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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
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