Step 1: Access the system card bay

If the system is running, first, issue the sync command. Then shut down the system by executing: shutdown -h. Respond “y” to the continue to shutdown prompt.

Wait for the system to shut down completely, and then power off the system by pressing the system off button. Ensure that the system is grounded.

Open the system to gain access to the PCI backplane.

Select an empty PCI or PCI-X slot and remove the slot cover. The card can operate in PCI 66 mode as well as PCI-X mode. Some servers have “shared” slots. If you put this card in a shared slot that is shared with a slower card, both cards will then operate at the slower card’s speed.

	CAUTION: This AB545A card DOES NOT SUPPORT PCI 33MHz operation. Therefore, do not place this card in the shared slot of a system where the card in the neighboring shared slot is a 33 MHz only card!!! Please see Table 1-5 “AB545A Cannot be in Neighboring Shared Slots with These 33 MHz Cards” for the list of 33 MHz only cards.