&taskId=135&mode=4&idx=0

Upload your depot file into your server
change directory to upload directory
and run swinstall -s $PWD/

Best Regards
Murat

[AMIT PANDEY]

Hi Murat,
Thanx for your response.
Please let me know if there is anything needs to be taken care before upgrading the driver.
The current version is showing as :
Driver Version = @(#) libfcd.a HP Fibre Channel ISP 23xx Driver B.11.11.06 /ux/kern/kisu/FCD/src/common/wsio/fcd_init.c:Jul 15 2005

,09:44:43
Pls assist.
Thanks.

[Murat SULUHAN]

Hi Amit

Install the followings

OnlineDiag bundle, product number B6191AAE, version A.47.00 (B.11.11.15.xx) or later

PHKL_28569 needed for WSIO

PHKL_28695 needed for VM

PHKL_34161 needed for fcmsutil

PHKL_30067 only needed on systems with PCI-X slots

PHKL_31227 only needed if OLAR functionality is required; applies to all cards that have a bridge, including A9782A, A9784A, and AB465A

PHSS_33918 needed for online diagnostics

And then install your driver with swinstall

Best Regards
Murat

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