This section provides instructions for installing and configuring
the Netfinity® adapter
card and driver for the Windows® 2000 or 2003 host system.
- Obtain an optical multimode cable with a standard-connector style
of duplex connector.
- Write down the serial number of the adapter card.
In
the unlikely event that the nonvolatile random access memory is damaged, the
system will prompt you for the Netfinityadapter serial number.
- Check the system board and make any configuration changes necessary
to accommodate the Netfinity adapter.
- Turn off the peripheral devices and then turn off the host.
- Disconnect the power cord of the host.
- Install the card in the host.
- Remove the cover to the host.
- Locate an available 64-bit PCI slot. If a 64-bit slot is not
available, use a 32-bit PCI slot.
- Align the adapter with the expansion slot, and carefully press
the adapter into the slot until you hear the adapter snap into place.
- Secure the adapter.
- Connect one end of the fiber cable to the J1 connector on the
adapter and connect the other end to the DS6000™ or
switch port that you configured for the host adapter. If you have not configured
host adapter ports on your DS6000,
see Host configuration through the DS Storage Manager.
- Carefully reinstall and secure the cover.
- Connect the host power cables.
- Turn on all external fibre-channel devices.
- The host monitor displays start up information. Watch this information
for messages about the adapter.
Note: You will not see the BIOS
menu because the adapter BIOS is set to disabled by default. .
- To see the devices, press Alt+Q, and then use the utility program.
- Install and configure the adapter driver on the host.
See the installation instructions that are provided by your host adapter vendor
for specific adapter and adapter driver instructions. Go to Downloading and installing a host adapter driver.