Maintenance
68 Avaya CMS Sun Ultra 5 Computer Hardware Installation, Maintenance, and Troubleshooting
Replacing an UltraSCSI card with a SunSwift card
This section describes how to replace an UltraSCSI card with a SunSwift card. This is done
when the customer wants to add a second ethernet port.
Prerequisites
● Obtain a SunSwift PCI card.
● Obtain one or two 68-to-68 pin SCSI cables (comcode 407934470, part
number 595-4851-xx).
● Do a CMSADM backup.
● Turn off CMS before beginning this procedure.
Procedure
To replace an UltraSCSI card with a SunSwift card:
1. Enter:
/usr/sbin/shutdown -y -i0 -g0
This shuts down the system.
2. Turn off the system.
3. Turn off the system monitor.
4. Turn off all external SCSI devices starting with the device that is closest to the system
and working toward the farthest device.
!
WARNING:
WARNING: You must wear an ESD wrist strap when installing or removing hardware
components to prevent electrical discharge that can damage the system.
5. Disconnect each 68-to-68 pin VHDCI cable from the UltraSCSI card and from the first
external device in each existing SCSI chain. There may be one chain of disk drives
and one chain of tape drives.
6. Remove the cover of the Ultra 5.
7. Disconnect the AC power cord.