FIGURE 3-1Opening the Ejection Lever

5.Pull back the ejection lever and slide the card into the cPCI slot.

Caution Do not use excessive force when installing the adapter into the cPCI slot. You may damage the adapter’s connector. If the adapter does not seat properly when you apply even pressure, remove the adapter and carefully reinstall it.

6.Applying even pressure at both corners of the card, push the card until it is firmly seated in the slot.

In a full hot swap installation, when the card is properly seated and the physical connection is complete, the blue LED lights up.

7.Push the ejection lever over the sprocket toward the card and into the locked position.

FIGURE 3-2Closing the Ejection Lever

This locks the card into the slot and completes the hardware installation. In a full hot swap installation, the blue LED should go off.

If the blue LED does not go off, it either means the system into which you inserted the card does not fully support the hot-swap feature or the card is not properly seated.

16 SunATM 3U CompactPCI Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • February 2001

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Sun Microsystems 3U manual 1Opening the Ejection Lever