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Installing an adapter in a PCI riser-card assembly
The following notes describe the types of adapters that the server supports and other information that
you must consider when you install an adapter.
• Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those instructions in addition to
the instructions in this section.
• The server provides two internal SAS connectors and two SAS/SATA RAID riser-card slots on the system
board. See "System-board optional-device connectors" on page 32 for the location of the internal
SAS/SATA RAID connector and riser-card slots. You can replace the Lenovo ServeRAID SAS/SATA
adapter with an optional Lenovo ServeRAID SAS/SATA adapter in the slot. For configuration information,
see the ServeRAID documentation at http://www.lenovo.com/support.
• Do not set the maximum digital video adapter resolution above 1600 x 1200 at 75 Hz for an LCD monitor.
This is the highest resolution that is supported for any add-on video adapter that you install in the server.
• The server does not support legacy 5V PCI adapters.
• When you install any PCI adapter, the power cords must be disconnected from the power source before
you remove the PCI Express riser-card assembly and the PCI-X riser-card assembly. Otherwise, the
active power management event signal will be disabled by the system-board logic, and the Wake on LAN
feature might not work. However, after the server is powered-on locally, the active power manager active
power management event signal will be enabled by the system-board logic.
• The server provides two PCI riser-card slots on the system board. If you want to install a PCI Express or
PCI-X adapter, you must order the PCI riser-card option.
• If you are installing a ServeRAID-M5110 or ServeRAID-M5120 adapter, it can only be installed in PCI
slot 1, 2, 4, or 5.
The following table shows the locations of the adapter expansion slots from the rear of the server.
Table 10. The maximum adapter dimension supported in each slot (rear view)
PCI riser-card assembly 1
1
Full height, up to full length
2
Full height, half length
3
Full height, half length
To install an adapter, complete the following steps:
Step 1.
Read the safety information that begins on "Safety" on page v and "Installation guidelines"
on page 34.
Step 2.
Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect the power cords and all external cables.
Step 3.
Remove the server cover (see "Removing the cover" on page 37).
Step 4.
Determine which expansion slot you will use for the adapter.
Step 5.
If you are installing an adapter in PCI expansion slot 1, 2, or 3, remove PCI riser-card assembly 1; if
you are installing an adapter in PCI expansion slot 4, 5, or 6, remove PCI riser-card assembly 2.
See "Removing a PCI riser-card assembly" on page 221.
Step 6.
Rotate the bracket out of the way.
Step 7.
Slide the expansion-slot cover out of the PCI riser-card assembly expansion slot.
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PCI riser-card assembly 2
4
Full height, up to full length
5
Full height, up to full length
6
Full height, half length
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