Working With Adapters; Adapter Considerations - IBM 8647 - Eserver xSeries 225 Maintenance And Troubleshooting Manual

Working with adapters

Your server comes with adapter connectors or slots. The standard video adapter is
installed in mini-PCI slot 6 (PCI6). You can install up to five additional optional
adapters in PCI slot 1 (PCI1) and PCI-X slots 2 through 5 (PCI2 through PCI5).
See "System board" on page 34 for the locations of expansion slots on the system
board.

Adapter considerations

Before you install an adapter, review the following information:
v Read the documentation that comes with your operating system.
v Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those
v Installation of an AGP video adapter in the AGP slot is not supported.
v You can install a only 32-bit adapter in the 32-bit PCI slot 1 and 64-bit adapters
v You can install full-length adapters in all five expansion slots; however,
v The 32-bit PCI slot 1 supports 5.0 V signaling PCI adapters; it does not support
v The 64-bit PCI-X slots 2 through 5 support 3.3 V signaling PCI or PCI-X
v The PCI bus configuration is as follows:
v The optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter can be installed only in PCI slot 1.
v The optional ServeRAID-5i controller can be installed only in PCI-X slot 4 and
v To provide failover protection, an optional Ethernet adapter can be installed only
v The server scans the AGP slot, mini-PCI slot 6, PCI expansion slot 1, and PCI-X
instructions in addition to the instructions in this chapter. If you need to change
the switch or jumper settings on your adapter, follow the instructions that come
with the adapter.
in the 64-bit PCI-X slots 2 through 5.
double-width adapters will not fit in slot 5 and are not supported. None of the
expansion slots are hot-plug.
3.3 V signaling adapters or 64-bit adapters.
adapters; they do not support 5.0 V signaling adapters.
– The 32-bit PCI slot 1 and mini-PCI slot 6 (video adapter) are on the 33 MHz
PCI bus.
Note: Do not install any adapters other than the standard video adapter in
mini-PCI slot 6. Other adapter types are not supported.
– The 64-bit PCI-X slots 2 and 3 and the integrated Ethernet controller are on
the 100 MHz PCI-X bus, channel A.
– The 64-bit PCI-X slots 4 and 5 and the integrated SCSI controller with RAID
capabilities are on the 100 MHz PCI bus, channel B. If an optional
ServeRAID-5i controller is installed, it overrides the standard functionality of
the integrated SCSI controller with RAID capabilities and forces PCI-X slots 4
and 5 to 66 MHz.
Use the ribbon cable that comes with this adapter to connect it to the Remote
Supervisor Adapter connector (JMGT1) on the system board.
must use the 3-U bracket that comes preinstalled on the controller.
in PCI-X slots 2 through 5.
expansion slots 2 through 5 to assign system resources. Then, the server starts
the PCI devices in the following order, if you have not changed the default
startup sequence: AGP slot, mini-PCI slot 6, PCI expansion slot 1, system-board
integrated drive electronics (IDE) or SCSI devices (including optional
ServeRAID-5i controller), and then PCI-X expansion slots 2 through 5.
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