Remove network adapters

Before you remove a network adapter card from an integrated Windows server, you need to uninstall it from within Windows.

To uninstall network adapters from an integrated server, follow these steps.

1. Click Start, then Settings, then Control Panel.
2. Start the Add/Remove Hardware wizard and click Next on the opening panel.
3. Click on Uninstall/unplug a device.
4. On the Choose a remove task panel, click Next to take the default (Uninstall a device).
5. Select the device from the list that you want to uninstall (for example, IBM® PCI Token-ring adapter).
6. Click Yes to confirm that you want to remove the adapter.
7. Because Windows 2000 Server and Windows Server 2003 are Plug and Play operating systems, you must either physically remove the adapter from i5/OS or disable it before restarting the server. If you restart the integrated server with the adapter still plugged in, the operating system will detect it as new hardware and reinstall the device driver. If you want to disable the adapter rather than remove it, follow these steps:
   1. From the Control Panel, select Network and Dial-up Connections.
   2. Select the LAN adapter.
   3. Right-click and select Disable.
8. Restart the server to complete the procedure.