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9-22 Upgrading Your Server
List of Optional Devices and their Available Slots
Product name
N Code
PCI board type
Available board size
N8103-104
N8103-104 SAS controller
(For N8190-132/-137 only)
(x8)
N8103-90
Disk Array controller (for
external SAS) (x8)
N8104-121
1000Base-T adapter (2ch)
(x4)
N8104-123A 10GBase-SR adapter (1ch)
N8104-126
1000Base-T adapter (1ch)
(x1)
N8190-127
Fibre Channel controller
(4Gbps/Optical) (x4)
N8190-131
Fibre Channel controller
(2ch) (x4)
√: Can be installed. –: Cannot be installed.
NOTES:
The system BIOS assigns PCI bus number in the order shown below.
Onboard SAS RAID → PCI #7 → Onboard LAN #1/#2 → Onboard
LAN #3/#4 → PCI #6 → PCI #5 → PCI #4 → PCI #3 → PCI #2 →
PCI #1
The system BIOS executes Option ROM in the order shown below.
Onboard LAN #1/#2 → Onboard LAN #3/#4 → PCI #5 → Onboard
SAS RAID → PCI #7 → PCI #4 → PCI #3 → PCI #2 → PCI #1 →
PCI #6
Onboard LAN Controller Considerations
It is possible to configure the Teaming function of AFT (Adapter Fault Tolerance)/ALB (Adaptive
Load Balancing) in a standard network controller (on board LAN controller).
But it is also impossible to configure the Teaming function of the same AFT/ALB on a standard
network controller and an optional LAN board.
When teaming is configured among onboard LANs, the following system event log appears when
#1
Bus A
Slot size
Hot-plug
Hot-plug
√
–
√
√
√
√
√
PCI Express
#2
#3
#4
Bus B
Bus C
Bus D
x8 lane
Full-height
x8 socket
Long/short
Short
Non-hot-plug
√
√
√
√
√
–
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
√
#5
#6
#7
Bus E
Bus F Bus G
x4 lane
Long/short
√
√
√
Up to two
cards can be
installed
√
√
√
Up to three
cards can be
installed
√
√
√
Up to two
cards can be
installed
Hot-pluggable
√
√
√
Up to two
cards can be
installed
√
√
√
Up to three
cards can be
installed
Hot-pluggable
√
√
√
Up to four
cards can be
installed
√
√
√
Up to four
cards can be
installed
Remarks
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