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C H A P T E R  3

Installing the Fabric Expansion Module

This chapter describes how to install the Sun Dual 10GbE Fabric Expansion Module in your system and verify that it has been installed correctly.


Note - If you are installing the FEM into a machine running the Solaris 10 OS, you must install the software before you install the hardware.


Installing the FEM

The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the FEM inside a blade server. Refer to your system installation or service manual for detailed FEM installation instructions.

procedure icon  To Install the FEM

  1. Halt and power off your system.

  2. Power off all peripherals connected to your system.

  3. 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.

  4. Remove the main cover of your system.

  5. Remove the filler cap from the FEM connector.

    The FEM connector is labeled FEM.

  6. Align the FEM card with the connector and support bracket, then seat it carefully into the slot ().

    FIGURE 3-1   Installing the FEM






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