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Installing and Replacing Network Interface Cards
Before you Begin
Before you remove or insert a NIC, follow these steps:
1. With a console connected to the console port, use HyperTerminal or
similar software to power down the system. At the command prompt, type
halt. You see this message:
Please press any key to reboot.
2. Turn off the appliance by toggling the on-off switch on the rear of the
appliance to the left.
Installing a NIC into the Appliance
IP500 Series appliances are available with different hardware configurations,
so the front of the appliance may have different NICs and different numbers
of cover plates (the plates that cover the cPCI slots in which no NICs are
installed).
Figure 9
Figure 9 Cover Plate for a cPCI Slot
Cover plates have retaining screws on the left and right.
Figure 10
the two top slots. Interface cards have the same two retaining screws as the
cover plate. They also have a retaining bracket on the right. The right-side
retaining screw is under the bracket.
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shows a cover plate.
Retaining screw
shows a cover plate over the bottom cPCI slot and interface cards in
IP500 Series Installation Guide
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