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Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF/UTP Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • June 2006

5. Holding the adapter by the edges, align the adapter edge connector with the

PCI-E slot. Slide the adapter face plate into the small slot at the end of the PCI-E
opening.

6. Applying even pressure at both corners of the adapter, push the PCI-E adapter

until it is firmly seated in the slot.

Caution –

Do not use excessive force when installing the adapter into the PCI-E

slot. You might damage the adapter’s PCI-E connector. If the adapter does not seat
properly when you apply even pressure, remove the adapter and carefully reinstall
it.

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

8. Connect the cables.

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For the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet MMF adapter, connect the fiber-
optic cable (850nm, lC) to the PCI-E adapter and to a fiber-optic Ethernet network.

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For the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet UTP adapter, connect a Cat-5
twisted-pair cable.

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To Verify the Installation

After you have installed the Sun PCI-Express Dual Gigabit Ethernet adapter, but
before you boot your system, perform the following tasks to verify the installation.

Note –

Verification is not required if your system supports dynamic reconfiguration

(DR).

1. Power on the system, and when the banner appears, interrupt the boot process

and display the OpenBoot™ (ok) prompt.

Refer to the documentation for the platform you are using for information on how to
interrupt the boot process and display the OpenBoot prompt.

If the card is properly installed and the cables are properly connected to a
compatible network, you will see the following message:

Sun Fire T2000, No Keyboard

OpenBoot 4.19.0, 4088 MB memory installed, Serial #64534496.

Ethernet address 0:3:ba:d8:b7:e0, Host ID: 83d8b7e0.