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C H A P T E R
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Installing the Adapter
This chapter describes how to install the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet
Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in your system and verify that it has been installed
correctly.
This chapter contains the following section:
■
“Installing the Adapter” on page 13
■
“Installing an Optical Transceiver” on page 17
■
“Verifying the Hardware Installation” on page 20
Note –
If you are installing the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP
Low Profile Adapter in a machine running either the Solaris x86 Operating System
or the Linux x86 Operating System, Dynamic Reconfiguration (DR) is
not supported.
Installing the Adapter
If you are installing the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low
Profile Adapter into a machine running Solaris 10, you
must install the software
before you install the hardware.
The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the adapter.
Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed PCI-Express adapter
installation instructions, specifically you must check which bracket your server
requires (low profile or standard height), and install the standard height bracket if
required.
Caution –
Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter
mechanical fit limitations:
Do
not install the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile