This chapter provides detailed information on removing the IRIS 4-Port Ethernet Adapter with Asynchronous Serial (MENET/MSER) option board. Option boards are removed for re-placement in a system because of other option boards slot or connectivity requirements, for placement in another OCTANE workstation, or for board replacement.
The following topics are included in this chapter:
To remove the IRIS 4-Port Ethernet Adapter with Asynchronous Serial (MENET/MSER) option board, you need a Phillips head screwdriver, a wrist strap, a compression connector cap, and a blank panel or new MENET/MSER option board.
Removing an MENET/MSER option board requires following a series of steps that lead up to the board removal, through the steps that complete the task. Follow the directions in this chapter to remove this board and to install another board or blank panel in its place.
Go to Chapter 1, “Preparing the Workstation”, and follow the directions through removing the XIO module. Be sure you have placed a cap on the XIO compression connections of the graphics board, MENET/MSER, and any other XIO boards. Then return to this section, and begin with step 2.
Position the XIO module so that slots B and C are facing you. The graphics board is in slot A or D and A. Locate the MENET/MSER board. (An illustration of this board is in Appendix A.)
 | Note: For illustration purposes, the MENET/MSER option board is shown in slot C in this manual. |
Remove the four screws holding the MENET/MSER board to the XIO module.
Lift the MENET/MSER board from the XIO module. Place it on an antistatic bag on a clean, dry surface such as your desktop.
After you have removed the MENET/MSER option board, choose your next step from the following task list.
Task... | Go to... |
|---|---|
Installing a new MENET/MSER board. | |
Installing another option board. | The installation guide for that option board. |
Installing a blank panel. | The next step. |
A blank panel must be installed in slot B of the XIO module if no option board is installed in that slot. If a blank panel is also in slot C, a baffle must be placed over them to allow proper airflow in the workstation.
Place the blank panel on the standoffs on the XIO module.
Use two short screws to attach the blank panel (on the outside edge) to the XIO module if you are installing a baffle, as shown in Figure 3-3.
If you are not installing a baffle, use four screws to install the blank panel to the XIO module.
Caution: Do not use the long screw that comes with the spacer to attach a blank panel to the XIO module. It will damage the XIO module standoffs.
If you have two blank panels side by side, place a baffle over both.
Caution: You must replace the baffle for cooling purposes when you install two side-by-side blank panels. The baffle is used only with two side-by-side blank panels. If you are sending the MENET/MSER option board to your authorized service representative, use the packing material and box in which you received your replacement part.
Remove any compression connector caps from boards attached to the XIO module.
Go to “Replacing the XIO Module”.
