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7. Type the following to display the Find window: /
8. For the adapter, type the following device package name: devices.pci.1410EC02
9. Press Enter. The system finds and highlights this device driver software.
10. Press F7 to select the highlighted device driver software.
11. Press Enter. The INSTALL ADDITIONAL DEVICE SOFTWARE screen displays. The entry fields are
automatically updated.
12. Press Enter to accept the information. The ARE YOU SURE window displays.
13. Press Enter to accept the information. The COMMAND STATUS screen displays.
v The term RUNNING is highlighted to indicate that the installation and configuration command is
in progress.
v When RUNNING changes to OK, scroll to the bottom of the page and locate the Installation
Summary.
v After a successful installation, SUCCESS displays in the Result column of the Installation
Summary at the bottom of the page.
14. Remove the installation media from the drive.
15. Press F10 to exit SMIT.
16. Go to the adapter installation procedure, "Installing the adapter" on page 125.
Verify AIX software installation
To verify that the device driver for the adapter is installed, do the following steps:
1. If necessary, log in as root user.
2. At the command line, type: lslpp -l devices.pci.1410EC02.rte
3. Press Enter.
If the adapter device driver is installed, an example of the data that displays on your screen is shown
below:
File set
Path: /usr/lib/objrep
osdevices.pci.1410EC02.rte
Verify that the devices.pci.1410EC02.rte filesets are installed at the AIX 5L Version 5.2 with the 5200-08
Technology Level or later level. If this information displays but you continue to have problems, go to
"Installing the adapter" on page 125.
If no data displays on your screen, the adapter device driver did not install correctly. Try reinstalling the
driver.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature and that you determine whether there are any prerequisites for this feature and attaching devices.
To check for the prerequisites, see IBM Prerequisite website (www-912.ibm.com/e_dir/eServerPrereq.nsf).
The adapter is supported on the following versions of the operating systems:
v AIX
– AIX Version 7.1, or later
– AIX Version 6.1, or later
– AIX Version 5.3, or later
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Power Systems: Managing PCI adapters for the 8233-E8B or 8236-E8C
Level
5.2.0.85
State
COMMITTED
Description
Ethernet adapter software
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