Cisco Systems 611 manual Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter

Chapter 4 Installing Hardware Options

Installing Adapters

Installing the Fibre Channel Adapter

To install the Fibre Channel adapter, follow these steps:

Step 1 Check the system board and locate the correct PCI-X slot for the Fibre Channel card.

Step 2 Power down any connected peripheral devices, and then power down the device. Step 3 Disconnect the power cords.

Step 4 Remove the cover. (See the “Removing the Cover and Bezel” section on page 4-1.)

Step 5 Remove the expansion slot cover. (See Figure 4-3.)

Step 6 Align the adapter with the slot 2 connector on the riser card. Carefully press the adapter into the expansion slot until it is fully seated and secure. (See Figure 4-4.)

Step 7 Reinstall the riser card. Make sure that the riser card is fully seated in the riser card connector on the system board.

Step 8 Connect one end of an LC-LC Fibre Channel cable to the optical interface connector on the Fibre Channel adapter card. Connect the other end to a Fibre Channel device.

Step 9 Carefully install and secure the cover. (See the “Completing the Installation” section on page 4-17.)

Step 10 Connect the power cables.

Step 11 Power on all external Fibre Channel devices; then power on the device. Step 12 Verify the installation by checking the LEDs. (See Table 1-4 on page 1-9.)

Troubleshooting the Fibre Channel Adapter Installation

Three types of adapter installation problems might cause your Fibre Channel adapter to function incorrectly:

•Hardware problems

•System configuration problems

•Fibre Channel problems

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