Sun Microsystems 10GBE XFP manual Installing the Adapter

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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

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