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HP 9000 Networking: Installing and Administering HP FDDI/9000 Software > Chapter 2 Installing FDDI/9000

Checking FDDI Installation Prerequisites

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Prior to loading the FDDI product onto your system, check that you have met the following hardware and software prerequisites:

  1. Check that the /usr/bin, /usr/sbin and /sbin directories are in your PATH using the command: echo $PATH.

  2. The operating system has been upgraded to 10.30 software.

    To obtain this information, use the uname -a command.

  3. You have a fiber cable terminated with a MIC connector to connect your FDDI adapter to your concentrator.

  4. Series 800 HP-PB: The system backplane contains available empty HP-PB slots for the FDDI adapter. (The HP-PB FDDI card is a double-high card; therefore, it needs two slots, above and below, rather than side-by-side. See theHP-PB FDDI Adapter Installation Guide for more details.)

  5. You have an IP address, subnet mask (optional), and host name alias for your new FDDI adapter.

  6. You have super-user status.

    NOTE: Prior to the installation of HP FDDI/9000, FDDI fiber optic cabling must be installed by a non-HP third party cabling vendor, and all networking appliances must be correctly attached and configured including concentrators.
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