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Installing and Using a PC Card
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Installing and Using a PC Card
Figure 21 shows the external PC card location.
Note
To use a PC card with the IP690, you need to install an optional PCMCIA card carrier in slot
3. Install the card carrier just as you would any PMC NIC. For information about installing
PMC NICs, see
Chapter 4, “Installing and Replacing Network Interface Cards.”
Figure 21 External PC Card Location
To install and use the PC card for system logging
1.
Insert the PC card into the PC card slot until it snaps in place.
2.
Press gently on the card until it is firmly seated in the slot.
The eject button to the left of the slot should be flush with the card.
3.
Open Check Point Network Voyager and configure the PC card as an optional disk by using
Network Voyager.
A /var directory is created on the card, and log files, configuration files, monitoring
information, and /tmp directory are subsequently stored in this directory.
4. Reboot the IP690.
5. Use Network Voyager to configure system logging options.
For more information, see the section on using an optional disk in the
Voyager Reference
Guide .
If you want to remove a PC card that was configured as an optional disk, you must turn it off as
an optional disk and then perform an orderly system shutdown before you remove it, as
described in the following procedure. You do not need to turn off the power.
Caution
If you do not perform this procedure before removing a PC card that is configured as an
optional disk, system processes randomly fail because the system tries to find a /var
directory on the optional disk. The resulting error messages indicate that some files in
the /var directory are not available.
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SLOT 1 SLOT 2 SLOT 3
RESET
SLOT 4
1
2
3
4
IP690
AUX CONSOLE
PMC PC card slot
Eject
button