User's Manual

2 Installin g the HBAs

This chapter describes the procedure for installing the FC1143 and FC1243 HBAs, including:

•

Installation prerequisites,page13

• Installation procedure, page 14

Refertoyourhost documentation forinstalling theHBAs.

WARNING!

Disconnect thehostfromthe powersourcebeforeinstalling theHBAs. To reduce theriskof personal

injury from hot surfaces, allow the internal server or workstation components to c ool before touching.

CAUTION:

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) can damage electronic components. Be sure you are properly grounded

before beginning this procedure as described in "Regulatory compliance and safety" on page 29.

Installation prerequisites

Before you begin, ensure that you have:

• An optical multimode cable with an LC-style duplex connector

• An empty PCI-X slot

• The following unique information that is located on the bot tom of the HBA:

•Serial number

• World Wide Por t Name (WWPN) and Node Name (NN), each of which is derived from the

HBA’s I EEE address. Combined, the WWPN and NN create the World Wide Na m e (WWN)

that

uniquely identiﬁes an HBA in the Fibre Channel environment

FC1143 and FC1243 4Gb PCI-X 2.0 host bus adapters for Linux and Windows