Adapter card installation - Netfinity 4500R

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You can install up to five peripheral component interconnect (PCI) adapters in the expansion connectors on the system board.

Your server comes with a video controller. This video controller is an integrated component on the system board. It 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 video adapter, the server BIOS automatically disables the integrated video controller.

The following illustration shows the location of the 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 consideration
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 section. 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 RAID 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 primary PCI bus A and PCI slots 3, 4, and 5 are on secondary PCI bus B. 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 boot precedence from the default: PCI slots 1 and 2, system board SCSI devices, and then PCI slots 3 through 5. You can use the Configuration/Setup Utility program to change the boot precedence for your server. Select Start Options from the Configuration/Setup Utility program.

Adapter installation instructions

1. Adapter
2. Expansion-slot cover

The following illustration shows the rerouting of the SCSI cable if you install a ServerRAID adapter.

1. Cable port

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 and bezel” in the HMM).
3. Determine which expansion slot you will use for the adapter.

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

4. Remove the expansion-slot cover:

a. Loosen and remove the screw on the top of the expansion-slot cover.
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 the openings for 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. Carefully grasp the adapter by its top edge or upper corners, and align it with the expansion slot on the system 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 system-board connector before you apply power. Incomplete insertion might cause damage to the system board or the adapter.

c. Insert and tighten the expansion-slot screw on the top of the adapter bracket.

10. Connect any needed cables to the adapter.

• If you are installing a ServeRAID adapter, disconnect the cable from SCSI connector A on the system board and plug it into the connector on the top of the ServeRAID adapter.
• If you are installing an adapter that is not a ServeRAID adapter, refer to the documentation that came with your adapter for cabling instructions.

Attention: Route cables so that the flow of air from the fans is not blocked.

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