Sun Microsystems V880, V890 Precautions, PCI card configuration, Reconfiguring PCI network cards

Maintaining PCI cards

Precautions

!WARNING:

The graphics card, High-Speed Serial Interface/PCI (HSI/P) cards, and SCSI cards are not hot-pluggable cards. Before replacing these cards, you must turn off the computer. For information on how to replace the graphics card, see Replacing the graphics card on page 74. For information on how to replace SCSI cards, see Replacing SCSI cards on page 79. For information on how to install HSI/P cards, see Maintaining HSI/P cards (R3V11 on V880 only) on page 83.

PCI card configuration

The PCI card configurations are different for the V880 and V890 models. It is critical that you configure the cards as described in the following sections:

●Reconfiguring PCI network cards on page 61

●V880 PCI card configuration on page 62

●V890 PCI card configuration on page 63

Reconfiguring PCI network cards

On earlier versions of the V880, the ethernet cards were installed in the following order: Slots 0, 1, 2, and 5

Avaya now recommends that ethernet cards be installed as shown in V880 PCI card configuration on page 62. This is because the PCI card slots on both the V880 and V890 are scanned for network addressing in the following order:

Slots 3, 2, 1, 0, 6, 5, 4, 8, 7

Verify that the network cards are in the correct slot. If you are doing any maintenance on the system, such as doing a scheduled reboot or if you are restoring a system, you should take the opportunity to uninstall and reinstall the PCI cards in the correct order. When you do this, the cards will be reconfigured during the system reboot.

See V880 PCI card configuration on page 62 and V890 PCI card configuration on page 63 for the correct order for PCI cards.

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