Configuring HP-UX For Peripherals

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Managing PCI Cards with OLAR
PCI Card OLAR Overview and Concepts
Virtual Ports
Some driver designs create “virtual”ports thatdo not directly correspond
to any physical hardware. Virtual ports can normally be identified by the
driver that controls them. For example, HP Fibrechannel Mass Storage
card drivers create virtual ports with drivers named “fcp”, “fcpdev”,
“fcparray”, and “fcpmux” to control different aspects of the fibrechannel
mass storage network to which they are attached.
Both SAM and rad do not explicitly list virtual ports when discussing
topics that affect physical ports, however both types of ports are
suspended and resumed as appropriate.
Since virtual ports are reported by ioscan, they will appear in the
Peripheral Devices -> Cards area of SAM with the same slot ID as their
corresponding physical port.
Firmware Patch Information
For those wishing to use OLAR, your system may need to update its
firmware. For additional details, please refer to the Readme Before
Installing or Updating to HP-UX 11i document provided with your HP
product.