Hp 98248A Floating-Point Accelerator; Description And Support; Installation Procedure; The Expander - HP 98568A Installation Instruction

HP 98248A Floating-Point Accelerator
Description and Support
The HP 98248A Floating-Point Math board set provides HP Series 300 32-bit
computers with high-speed floating-point hardware.
HP 98248A Floating-Point Accelerator
Series 300 HP-UX Operating System Support
on Release with Model
5.5 or later 330
350
360
370
Installation Procedure
Note
Installing the Floating-Point Accelerator involves two tasks:
• preparing the operating system for the new hardware
• physically installing the hardware.
This procedure describes how to install the hardware only.
For instructions on preparing the operating system to use the
hardware, refer to the installation note that came with the
Floating-Point Accelerator.
If your system does not already include a backplane expander, you may need to
install and configure one in order to use this product. If you already have one,
skip the next section.
If you know that you will need to install an expander, go ahead and do so,
using the instructions packaged with the expander. Then skip the next section.
The Expander
You will need an expander if either of these statements is true:
4-2 Adding Accessory Cards