Communicator e3000 MPE/iX Release 7.5 (Software Release C.75.00) (30216-90336)

Chapter 5
Technical Articles
HP e3000 PA-8700 A-Class and N-Class Core I/O Card
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I/O Paths Used for the Console I/O Serial Ports
The serial ports on the PA-8700 Core I/O card are configured on the following I/O paths:
0/0/4/1.0 - console; Ldev 20
0/0/4/1.1 - remote session
0/0/4/1.2 - UPS device
NOTE These paths are NOT in the same order as the paths as designated on the equivalent platforms
for the rp7400 HP-UX systems. This order of the hardware paths is due to the way the
PCI_CONSOLE_DAM is mapping the paths used by Sysgen to the physical hardware. The paths
were mapped this way to maintain the three ldevs on the Core I/O card in the same order they
were configured on earlier non-PCI platforms.
New Default Configuration Groups
MPE/iX release 7.5 includes four new default configuration groups that contain the configuration for the new
PA-8700 Core I/O card. These groups define the I/O configuration for the console and the remote console port.
The new groups are:
• CONFNCL3 — For a N-Class system with 2 internal disks.
• CONFNCL4 — For a N-Class system with an external disk.
• CONFACL3 — For a A-Class system with 2 internal disks.
• CONFACL4 — For a A-Class system with an external disk.
Secure Web Console
The GSP on PA-8700 Core I/O card contains the firmware that implements the Secure Web Console (SWC).
The SWC can be used with either Microsoft Internet Explorer or Netscape Internet browsers. Once the GSP
LAN console access has been configured with the LC command, the SWC access can be enabled with the GSP
EL command. When the EL command is entered, following the prompts allows you to enable console access
via telnet, SWC or both. To access the SWC from your Web browser, simply enter the IP resolved node name
for the GSP LAN port in the address bar of your browser. For example, if the node name GSP1.hp.com is the
full domain name resolved by a DNS server to the IP address assigned to the GSP/LAN port, then enter
’http://gsp1.hp.com’ in the address bar to access the SWC.
For more documentation on the Secure Web Console, see the documentation for the rp7400 Server system
hardware on the web at: http://www.docs.hp.com/.
The GSP LAN/Console Port
This port has been enhanced to provide a 10-100Base-TX connection into the GSP. Previously this GSP
LAN/Console port only supported 10Base-TX connections.