Preface

This installation guide describes how to install and remove the Sun StorageTek trademark Dual 4 Gigabit (Gb) Fibre Channel (FC) Dual Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) host bus adapter (HBA). This guide also explains how to verify the driver version and install any necessary patches. The document is written for technicians, system administrators, application service providers (ASPs), and users who have advanced experience troubleshooting and replacing hardware.

You can order additional HBAs through Sun Microsystems using the following Sun Marketing part number: 371-4017-01.

Before You Read This Book

Before you install and use the HBA as described in this document, read and understand the following documents.

SunVTS 6.X Users Guide

SunVTS 6.X Reference Manual

You can find these documents by performing a search at http://docs.sun.com.

How This Document Is Organized

Chapter 1 provides an overview of the product and lists the various operating systems, host platforms, switches, and storage systems, that support the HBA.

Chapter 2 describes how to install and remove the HBA.

Chapter 3 describes how to install any software and utilities that are required by the HBA.

Chapter 4 contains known issues with this release of the HBA.

Using UNIX Commands

This document might not contain information on basic UNIX^® commands and procedures such as shutting down the system, booting the system, and configuring devices. Refer to the following for this information:

Software documentation that you received with your system

Solaris Operating System documentation, which is at

http://docs.sun.com

Shell Prompts

Shell	Prompt
C shell	machine-name`%`
C shell superuser	machine-name`#`
Bourne shell and Korn shell	`$`
Bourne shell and Korn shell superuser	`#`

Typographic Conventions

Typeface	Meaning	Examples
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`AaBbCc123`	What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output	`%` `su` `Password:`
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Typeface

Meaning

Examples

AaBbCc123

The names of commands, files, and directories; on-screen computer output

Edit your.login file.

Use ls -a to list all files.

% You have mail.

AaBbCc123

What you type, when contrasted with on-screen computer output

% su

Password:

AaBbCc123

Book titles, new words or terms, words to be emphasized. Replace command-line variables with real names or values.

Read Chapter 6 in the User’s Guide.

These are called class options.

You must be superuser to do this.

To delete a file, type rm filename.

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Documentation, Support, and Training

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Documentation	`http://www.sun.com/documentation/`
Support	`http://www.sun.com/support/`
Training	`http://www.sun.com/training/`

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Sun StorageTek Dual 4 Gb FC Dual GbE HBA Installation Guide, part number 820-3783-11