Adapter Considerations - IBM eServer 370 xSeries Installation Manual

Adapter considerations

Before you continue with the adapter-installation procedure:
The integrated video controller is not removable. If you want to disable this
controller and use a video adapter instead, you can install a video adapter in an
expansion slot. If you want a monitor to be the startup monitor, install a video
adapter in slot 10, 11, or 12. When you install a PCI video adapter in one of these
slots, the server BIOS automatically disables the integrated video controller.
Table 4 on page 12 contains information on the requirements for the PCI adapter
slots and PCI buses in your server.
hot-plug PCI adapters and, if so, what the Attention light indicates. When this
light is solid amber, it indicates a failure on the PCI adapter installed in the slot.
Review the instructions that come with the adapter and your operating system
and follow those instructions in addition to the instructions given in this chapter.
If you need to change the switch or jumper settings on your adapter, follow the
instructions that come with the adapter documentation.
Although you can manually assign interrupts through the Configuration/Setup
Utility program, most adapters designed for PCI slots are auto-configuring. If
the required resources are available, the BIOS software automatically
configures an adapter around the resources already in use by other devices.
The default setting is generally the most appropriate.
Your server has assigned PCI slots 10, 11, and 12 as PCI priority slots. The
system BIOS scans the PCI priority slots for startable (bootable) devices before
scanning the I/O function card.
Note: If you install additional storage adapters and external hard disk drives,
and you do not want to change the startup hard disk drive, you must
install the adapters in PCI slots 1 through 9.
The I/O function card slot can support only the I/O function card. It is not an
expansion slot.
The Advanced System Management PCI adapter slot can support only the
Advanced System Management PCI adapter. It is not an expansion slot.
Attention: You must have the Advanced System Management PCI adapter
installed for proper operation of your server and to use the
system-management functions that the adapter provides. Refer to the User's
Reference on the IBM xSeries Documentation CD for more information about
the Advanced System Management PCI adapter.
Chapter 2. Installing options
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