Installing and Administering HP FDDI/9000 Software

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Installing FDDI/9000

Checking FDDI Installation Prerequisites

Checking FDDI Installation

Prerequisites

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 the HP-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.