A9899A HP PCI-X 2-Port 1000Base-SX Gigabit Adapter for Windows and Linux

A9899A is a PCI-X dual-port Gigabit Ethernet card with 1000Base-SX fibre ports for Windows Server 2003 64-bit and Linux on Itanium servers. Each port has duplex LC connectors and an activity/link LED. The ports run only at 1000 Mbit/s and in full-duplex mode, and the card works in PCI as well as PCI-X slots. The spare board numbers are A7011-67001 and A7011-69001. Its copper counterpart is A9900A (1000Base-T).

Cabling is 62.5 micron or 50 micron multimode fibre with LC connectors; a remote end with SC connectors needs an LC-to-SC conversion cable. Set both the switch port and the card to auto negotiation, or to the same speed and duplex. With jumbo frames, all end stations on a LAN need the same MTU, and switch ports can use any MTU equal to or above the end station setting.

On Windows Server 2003 64-bit the driver is e1000645.sys, version 7.2.17.0, and comes from the HP Smart Setup Build 2.0 (or later) application CD or from the Itanium servers support download. Linux detects the card and loads its driver automatically. A card ordered under factory option 0D1 needs no installation.

Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition and Datacenter Edition on Itanium take A9899A in the HP Integrity rx1620, rx2620, rx3600, rx4640, rx6600, rx7620, rx7640, rx8620, rx8640, rx2660, the BL860c blade and Superdome, including the rx2600 and rx4640 families on the HP-UX side.