HP L1000 - 9000 - 0 MB RAM Installation Manual page 24

Installing Additional Components
Installing Graphics
rp54xx Servers have a total of 12 PCI I/O slots. Slots 1 and 2 are reserved for the LAN/SCSI and GSP Core I/O
cards, leaving 10 PCI I/O slots available for twin use. These 10 PCI I/O slots consist of turbo and non-turbo
slots.
• Slots 1 and 2 are reserved for the rp54xx LAN/SCSI and GSP (Guardian Service Processor) Core I/O
cards, respectively. Slots 1 and 2 are non-turbo slots. Non-turbo slots share a single 250MB/s PCI bus.
Non-turbo slots are incapable of hot-plug functionality. The server must be turned off prior to removing or
installing the LAN/SCSI or GSP cards in these slots.
• Slots 3 - 6 are non-turbo slots. These four Non-turbo slots share a single 250MB/s PCI bus, run at 33MHz
and support 32 and 64-bit PCI cards. Non-turbo slots are incapable of hot-plug functionality. The server
must be turned off prior to removing or installing PCI cards in these slots.
• Slots 7 - 12 are turbo slots. Each turbo slot has a dedicated 250MB/s PCI bus, run at 66MHz and support
32 and 64-bit PCI cards. Turbo slots are hot-plug capable. Below each turbo slot is a plastic PCI card
separator. The PCI card separator has two LEDs and a pull tab on the outer edge. The LED's provide
power and status for the slot. The pull tab allows the PCI card to be easily removed.
rp5400 Servers can access PCI slots 1,2 and 8-12. rp5450/3000 Servers can access all PCI slots.
Follow these procedures to install graphics cards.
Step 1. Install HP-UX 11.0 Support Plus (IPR) 0006, June 2000 or later. This step ensures the appropriate
HP-UX drivers are installed.
Step 2. Power down and unplug the rp54xx Server.
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