4.RemovetherisercardassemblytogetherwiththeinstalledEthernetcard.See“Removingtheriser
cardassembly”onpage36.
5.Referto“RemovingaPCIcard”onpage40andfollowthoseinstructionstoremovetheEthernetcard
fromtherisercardassembly .
6.IfyouareinstructedtoreturntheEthernetcard,followallpackaginginstructionsanduseanypackaging
materialsthataresuppliedtoyouforshipping.
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheremovalprocedur e,goto“Completingthepartsreplacement”onpage71.
InstallingtheE thernetcard
Attention:Donotopenyourserverorattemptanyrepairbeforereadingandunderstandingthe“Safetyinformation”
onpageiiiand“Guidelines”onpage19.
Thissectionprovidesinstructionsonhowt oinstalltheEthernetcardandhowtoinstalltheEthernetcard
driveronWindowsoperatingsystems.
ToinstalltheEthernetcard,dothefollowing:
1.Removeallmediafromthedrivesandturnoffallattacheddevicesandtheserver.Then,disconnectall
powercordsfromelectricaloutletsanddisconnectallcablesthatareconnectedtotheserver.
2.Removetheservercover.See“Removingtheservercover”onpage21.
3.Touchthestatic-protectivepackagethatcontainstheEthernetcardtoanyunpaintedsurfaceonthe
outsideoftheserver.Then,removetheEthernetcardfromthepackage.
4.See“InstallingaPCIcard”onpage39andfollowthoseinstructionstoinstalltheEthernetcard.Install
theEthernetcardintotheappropriatePCIcardslot(slot2orslot3)ontherisercardassembly(the
bottomorthemiddleslotwhentherisercardassemblyisinstalledonthesystemboar d).
Whattodonext:
•Toworkwithanotherpieceofhardware,gototheappropriatesection.
•Tocompletetheinstallation,goto“Completingthepartsr eplacement”onpage71.
OnLinuxoperatingsystems,youdonotneedtoinstallanydevicedriverfortheEthernetcard;onWindows
operatingsystems,youneedtoinstallthedevicedriverfortheEthernetcard.Toinstallthedevicedriver
onWindowsoperatingsystems,dothefollowing:
1.Saveanyopendocumentsandexitallapplications.
2.InserttheThinkServerEasyStartupDVDthatcamewithyourserverintotheDVDdrive.
Note:YoudonotneedtousethedriverdiscthatcamewiththeEthernetcard.
3.Right-clickMyComputerandselectProperties.TheSystemPropertieswindowopens.
4.OntheHardwaretab,clicktheDeviceManagerbutt on.TheDeviceManagerwindowopens.
5.ExpandtheNetworkadaptersandthenright-clickoneoftheEthernetcards(PRO/1000PTorthe
yellowquestionmark).
6.SelectUpdateDriver....TheHar dwareUpdateWizardprogramopens.
7.SelectInstallthesoftwareautomatically(Recommended)andclickNexttocontinue.
8.Followtheinstructionsonthescreen.
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