Installing the Adapter

C H A P T E R 3

This chapter describes how to install the adapter in your system and verify that the adapter is properly loaded and is recognized by the operating system.

This chapter contains the following section:

Installing the Adapter in a System

Installing the Adapter in a System

The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the adapter. Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed PCI-Express adapter installation instructions.

To Install the Adapter

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 adapter by the edges, align the adapter edge connector with the
PCI-E slot.

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

7. 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.

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

9. Connect the cables.

10. Power on the system.

Verifying the Installation

After you have installed the Sun x4 PCI-Express Quad Gigabit Ethernet UTP Low Profile adapter , perform the following tasks to verify the installation.

To Verify the Installation on Solaris x86 Systems

1. Power on the system.

2. Check the driver version on your system.

ok modinfo|grep e1000g
127 ffffffffefc42000  189f0   8   1  e1000g (Intel PRO/1000 Ethernet 5.0.14)

3. Check to see if the adapter is properly installed and recognized by the OS:

grep e1000g /etc/path_to_inst

If the adapter is properly installed, you will see output similar to the following:

"/pci@7b,0/pci10de,5d@d/pci111d,8018@0/pci111d,8018@2/pci108e,11bc@0" 0 "e1000g"
"/pci@7b,0/pci10de,5d@d/pci111d,8018@0/pci111d,8018@2/pci108e,11bc@0,1" 1 "e1000g"
"/pci@7b,0/pci10de,5d@d/pci111d,8018@0/pci111d,8018@4/pci108e,11bc@0" 2 "e1000g"
"/pci@7b,0/pci10de,5d@d/pci111d,8018@0/pci111d,8018@4/pci108e,11bc@0,1" 3 "e1000g"

To Verify the Installation in a Linux System

Verify the new network interface instances corresponding to the Sun x4 PCI-Express Quad Gigabit Ethernet UTP Low Profile adapter :

# ifconfig -a | grep eth
 
eth6      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:17:2C:9D:D5
eth7      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:17:2C:9D:D4
eth8      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:17:2C:9D:D7
eth9      Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:15:17:2C:9D:D6

To Verify the Installation in a Microsoft Windows System

1. Click on Control Panel.

2. Click on Network Connection

3. The adapter interfaces labeled as Intel® PRO/1000 PT Quad Port LP Server Adapter # will show up at the Network Connection window screen, if the driver is installed successfully.

4. To check the driver version, use the Administration Tool.

5. In the Administration Tool click on Computer Management, Device Manager, and Network Adapter.