•Locatethedocumentationthatcomeswiththeadapterandfollowthoseinstructionsinadditionto
theinstructionsinthissection.
•TheserverprovidestwointernalSASconnectorsandtwoSAS/SATARAIDriser-cardslotsonthesystem
board.See“System-boardoptional-deviceconnectors”onpage32
forthelocationoftheinternal
SAS/SATARAIDconnectorandriser-cardslots.YoucanreplacetheServeRAIDSAS/SATAadapterwith
anoptionalServeRAIDSAS/SATAadapterintheslot.Forconfigurationinformation,seetheServeRAID
documentationathttp://www.lenovo.com/support.
•Donotsetthemaximumdigitalvideoadapterresolutionabove1600x1200at75HzforanLCDmonitor.
Thisisthehighestresolutionthatissupportedforanyadd-onvideoadapterthatyouinstallintheserver.
•ReadthefollowingtablebeforeinstallingmemorymoduleswhenanyNVIDIAadaptersisinstalled.
Table17.NVIDIAvideoadapterconfigurations
DescriptionSupportedmaximumtotalmemorysize
NVIDIAGridK1andK2
1TB
NVIDIATeslaK8,K40c,andM60(Active)
1TB
NVIDIAQuadroK420,K620,K2200,K4200,K5200,
K6000,M5000,andM6000
1TB
•Donotinstallthefollowingadaptersintheslot1.
Table18.Non-supportedadaptersintheslot1
AdapterdescriptionOptionpartnumberFRUpartnumber
Emulex16GbFCSingle-portHBA
forLenovoSystemx
81Y165500D8546
Emulex16GbFCDual-portHBAfor
LenovoSystemx
81Y166200JY849
•Donotinstallthefollowingadaptersintheslot3andtheslot8.
Table19.Non-supportedadaptersintheslot3andtheslot8
AdapterdescriptionOptionpartnumberFRUpartnumber
N2215SAS/SATAHBAforSystemx47C867547C8676
N2215SAS/SATAHBAforSystemx
00AE91200AE914
ServeRAIDM5225-2GBSAS/SATA
ControllerforSystemx
00AE93800AE939
EmulexDualPort10GbESFP+VFA
IIIrforSystemx
00D854000D8543
MellanoxConnectX-340GbE/FOR
IBVPIAdapterforSystemx
00D955000D9552
BroadcomNetXtreme2x10GbE
BaseTAdapterforSystemx
44T137000E2714
Qlogic8200DualPORT10GbE
SFP+AdapterforSystemx
90Y460090Y4605
BroadcomNetXtrmeDualPort
10GbESPG+AdapterforSystemx
94Y518094Y5182
MellanoxConnectX-310GbE
AdapterforSystemx
00D969000D9692
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