Learn how to prepare the system for operation after you install the Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express (PCIe)
adapters in the system.
To complete this procedure, you must have
installed a PCIe adapter in the
system. For instructions, see Installing a PCIe adapter in the 5148-21L, 5148-22L, 8247-21L, 8247-22L, 8284-21A, or 8284-22A system with the power turned on in Linux.
To prepare the system
for operation, complete the following steps:
- Ensure
that you have the electrostatic discharge (ESD) wrist strap on and
that the ESD clip is connected to an unpainted metal surface. If not,
do so now.
- Replace the service access cover.
For instructions, see Installing the service access cover.
- For a rack-mounted system, place the
system into the operating position. For instructions, see Placing a rack-mounted model into the
operating position.
- Replace the front cover. For instructions, see Installing
the front cover on the 5148-21L,
5148-22L,
8247-21L, 8247-22L, 8247-42L, 8284-21A, 8284-22A, 8286-41A, or 8286-42A.
- If removed, connect the cables
or transceivers to the adapter.
- If you installed a PCIe3 cable adapter, and want
to connect an EMX0 PCIe3 expansion drawer to your system, proceed to Connecting an EMX0 PCIe
Gen3 I/O expansion drawer to your system.
Note: Connecting expansion drawer cables is a nonconcurrent procedure, which requires the system to
be powered off.
- Route the cables through the
cable-management arm.
- In the Linux session on the console, press
Enter after you have installed the adapter.
- On the console,
use the lsslot command to verify that you have
installed the PCI adapter in the correct slot.
To verify
the installation, complete the following steps:
- Enter lsslot -c pci -a. The information about the slots is displayed.
- Enter the slot information with the lsslot command,
as shown in the following example.
For example, if the
slot in which you installed the PCIe adapter was U7879.001.DQD014E-P1-C3
Enter lsslot -c
pci -s U7879.001.DQD014E-P1-C3
The following screen
is an example of the information that is displayed by this command:
# Slot Description Device(s)
U7879.001.DQD014E-P1-C3 PCI-X capable, 64 bit, 133MHz slot 0001:40:01.0
