Replacing an adapter
The following notes describe the types of adapters that the server supports and
other information that you must consider when you install an adapter.
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v Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this section.
v The server provides one internal SAS/SATA RAID connector and two PCI slots
on the system board. See “System-board internal connectors” on page 27 for the
location of the internal SAS/SATA RAID connector and riser-card slots. You can
replace the IBM ServeRAID SAS/SATA adapter with an optional IBM
ServeRAID SAS/SATA adapter in the slot. For configuration information, see the
ServeRAID documentation at http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.
v Do not set the maximum digital video adapter resolution above 1600 x 1200 at
75 Hz for an LCD monitor. This is the highest resolution that is supported for
any add-on video adapter that you install in the server.
v Any high-definition video-out connector or stereo connector on any add-on
video adapter is not supported
v The server does not support full-length, full-height PCI adapters or legacy 5V
PCI adapters.
v When you install any PCI adapter, the power cords must be disconnected from
the power source before you remove the PCI Express riser-card assembly.
Otherwise, the active power management event signal will be disabled by the
system-board logic, and the Wake on LAN feature might not work. However,
after the server is powered-on locally, the active power manager active power
management event signal will be enabled by the system-board logic.
v Pay attention to the following before installing any PCI adapter.
Attention:
1. Do not install the NVIDIA Grid Kx/Mxx, the NVIDIA Quadro Kxxxx or the
NVIDIA Tesla Kxx adapter options in systems containing 1TB of system
memory or more. If these options are installed in systems with 1TB of
memory or more, it might cause undetected data corruption and system
instability. These options are only supported in systems containing less than
1TB of memory. For more information, see RETAIN tip H213010 at
http://www.ibm.com/support/entry/myportal/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-
5096047.
v Pay attention to the following PCI adapter configuration table before installing
any PCI adapter.
Table 33. Adapter configurations
Description
Option
part
number PCI riser 1 PCI riser 2
N2226 SAS/SATA HBA 00AE916 Seven or eight fans
installed required
Seven or eight fans
installed required
Emulex Dual Port 10GbE SFP+
VFA IIIr
00D8540 Seven or eight fans
installed required
Seven or eight fans
installed required
QLogic 8200 Dual Port 10GbE
SFP+ VFA
90Y4600 Seven or eight fans
installed required
Seven or eight fans
installed required
Intel X540 ML2 Dual Port
10GbaseT Adapter
00D1994 Seven or eight fans
installed required
Seven or eight fans
installed required
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