Working With Adapters - IBM IntelliStation Z Pro 6221 Installation Manual

Working with adapters

Your computer comes with adapter connectors or slots. The AGP video adapter is
installed in the AGP Pro slot, and some models have an IEEE 1394 (FireWire)
adapter installed in mini-PCI slot 6 (PCI6). You can install up to five additional
optional adapters in your computer in PCI slot 1 (PCI1) and PCI-X slots 2 through 5
(PCI2 through PCI5).
See "System-board option connectors" on page 11 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 You can install only a 32-bit adapter in the 32-bit PCI slot 1; 64-bit adapters can
v You can install full-length adapters in all five expansion slots; however, full-length,
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 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 Installing an optional RAID adapter in your computer will require that you reload
v The system scans the AGP slot, mini-PCI slot 6, PCI expansion slot 1, and PCI-X
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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.
be installed only 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 (for the IEEE 1394 controller) are on
the 33 MHz PCI bus.
Note: If your computer did not come with a IEEE 1394 (FireWire) adapter
installed in mini-PCI slot 6, do not install an adapter in this slot. It is 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.
must use the 3-U bracket that comes preinstalled on the controller.
in PCI-X slots 2 through 5.
the operating system and applications that came pre-installed on your computer.
expansion slots 2 through 5 to assign system resources. Then, the system 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