Sun Microsystems V880, V890 manual Installing a hot-plug PCI card

Maintaining PCI cards

Installing a hot-plug PCI card

To install a card:

1.Enter: cfgadm

This displays the PCI card configuration before you add a card. Make sure the slot is available for a new card. Recheck the configuration after you have added the card.

2.Make sure that the front panel key switch is not in the locked position. If it is, move the key switch to the diagnostic or normal position.

3.Open the left door.

4.Attach one end of an ESD antistatic wrist strap to the system chassis sheet metal and attach the other end to your wrist. See Using an ESD wrist strap on page 59 for more information.

5.Identify the slot in which you want to install a card.

6.If not already done, pinch the purple PCI card retaining clip until it releases from the back of the card and rotate the clip outward. See the following figure.

7.If not already done, remove the filler panel from the slot.

8.Confirm that all three LEDs for the slot are off.

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