- Sun Installation and User's Guide GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter

8 Sun GigaSwift Ethernet Adapter Installation and User’s Guide • August 2004
Note – Dynamic reconfiguration (DR) is a system-specific feature. If you have a Sun
Enterprise system that supports DR, refer to the Sun Enterprise Dynamic
Reconfiguration User’s Guide and your system’s documentation for further
information about DR.
InstallingtheAdapter Without Dynamic
Reconfiguration
▼ To Install the Adapter
Note – The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the
adapter. Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed PCI adapter
installation instructions.
1. Halt and power off your system.
2. Power off all of the peripherals connected to your system.
3. Open the system unit.
4. Attach the adhesive copper strip of the antistatic wrist strap to the metal casing of
the power supply. Wrap the other end twice around your wrist, with the adhesive
side against your skin.
5. Holding the PCI adapter by the edges, unpack it and place it on an antistatic
surface.
6. Using a No. 1 Phillips screwdriver, remove the PCI filler panel from the slot in
which you want to insert the PCI adapter.
Save the filler panel screw for Step 9.
7. Holding the PCI adapter by the edges, align the adapter edge connector with the
PCI slot. Slide the adapter face plate into the small slot at the end of the PCI
opening.
8. Applying even pressure at both corners of the adapter, push the PCI adapter until
it is firmly seated in the slot.