The POWER ChannelTM E-Plex board is a short mezzanine card that provides eight 10-Base-T Ethernet connections. It can be installed in a short mezzanine slot on IO4 boards in all CHALLENGE and OnyxTM deskside (L) and rackmount (XL) systems.
The E-Plex hardware must be installed by a Silicon Graphics® system support engineer (SSE) or other personnel trained by Silicon Graphics in installation procedures. This document, POWER Channel E-Plex Installation Instructions, is provided to each SSE and contains complete details for hardware installation.
Installation and configuration of the E-Plex software can be done by customers or SSEs. The POWER Channel E-Plex Software Configuration Guide (shipped with each E-Plex board) provides software configuration details. Check any CD-ROMs included with the E-Plex board for Release Notes or other information about required software. See Also, the following document provide general information on installing software on Silicon Graphics systems:
Software Installation Administrator's Guide (IRIX 5.3 and IRIX 6.1 systems)