Installing The Lan Card; System Configuration And Installation Procedure; Connecting The Lan Card - Hitachi HA8000 Series User Manual

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Installing the LAN Card

This chapter describes how to install the LAN Card into the system unit.
System Configuration and Installation
Procedure
Install the LAN Card into the PCI slot of the system unit. For the procedures to install the system
unit, see the manual supplied with the system unit.

Connecting the LAN Card

The procedure to connect the LAN Card is described below.
Signal cables
■ Lay the cables carefully to prevent your foot from being snagged by them. If you stumble over
the cable, it may cause personal injury or malfunction of the connection devices. Also it may
cause the data to be lost.
■ Do not put something heavy on the cable. Do not lay the cable near a heater. The cable
coating may be damaged which cause a failure of the connected equipment.
□ LAN Cable
Use the LAN cables listed in the following table to connect the LAN Card.
Do not use any other cable.
10Mbps
10BASE-T
100Mbps
100BASE-TX
1000Mbps
1000BASE-T
- UTP Categories 3, 4, 5 (Max. 100m) (Category 5 is recommended)
- UTP Enhanced Category 5 (Max. 100m)
- UTP Category 5 (Max. 100m)
- UTP Enhanced Category 5 (Max. 100m)
- UTP Enhanced Category 5 (Max. 100m)
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