Installing a Hot-Pluggable PCI Adapter
Note: Before installing a new adapter, ensure the device driver for the adapter is
installed. Check with the system administrator if the device driver is not already
installed.
To install an adapter, perform the following steps:
1. Install the new adapter into a PCI adapter cassette, see “PCI Adapter or Blank
Filler Removal From a Cassette Assembly” on page 74.
2. Log in as root user. If the system is a partitioned system, log in as root user on the
partition that has the adapter assigned to it.
3. At the command line, type smitty.
4. Select Devices.
5. Select PCI Hot Plug Manager.
6. From the PCI Hot-Plug Manager menu, select Add a PCI Hot-Plug Adapter and
press Enter. The Add a Hot-Plug Adapter window displays.
7. See the
PCI Adapter Placement Reference
, order number SA38-0538, for adapter
placement information. Select an empty PCI slot for the adapter.
8. Select the appropriate empty PCI slot from the ones listed on the screen, and
press Enter.
9. Follow the instructions on the screen to install the adapter until the visual indicator
(LED) for the specified PCI slot is set to the Action state.
10. Install the new adapter in the adapter slot by performing the following:
a. Lower the black handle completely.
b. Push the gray locking cross bar until you hear a clicking sound.
c. Hold the assembly straight on and level with the slot.
d. Align the bottom edge of the PCI cassette cover with the PCI card guide rail on
the I/O backplane.
Note: If there is a cassette to the left of the one you are installing, align the
ridge on the cover with the ″tick″ in the notch of the neighboring
cassette.
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