Sun Microsystems 10GBE XFP manual To Install the Adapter

Adapter in slot-2 of a Sun Fire T2000 system. The SATA cables from the adjacent card slot prevent the proper installation of an Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in this slot. (Note that this issue does not exist for Sun Fire T2000 that is RoHS compliant.)

Caution – Do not install the Sun x8 Express Dual 10 Gigabit Ethernet Fiber XFP Low Profile Adapter in slot-5 of a Sun Fire X4600 system because the heatsink on the adapter will sit against the daughter card of the Sun Fire X4600 system.

Note – When you install the adaper, ensure that the optical transceiver has not been installed. The optical transceiver must be installed into the adapter when it is in place.

This section contains the following topics:

■“To Install the Adapter” on page 14

■“Installing an Optical Transceiver” on page 17

■“Verifying the Hardware Installation” on page 20

▼To Install the Adapter

1.Halt and power off your system.

2.Power off all of the peripherals connected to your system.

3.Open the system unit.

4.Attach the adhesive copper strip of the antistatic wrist strap to the metal casing of the power supply. Wrap the other end twice around your wrist, with the adhesive side against your skin.

5.Remove the filler panel from the PCI-E opening.

14 Sun Dual 10GbE XFP PCI Express Card User’s Guide • January 2009