AE311A and AD300A -- HBA Installation Guide

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About this guide

This guide provides information about:

• Installing, conﬁguring, and troubleshooting the following HP Peripheral Component Interconnect

Express (PCIe) HBAs for Linux

and Microsoft

Windows

operating systems:

• HP single port 4Gb PCIe FC adapter, product number AE311A

• HP dual-port 4Gb PCIe FC adapter, product number AD300A

• Contacting technical support for additional assistance

Intended audience

This guide is intended for system administrators who are familiar with:

• Linux operat

ing system

• Windows operating system

• HBAs

Related documentation

In addition to this guide, see the HP StorageWorks QLogic Itanium host bus adapters for Linux and

Windows release notes.

These and other HP documents are available on the HP web site:h

ttp://www.docs.hp.com.

Document conventions and symbols

Table 1 Document conventions

Convention

Element

Medium blue text: Related documentation

Cross-ref

erence links and e-mail addresses

Medium blue, underlined text (http://www.hp.com)

Web site addresses

Bold font

• Key names

• Text type

d into a GUI element, such as into a box

• GUI elem

ents that are clicked or selected, such as

menu and

list items, buttons, and check boxes

Italic font

Text emphasis

Monospace font

• File and directory names

• System output

• Code

• Text typed at the command line

Monospace, italic font

• Code

variables

• Comm

and-line variables

Monospace, bold font

Emphasis of ﬁle and directory names, system output,

code, and text typed at the command line

AE311A PCI-e single-port 4Gb FC adapter and AD300A PCI-e dual-port 4Gb FC adapter for Linux and

Windows systems installation guide