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34 Chapter 2

Installing the HP EISA FDDI/9000 Adapter

Installing the Adapter

1. Locate an empty EISA expansion slot and remove the blank cover

plate.

Save the screw(s) to secure the adapter to the chassis in a later step.

2. Remove the adapter from its antistatic packaging.

3. Align the EISA connector on the EISA FDDI adapter with the I/O

Expansion connector in the slot. Press the adapter ﬁrmly into place,

making sure that the two connectors are ﬂush with each other. Screw

the EISA FDDI adapter into place by screwing in the two screws on

the front of the slot.

Figure 2-1 shows the EISA FDDI cable connectors and LEDs. Note

that the numbers shown correspond to the LEDs.

Figure 2-1 EISA FDDI Cable Connectors and LEDs

4. Secure the adapter to the system chassis with the screw(s) that you

removed from the blank cover plate in step 1.

Next you will attach your EISA FDDI adapter to the network. Go to the

section “Connecting the Adapter to the Network” for this step.

LEDs

MIC Connector

Optical Bypass

(6-pin DIN socket)

(1)

(2)

(3)

(4)

(only one on

single-attach

adapters)

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