System Upgrade 8-41

Setup of Optional PCI Board

IMPORTANT:

To enable the fault-tolerant feature of the optional device, the identical devices must be installed to the same slots in groups 1 and 2, respectively.

A video board is already installed to slot #1 as standard configuration. This board may not be removed or replaced with any other board.

Change the BIOS settings. For some optional PCI boards you may need to start up the BIOS setup utility to change the [Boot Monitoring Time-out Period] configuration in [Advanced] – [Monitoring Configuration]. For more details, see page 4-15.

N8804-001P1 100BASE-TX Adapter Set

IMPORTANT: Note the following about this product:

For LAN cable’s connector, use the RJ-45 connector which is compliant with IEC8877 standard. Using a different connector may make it difficult to remove the connector.

Slots to install the board

 

 

 

 

 

 

PCI slot

 

 

N code

Name

 

Group 1

 

 

Group 2

 

Remarks

 

 

#1

 

#2

 

#3

#1

 

#2

 

#3

 

N8804-001P1

100BASE-TX Adapter set

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√

 

√

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√

 

√

 

√: Can be installed. –: Cannot be installed.

Installation of driver

The NEC Express5800/ft series duplicates one or two pairs of 100BASE-TX adapter sets (N8804-001P1) before using.

After installing Operating System, install the drivers in the following procedure and make dual settings of the PCI board.

TIPS: To perform this procedure, you have to log on the system as an Administrator or a member of the Administrators group.

After installing the OS, follow the steps below to install a driver and establish a dual configuration: