Installation Manual

1 HP PCIe 2-port 4X QDR Fabric Adapter Installation
This document gives installation information for the HP Fabric Clustering System Host Channel
Adapter (HCA) for InfiniBand™, AT083A PCIe Adapter with 2 (two) 4X copper or fiber interfaces.
NOTE: The AT083A card is NOT supported on PA systems.
The AT083A product is for use in high-performance technical computing clusters and in database
clusters.
Thank you for purchasing HP I/O Products If you are installing a Host Channel Adapter as an
add-in device, please review this document before installation.
All product documentation, including an installation guide, release notes, as well as information
on supported servers, HP-UX versions, drivers, and patches, is available online at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs and select HP Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand.
HP Fabric Clustering System Installation Prerequisites
NOTE: The latest copy of this document can be found at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs within the HP Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand
area.
Before installing the HP Fabric Clustering System, ensure that the following hardware and
software prerequisites are met:
• HP requires all systems in the fabric to use both the same HP-UX OS software version, and
the same HP-UX Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand software version, such as version
B.11.31.1103.
• HP requires all systems in the fabric to use the same bundle, IB4X-00.
• The AT083A card has been certified on 36 port QDR switch with firmware version 7.2.0.
• Check the IB4X-00 Driver for InfiniBand Release Notes for known problems, required patches,
or other information needed for installation, available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs in the HP Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand
section.
The latest switch firmware and is available online at:
http://support.hp.com
1. Select Software and Driver downloads.
2. Enter your product name.
3. Click the double arrow.
• Confirm that the HP Fabric adapter and software is supported on the HP server and IO slot
chosen; see HP Fabric Clustering System Support Matrix, available at:
http://www.hp.com/go/hpux-iocards-docs in the HP Fabric Clustering System for InfiniBand
section.
• Each AT083A Host Channel Adapter card requires 512 MB host memory in supported
servers.
• Determine where the switch is to be installed and which servers are to have an HCA installed.
• To use the Internet Protocol over InfiniBand (IPoIB) protocol, see “Internet Protocol over
InfiniBand (IPoIB)” (page 8).
• The installed version of IP Filter must be higher than “B9901AA A.03.05.06 HP IPFilter
3.5alpha5”.
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