8.Applying even pressure at both corners of the adapter, push the PCI adapter until it is firmly seated in the slot.

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

9.Secure the adapter to the PCI slot using the screw you removed in Step 6.

10.Detach the wrist strap and close the system unit.

11.Connect the cables.

■For the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet MMF PCI Bus card, connect the fiber optic cable (850nm, SC) to the PCI adapter and to a fiber optic Ethernet network.

FIGURE 2-1Connecting the Fiber Optic Cable

■For the Sun GigaSwift Ethernet UTP PCI Bus card, connect a Cat-5 twisted-pair cable.

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