Adapter card removal and installation - Netfinity 7100

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You can install up to six PCI adapters in the expansion connectors on the processor board. All six of the slots are peripheral component interconnect (PCI) expansion slots.

The server comes with an integrated super video graphics array (SVGA) video controller, which is not removable. If you want to disable this controller and use a video adapter instead, you can install a video adapter in an expansion slot. When you install a PCI video adapter, the server BIOS automatically disables the integrated video controller. Video adapters are supported in all six PCI slots.

The following illustration shows the location of the 64-bit PCI expansion slots on the processor board.

1. Non-hot-plug PCI slots 1-2 (on PCI bus A) (3.3 volt)
2. Hot-plug PCI slots 3-6 (on PCI bus B)
3. Power LEDs for hot-plug slots
4. Internal Attention LEDs for hot-plug slots
5. External Attention LEDs for hot-plug slots

Adapter considerations
Before you continue with the adapter-installation procedure:

• Review 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 the adapter, follow the instructions that come with the adapter documentation.
• Slots 3 through 6 support 5.0V and universal PCI adapters. Universal PCI adapters support both 3.3V and 5.0V operation.
• Slots 1 and 2 support 3.3 V and Universal PCI adapters only.
• The 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.
• The system scans PCI slots 1 through 6 to assign system resources; then the system starts (boots) the PCI devices in the following order: processor board devices, slots 1 and 2, and then slots 3 through 6.
• The performance of the PCI adapters depends on the types of adapters in the system.
• If you install a RAID adapter, follow the instructions in the RAID adapter documentation for configuring the adapter.
• If you install a RAID adapter that comes with a backup battery pack, you must enable the backup battery pack before you can use the RAID adapter.

Installing an adapter
Refer to the following illustration to install a hot-plug PCI adapter.

Before you begin

• Read "Safety information" in the HMM.
• Review the information in "Before you begin" in the HMM.
• Read the documentation that comes with the option.

1. Adapter retention latch
2. Tab
3. Adapter retention latch
4. Adapter

To install an adapter
ATTENTION: Do not remove a hot-plug adapter before performing the operating-system-defined procedure for disabling the hot-plug PCI slot that contains the adapter. Failure to do so might cause the system to lock up. Refer to the operating system documentation.
1. Review the information in "Before you begin" in the HMM.
2. Turn off the server and all attached devices and disconnect all power cords; then, remove the top cover.
3. Determine which expansion slot you will use for the adapter.
4. Remove the expansion-slot cover:

a. Refer to the illustration in this section for operation of the adapter retention latch on the end of the slot near the rear of the server.
b. Rotate the adapter retention latch counterclockwise.
c. Lift the tab covering the top of the expansion-slot cover and remove the expansion-slot cover from the server. Store it in a safe place for future use.
d. Press on the rear latch and lift the rear retainer clip.

ATTENTION: You must install expansion-slot covers on all empty 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. Refer to "Cabling example for the ServeRAID adapter" in the HMM for information about cable routing for the optional ServeRAID adapter.
6. Remove the adapter from the static-protective package.

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

7. If you need to put down the adapter, 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. Carefully grasp the adapter by its top edge or upper corners, and align it with the expansion slot on the processor board.
b. 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 processor-board connector. Incomplete insertion might cause damage to the processor board or the adapter.

10. Lower the tab on the adapter guide over the tab on the top corner of the adapter. Rotate the adapter retention latch clockwise until it snaps into place.
11. Lower the rear retainer clip over the top of the adapter until it snaps in place.
12. Connect any needed cables to the adapter.
13. If you have other options to install or remove, do so now; otherwise, go to "Completing the installation" in the HMM.