IBM 8687 Installation Guide - Page 151
Adding a known adapter, Tools -> Add Card Wizard
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The processing of adding an adapter depends on whether the adapter is on the list of known adapters or whether you have to specify the adapter's characteristics. Adding a known adapter The process to add a known adapter, such as the IBM Gigabit Ethernet SX Adapter, is as follows: 1. Select Tools -> Add Card Wizard. You are presented with Figure 5-7. Figure 5-7 Add Card Wizard The bottom two check boxes are selected, indicating the following default settings: - Active PCI Manager will suggest only slots with hot-plug support (all of the slots in the x440 and RXE-100 support hot-plug). - Slots that will not require a server restart. The Add Card Wizard, when finding the best slot in which to place the new adapter, may find a slot that needs to reset the bus in order for it to work. An example would be a 133 MHz PCI-X adapter being added to a bus that already has a 133 MHz PCI-X adapter installed. Since the hardware only supports two adapters in the one bus running at most at 100 MHz, the bus Chapter 5. Management 137