Pci Card: Priority/Order Of Installation - NEC Express5800/A2040c Configuration Manual

CONFIGURATION GUIDE

■PCI Card: Priority/Order of Installation

Standard BTO Configuration:
Starting from the PCI cards with higher priority (see the table below), PCI cards are installed to the PCI slots with higher
priority among the available slots per CPU configuration (see the table below). The following basic rules are applied to
BTO configuration. If any other specific installation requirements, BTO configuration will not be applied. This is
applicable for FC SAN boot without internal disks.
[Basic Rules for PCI Card Installation]
st

The 1 RAID Controller or FC Controller needs to be installed to Slot#1.
nd

The 2 RAID Controller (if any) will not be installed (out of BTO)

Up to 2 External RAID Controllers can be installed.

Up to 5 SAS Controllers can be installed.

In case of having 9 slots available:

Up to 8 cards for the cards with Priority 1-6 can be installed

Up to 7 cards for the cards except 1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch/4ch) and SAS Controller can be
installed

In case of having 13 slots available:

Up to 12 cards for the cards with Priority 1-6 can be installed

Up to 11 cards for the cards except 1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch/4ch) and SAS Controller can be
installed

Up to 9 cards for 10G-BASE Adapter (SFP) and External RAID Controller can be installed

In case of having 16 slots available:

Up to 15 cards for the cards with Priority 1-6 can be installed

Up to 14 cards for the cards except 1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch/4ch) and SAS Controller can be
installed

Up to 12 cards for 10G-BASE Adapter (SFP) and External RAID Controller can be installed
Priority of PCI Cards:
Priority
NE3303-178
1
NE3303-177
2 NE3303-H004
3 NE3304-151M
4 NE3390-159
NE3390-158A
5
NE3390-157A
NEC Corporation
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NEC Express5800/A2040c, A2020c, A2010c, A1040c
Product Number Product Name/Description
RAID Controller (2GB)
RAID Controller (1GB)
External RAID Controller (2GB)
1000BASE-T Adapter (2 port)
Fibre Channel Controller (8G/1 port)
Fibre Channel Controller (16G/ 2port)
Fibre Channel Controller (16G/1 port)
Rev.2.0 –Sep. 2015
Slot for Installation
Can install to Slot #1 only
Can install to Slot #5, #8, #12 or
#16 only
Can install to any slot other than
Slot #1
Can install to any slot other than
Slot #9
Can install to any slot other than
Slot #8 and #9
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