Adapter card installation - Netfinity 5100

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You can install up to five peripheral component interconnect (PCI) adapters in the expansion connectors, called slots, on the system board of your server.

Your server comes with an integrated video controller, which is a component on the system board. When you install a video adapter, the server BIOS automatically disables the integrated video controller.

The following illustration shows the location of the 33 MHz PCI expansion slots on the system board.

1. PCI slot 5 64-bit (J44)
2. PCI slot 4 64-bit (J39)
3. PCI slot 3 64-bit (J34)
4. PCI slot 2 32-bit (J32)
5. PCI slot 1 32-bit (J27)

Adapter considerations
Before you install adapters, review the following:

• Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter 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.
• You can install full-length adapters in all expansion slots.
• You can install a 32-bit adapter in any of the PCI slots, but you might want to install it in a 32-bit slot and use the 64-bit slots for 64-bit adapters.
• Your server supports 5.0V and universal PCI adapters; it does not support 3.3V adapters. Note: Universal PCI adapters support both 3.3V and 5.0V operation.
• Your server uses a rotational interrupt technique to configure PCI adapters. Because of this technique, you can install a variety of PCI adapters that currently do not support sharing of PCI interrupts.
• PCI slots 1 and 2 are on PCI bus A and PCI slots 3, 4, and 5 are on PCI bus B. Both PCI buses are primary buses. The system scans PCI slots 1 through 5 to assign system resources; then the system starts (boots) the PCI devices in the following order, if you have not changed the default boot precedence: PCI slots 1 and 2, system board SCSI devices, and then PCI slots 3 through 5. Note: To change the boot precedence for PCI devices, start the Configuration/Setup Utility program, select Start Options from the main menu, then select the PCI SCSI adapter boot option. See “Configuring the server” in the HMM for details on using the Configuration/Setup Utility program.

Installing an adapter

1. Adapter support bracket
2. Support bracket bezel
3. Adapter
4. Expansion slot cover
5. Adapter retention bracket

To install an adapter
1. Review the information in “Before you begin” in the HMM.
2. Turn off the server and peripheral devices and disconnect all external cables and power cords; then, remove the cover. See “Removing the cover, door, and bezel” in the HMM for details.
3. Determine which expansion slot you will use for the adapter.

NOTE: Check the instructions that come with the adapter for any requirements or restrictions.

4. Remove the expansion-slot cover:

a. Press the arrow on the adapter-retention bracket release tab and remove the bracket.
b. Slide the expansion-slot cover out of the server. Store it in a safe place for future use.

Attention: Expansion-slot covers must be installed on all vacant slots. This maintains the electromagnetic emissions characteristics of the system and ensures proper cooling of system components.

5. Refer to the documentation that comes with your adapter for any cabling instructions. It might be easier for you to route any cables before you install the adapter.
6. Remove the adapter from the static-protective package.

Attention: Avoid touching the components and gold-edge connectors on the adapter.

7. Place the adapter, component-side up, on a flat, static-protective surface.
8. Set any jumpers or switches as described by the adapter manufacturer.
9. Install the adapter:

a. If necessary, open the adapter support bracket retaining flap.
b. Carefully grasp the adapter by its top edge or upper corners, and align it with the expansion slot on the system board.
c. Press the adapter firmly into the expansion slot.

Attention: When you install an adapter in the server, be sure that it is completely and correctly seated in the system-board connector before you apply power. Incomplete insertion might cause damage to the system board or the adapter.

d. Close the retaining flap on the adapter support bracket, if you opened it.
e. Align the bottom tabs of the adapter retention bracket with the holes at the top of the expansion slots, and press the adapter retention bracket toward the back of the server until it clicks into the locked position.

10. Connect any needed cables to the adapter.

Attention: Route cables so that they do not block the flow of air from the fans.

The following illustration shows the rerouting of the SCSI cable if you install a ServeRAID adapter (remove the cable from SCSI connector A (J17) on the system board and connect it to the RAID adapter).

11. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to Installing the cover in the HMM.