Full-Length I/O Book - IBM System x3850 X6 Installation And Service Manual

v Slot power LEDs: The states of the power LEDs are as follows:
v Power button: Press this button to power the I/O book PCIe slots off or on. The
For notes and information about what you need to consider when you install this
I/O book and instructions on how to install it in the server, see "Installing the
half-length I/O book" on page 80.

Full-length I/O book

This information provides an overview of the full-length I/O book.
The full-length I/O book installs in the rear of the server. The server provides the
ability to concurrently hot-add or hot-remove PCIe adapters in the I/O book.
Note:
v The ability to hot-add the full-length I/O book is dependent on the operating
v This I/O book supports both half-length, full-height and full-length, full-height
v This I/O book has two PCIe auxiliary power connectors (one 6-pin for 75W
v When you install a double-wide adapter in one of the x16 slots on this I/O
The optional full-length I/O book provides three PCIe Gen3 and Gen2 slots for
full-length and low-profile adapters. This I/O book provides the following slots.
Note: The full-length I/O book adds a 3-inch mechanical extension to the base
length dimension of the server chassis to support full-length adapters.
v Three PCIe slots
The following illustration shows the PCIe slots on the full-length I/O book board:
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On: A slot error has occurred.
Off: Input power to the slot is not present.
On: Power to the slot is present. You cannot remove the I/O book from the
server until the power LEDs on all three slots are off.
Blinking: The slot is in the process of powering on or off. Do not remove the
half-length I/O book from the server.
power LED for each slot blinks until all of the power LEDs for the slots are on
or off (not blinking)
system. If the operating system does not support hot-plug, the addition or
removal of a full-length I/O book might cause an unrecoverable system error.
Attention:
– If the I/O bay is not populated with a full-length I/O book when the
operation system boots or the operating system is still running, a full-length
I/O book cannot be hot-added to the I/O bay (due to insufficient resources).
– If the I/O bay has a full-length I/O book installed when the operating system
boots, you can hot-swap the full-length I/O book.
PCIe Gen3 and Gen2 adapters.
extra power and one 8-pin for 150W extra power.
book, the x8 slot is no longer usable and the other x16 slot might not be usable
due to limited power available for the I/O book.
– Two PCIe Gen3 x16 slots
– One PCIe Gen2 x8 (4, 1) slot