HP 705 Workstation Operation and maintenance manual

Disk Drive Software Notice
Hewlett–Packard now has additional sources for 1–GB and 2–GB SCSI disk drives:
1–GB: DEC DSP3107LS Seagate ST31200N Quantum LPS1080S
DEC DSP3107LSW Seagate ST31200W Quantum LPS1080WD
Hewlett-Packard C3324A Seagate ST31230N Quantum VP31110
Hewlett-Packard C3324W Seagate ST31230W
2–GB: DEC DSP3210S Seagate ST12400N Quantum VP32210
DEC DSP3210SW Seagate ST12400W
Hewlett-Packard C3325A Seagate ST32430N
Hewlett-Packard C3325W Seagate ST32430W
The product you have just purchased includes one of these new drives. The functional capabilities of
these new drives depend on the version of HP–UX you load onto your product. The following table lists
the drive capabilities at different versions of HP–UX. Notice that the 2–GB drives are not supported
when running under HP–UX 9.01.
HP–UX
Version 1–GB Drives 2–GB Drives
9.01 Patch needed for full functionality (see Note 1) Not supported
9.03 Patch needed for full functionality Patch needed for full functionality (see Note 2)
9.05 May need patch for full functionality (see Note 3) May need patch for full functionality (see Note 3)
9.05
PCO Full functionality (Quantum VP31110 requires a patch) Full functionality (Quantum VP32210 requires a patch)
9.07 Full functionality Full functionality
10.0 Full functionality (Quantum VP31110
requires a patch) Full functionality (Quantum VP32210 requires a patch)
Notes – 1. Diagnostic support is not available for these drives running on HP–UX 9.01.
2. To install 2–GB drives on HP–UX 9.03, you must use a netdist install server. This device
cannot be installed as a standalone device. You must install patch PHSS_5776 on the
server to recognize these disk drives.
3. The following drives are fully supported at HP–UX 9.05 (all others need patch):
Seagate ST31200N, ST31200W, ST12400N, ST12400W; DEC DSP3107LS,
DSP3107LSW, DSP3210S, DSP3210SW; Quantum LPS1080S, LPS1080WD.
9.05 vs. 9.05 PCO
In order to identify whether you have an HP–UX 9.05 or 9.05 PCO system, enter the following command
at a terminal window prompt:
grep fv /system/UX–CORE/index
Your system will respond with:
fv: A.B9.05.1M (for a 9.05 PCO system),or
fv: A.B9.05.1J (for a 9.05 system)
For further details about the HP–UX 9.05 PCO release, please refer to the Release Notes found online in:
/etc/newconfig/905+RelNotes/hpuxsystem (Over, please)

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To install patches to HP–UX, perform the following steps:
1. Begin the HP–UX software installation process. At HP–UX 9.0x releases, if the system has
one of the drives listed above installed, the following message appears:
“Note: the destination disk type “ disk–drive ”
was not found in the disk table /etc/disktab.
(Press any key to continue.)”
Press any key. The screen displays the following message:
“If model number: “ disk–drive ”, is incorrect,
and a correct one (one that has an entry in the
/etc/disktab) is known, please enter it now otherwise
press return.”
For 1–GB drives (under 9.01, 9.03, or 9.05), type: MICROP_2112 Return
For 2–GB drives (under 9.05), type DEC_DSP3210S Return
Notes: The MICROP_2112 or DEC_DSP3210S drives are functionally
equivalent to the drives listed above. By using this entry, you can
complete the software installation process.
2. Let the software installation process complete.
3. Install the appropriate patch using the update procedures. The software patches may be
obtained by requesting the following patches from HP Customer Service. Patches
PHSS_5466 and PHSS_5467 may also be obtained from the Hardware Patch product
B2908AA residing on the HP 9000 Series 700, HP–UX Application Software CD Release
June 1995 (and later releases).
HP–UX Version
Patch No.Description 9.01 9.03 9.05 PCO 9.07 10.0
PHSS_5515 SCSIDSK2 support ✓
PHSS_5467 SAM & /etc/disktab support ✓ ✓ ✓
PHSS_5496 CORE–DIAG support (See Note 4.) ✓ ✓ ✓
PHSS_5497 MEMDIAG support ✓ ✓ ✓
PHSS_5466 SCSIDSK2 support ✓ ✓ ✓
PHSS_4985 DTDUTIL support ✓ ✓ ✓
PHSS_5776 Netdist Install support ✓ ✓ ✓ ✓
PHSS_5283 SAM & /etc/disktab support (See Note 5.) ✓
Notes: 4. PHSS_5496 modifies the HP–UX kernel and requires a system reboot. Additionally,
PHSS_5496 corrupts MEMDIAG, so you must also load PHSS_5497 after the system
boots.
5. 2–GB drives are not supported under HP–UX 9.01.
Part Number: B2908–90601
Edition E0795
Printed in USA