Adding And Removing Adapter Cards And Drives - IBM 2196 User Manual

Chapter 8. Adding and removing adapter cards
and drives
Before you begin working with the hardware inside your system unit, read the
following sections:
• "Evaluating your new hardware" on page 7-2
This section contains the information you need to understand about potential
system resource conflicts. Your new hardware might attempt to use a resource
that is already assigned to other hardware.
• "Planning your hardware changes" on page 7-3
This section contains important information about planning for hardware
changes and recording changed hardware settings. You can avoid repeated
steps if you follow the recommendations in this section.
• "Resolving resource conflicts" on page 7-4
This section will help you prevent potential system resource conflicts when you
install additional adapter cards or drives.

Adding and removing adapter cards and drives

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