Oracle^® SuperCluster M8 and SuperCluster M7 Installation Guide

Install Optional Fibre Channel PCIe Cards

If optional Fibre Channel PCIe cards are purchased for SuperCluster M8 or SuperCluster M7, use this procedure to install the cards.

Each CMIOU in the compute node has three slots, each of which can hold one PCIe hot-plug card carrier. Each of these carriers contains a single low-profile PCIe card. For the location of the PCIe cards, refer to the Oracle SuperCluster M8 and SuperCluster M7 Overview Guide.

Additional installation details are available in these documents:

• The documentation provided with the PCIe card.

• The SPARC M7 Series Servers Service Manual. See Hardware Installation Documents.

1. Ensure that you take proper antistatic measures.
2. Remove the PCIe carrier from the slot.
   1. Open the carrier's green extraction lever.

      Swing the lever out 90 degrees until the far end of the lever begins to push the carrier out of the slot.

   2. Pull the carrier from the slot.

3. Open the carrier.
   1. Press the green tab to unlock the carrier latch.
   2. Swing the carrier arm open.
   3. If present, remove the filler panel from the carrier.
4. Insert the PCIe card until the bottom connector is firmly seated in the carrier's connector.

   The card is correctly seated only when the notch at the top of the card bracket fits around a guide post on the carrier.

   If the PCIe card includes a mounting screw, do not use the mounting screw. The carrier does not accept mounting screws.

5. Close the carrier arm.

   The green latch clicks, locking the card in the carrier.

6. Install the carrier into the CMIOU slot.
   1. Push evenly on both sides of the carrier so that the carrier slides straight into the slot.

      If the carrier slides correctly into the slot, you feel a slight resistance as the carrier starts to seat in the connector.

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      Caution  -  Do not push the extraction lever while you insert the carrier into the slot. The carrier can enter at an angle and damage the connectors.

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   2. Lock the carrier's extraction lever.
7. Attach I/O cables to the card.

Related Information

• Fibre Channel PCIe Card Overview

• Connect SuperCluster to the Facility Networks