•Donotsetthemaximumdigitalvideoadapterresolutionabove1600x1200at75HzforanLCDmonitor.
Thisisthehighestresolutionthatissupportedforanyadd-onvideoadapterthatyouinstallintheserver.
•Anyhigh-definitionvideo-outconnectororstereoconnectoronanyadd-onvideoadapterisnotsupported
•Theserverdoesnotsupportlegacy5VPCIadapters.
•WhenyouinstallanyPCIadapter,thepowercordsmustbedisconnectedfromthepowersourcebefore
youremovethePCIExpressriser-cardassemblyandthePCI-Xriser-cardassembly.Otherwise,the
activepowermanagementeventsignalwillbedisabledbythesystem-boardlogic,andtheWakeonLAN
featuremightnotwork.However,aftertheserverispowered-onlocally,theactivepowermanageractive
powermanagementeventsignalwillbeenabledbythesystem-boardlogic.
•TheserverprovidestwoPCIriser-cardslotsonthesystemboard.IfyouwanttoinstallaPCIExpressor
PCI-Xadapter,youmustorderthePCIriser-cardoption.
•IfyouareinstallingaServeRAID-M5110orServeRAID-M5120adapter,itcanonlybeinstalledinPCI
slot1,2,4,or5.
Thefollowingtableshowsthelocationsoftheadapterexpansionslotsfromtherearoftheserver.
Table23.Themaximumadapterdimensionsupportedineachslot(rearview)
PCIriser-cardassembly1PCIriser-cardassembly2
1
Fullheight,uptofulllength
4
Fullheight,uptofulllength
2
Fullheight,halflength
5
Fullheight,uptofulllength
3
Fullheight,halflength
6
Fullheight,halflength
Toinstallanadapter,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”
onpage34.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Step3.Removethecover(see“Removingthecover”onpage195).
Step4.Followthecablinginstructions,ifanycomewiththeadapter.Routetheadaptercablesbefore
youinstalltheadapter.
Step5.StretchyourPCIriser-cardassemblyifyouareinstallingafull-lengthadapter.See“Stretchinga
PCIriser-cardassembly”onpage39
forinstructions.
Chapter6.Removingandreplacingcomponents229