If you have other devices to install or remove, do so now. Otherwise, go to
“Completing the installation” on page 112.
Installing 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:
v To confirm that server supports the adapter that you are installing, see
http://www.ibm.com/systems/info/x86servers/serverproven/compat/us/.
v Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this section.
v Standard models of the server come with two PCI riser-cards installed. The
server provides up to five PCI adapter slots (depending on the PCI riser-cards
installed in the server). See “System-board optional device connectors” on page
41 for the location of the riser-card slots. The ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA
adapter comes installed on some models of the server and supports RAID levels
0, 1, and 10. You can replace the IBM ServeRAID M1015 SAS/SATA adapter
with the optional IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA adapter, which provides
RAID levels 0, 1, 5, 10, and 50. The optional IBM ServeRAID B5015 SSD adapter
and the optional IBM 6 Gb Solid State Drive (SDD) Host Bus Adapter are also
available for purchase. For configuration information, see the documentation
that comes with the adapter or the ServeRAID documentation at
http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/,
Note: When you install an IBM ServeRAID M5015 SAS/SATA adapter or a
ServeRAID M5014 SAS/SATA adapter that has an M5000 battery in the server,
you must also use the ServeRAID M5000 Series Battery Remote Mount Cable
option to mount the battery remotely in the server.
In addition, the IBM 4x4 Drive Backplane ServeRAID Expansion Adapter is
available for purchase and provides additional SAS signal connectors to help
support up to six SAS cables. See Table 11 on page 71 for the PCI slot priority
installation sequence and the number of each adapter that can be installed in the
server.
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