Working With Adapters; Adapter Considerations - IBM xSeries 200 Hardware Maintenance Manual

Working with adapters

The server comes with adapter connectors, called slots. The AGP video adapter is
installed in the AGP slot. You can install up to five PCI adapters in PCI slots 1
through 5. All PCI expansion slots are 32-bit, 33 MHz slots.
Note: The illustrations in this document might differ slightly from your hardware.
The following illustration shows the location of the system expansion slots on the
system and PCI extender boards.
AGP slot
PCI slot 1
PCI slot 2
PCI slot 3
PCI slot 4
PCI slot 5

Adapter considerations

Before you install an adapter, review the following:
v Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those
v You can install full-length adapters in all five PCI expansion slots.
v The server supports 5.0 V and universal PCI adapters; it does not support 3.3 V
v The server uses a rotational interrupt technique to configure PCI adapters.
v If you are installing or replacing an adapter that will control your startup (boot)
v PCI expansion slots 1 through 5 are on PCI bus 0. The system scans the AGP
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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.
adapters.
Because of this technique, you can install a variety of PCI adapters that currently
do not support sharing of PCI interrupts.
drive, install the adapter in PCI expansion slot 2.
slot and PCI expansion slots 1 through 5 to assign system resources; then, the
system starts (boots) the PCI devices in the following order, if you have not