Installing the Fabric Expansion Module

C H A P T E R 2

This chapter describes how to install the Sun Blade T6320 XAUI Pass-Through Fabric Expansion Module in your system and verify that it has been installed correctly.

This chapter contains the following sections:

Installing the FEM

Verifying the Hardware Installation

Note - If you are installing the Sun Blade T6320 XAUI Pass-Through Fabric Expansion Module into a server module running Solaris 10 software, you must install the Solaris OS and patches before you install the hardware.

Installing the FEM

The following instructions describe the basic tasks required to install the FEM inside a blade server module.

To Install the FEM With the Power Off

1. Halt and power off your system.

2. Attach the adhesive copper strip of the antistatic wrist strap to the server module chassis. Wrap the other end twice around your wrist, with the adhesive side against your skin.

3. Perform an orderly shutdown of the server module

4. Remove the server module from the system chassis.

5. Remove the main cover of your system.

6. Slide the FEM card at an angle into the support bracket, then press it carefully into the connector.

FIGURE 2-1 Installing the FEM

Verifying the Hardware Installation

After you install the Sun Blade T6320 XAUI Pass-Through Fabric Expansion Module, perform the following tasks to verify the installation.

To Verify the Hardware Installation

1. Power on the system.

2. List the network devices on your system.

ok show-nets
a) /pci@0/pci@0/pci@c/network@0,1 
b) /pci@0/pci@0/pci@c/network@0 
c) /niu@80/network@1
d) /niu@80/network@0 
q) NO SELECTION
Enter Selection, q to quit

You should see the network devices in c) and d) above. If you do not see the network devices, verify that the FEM is properly seated.

To Reboot the System

After verifying the FEM installation, perform a reconfiguration boot on your system. Type the following:

ok boot -r