Configuring The New Or Replacement Card - Avaya Sun Fire V880 Installation & Maintenance

12. Connect the external cables to the card.
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Important:
If you are installing the ethernet cards to rearrange them in the correct order (see
Important:
Reconfiguring PCI network cards
network cables so you can reconnect them to the correct network cards and
ports.
13. Remove the ESD wrist strap.
14. Return the key switch to its original position.
15. Close the side door.

Configuring the new or replacement card

After you install a new or replacement card, do the following to configure the card:
1. Enter:
cfgadm
This displays the PCI card configuration after you add a card. Make sure the new card is
displayed.
2. Set up the network interface using the procedures in "Setting up LAN connections" in the
software installation chapter of the CMS software installation, maintenance, and
troubleshooting document for your CMS release.
3. Enter the following commands:
ifconfig <device> plumb
ifconfig <device> inet <IP_address> netmask 255.255.255.0
broadcast + up
Where:
<device> is the device name
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<IP_address> is the IP address being assigned to the card
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4. Perform a CMSADM file system backup to back up the updated system configuration. See
your CMS software installation, maintenance, and troubleshooting document for details.
Avaya CMS Sun Fire V880/V890 Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
on page 61 for more information), label the
Maintaining PCI cards
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