Compatibility Information and Installation Requirements

Software Requirements

Required Patches

There are no patches for this version.

WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury or damage to the equipment, consult the safety information and user documentation provided with your computer before attempting the installation. Many computers are capable of producing energy levels that are considered hazardous. These computers are intended to be serviced by qualified personnel trained to deal with those hazards. Do not remove enclosures or attempt to bypass any interlocks that may be provided for the purpose of removing these hazardous conditions.

Hardware™ Requirements©

Gigabit Ethernet' is supported on the Itanium© 2 systems: rx5670 and rx2600 servers and zx6000 and zx2000 workstations.

Multiple add-on cards can be used on all supported systems, subject to the limitations of available card slots or the maximum number of cards supported by a particular system. See the configuration guide for your system for details or call your HP representative.

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Hardware and Software Installation Instructions

For instructions on how to install and configure the Gigabit Ethernet hardware and software, refer to the Quick Installation and Configuration Guide (see "Availability of Documentation").

To verify the driver (igelan) was loaded in the kernel, check the what(1) string by executing the following command:

Depending on interface, multiple peripheral devices can be connected to any interface card. However, because maximum device con nections are device- and platform-dependent, the following information represents basic guidelines only. For detailed information, contact an HP Customer Engineer or field of fice, which should have access to recent information published in the HP 9000 configuration and price guides. See Table 1-1 “Maximum^SM Recommended Device Connections by Interface ”

what /stand/vmunix | grep igelan

You should see:

igelan_ilan Version: 1 Jun 22 2002
igelan Revision: B.11.22.06 Jun 22 2002

Limitations

Following are the limits of Gigabit Ethernet: