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Installing an adapter
The following notes describe the types of adapters that your server supports and
other information that you must consider when installing an adapter.
v Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those
v Read the documentation that comes with your operating system.
v Your server comes with five PCI slots.
v The standard SCSI adapter is installed in the mini-PCI-X slot.
v You can install full-length adapters in all five PCI slots.
v You can install only 32-bit adapters in the 32-bit PCI slots 3 through 5 and 64-bit
v The 32-bit PCI slots 3 through 5 support 5.0 V signaling PCI adapters; they do
v The 64-bit PCI-X slots 1 and 2 support 3.3 V signaling PCI or PCI-X adapters;
v The PCI bus configuration is as follows:
v The optional IBM
v If you install the optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II, you must disconnect
v The optional ServeRAID-6i+ controller can be installed only in PCI-X slot 1.
v The server scans the PCI-X slot 2, PCI-X slot 1, mini-PCI-X slot, and PCI slots 5,
v For a list of supported options for your server, go to
See "System-board option connectors" on page 8 for the locations of expansion
slots on the system board.
- A round SCSI cable connects external SCSI devices to the SCSI controller
on the system board. For more information about connecting SCSI devices,
see the SCSI documentation.
- An Ultra320 twisted ribbon cable connects the internal Ultra320 SCSI hard
disk drive to the SCSI connector on the system board. This cable has four
additional connectors for attaching more internal SCSI devices. For
hot-swap models, the maximum cable length that supports Ultra320 SCSI
hard disk drives is 40 cm (16 in.).
instructions in addition to the instructions in this section. If you need to change
the switch setting or jumper settings on the adapter, follow the instructions that
come with the adapter.
adapters in the 64-bit PCI-X slots 1 and 2.
not support 3.3 V signaling adapters. However, 64-bit adapters are supported if
they are universal adapters.
they do not support 5.0 V signaling adapters.
– The 32-bit PCI slots 3 through 5 and the onboard ATI 7000M video adapter
are on the 33 MHz PCI bus.
– The 64-bit PCI-X slots 1 and 2 and the mini-PCI-X slot are on the 66 MHz
PCI-X bus.
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Remote Supervisor Adapter II can be installed only in PCI-X
slot 2. Use the ribbon cable that comes with this adapter to connect it to the
Remote Supervisor Adapter II connector on the system board.
the video cable from the system board and connect it to the optional Remote
Supervisor Adapter II.
4, and 3 to assign system resources. Then, the server starts the PCI devices in
the following order, if you have not changed the default startup sequence: PCI-X
slot 2, PCI-X slot 1, mini-PCI-X slot, system-board integrated drive electronics
(IDE) or SCSI devices (including the optional ServeRAID-6i+ controller), and then
PCI slots 5, 4, and 3.
http://www.ibm.com/pc/support/.
Chapter 2. Installing options
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