The following information describes provisioning guidelines and caveats.
The IOM can only be designated slot 1 of the chassis.
An IOM must be preprovisioned to accept specific adapter card types; the card type is always iom-sar.
If an adapter card type is installed in a slot provisioned for a different type, the card will not initialize.
An adapter card installed in an unprovisioned slot remains administratively and operationally down until the IOM software is activated and the MDA slot and type is specified.
Ports cannot be provisioned until the IOM software is activated and the MDA type is specified.