Table19.Non-supportedadaptersintheslot3andtheslot8(continued)
AdapterdescriptionOptionpartnumberFRUpartnumber
Intelx520DualPort10GbESFP+
AdapterforSystemx
49Y796049Y7962
EmulexVFA52x10GbESFP+
AdapterforSystemx
00JY83000JY833
•Anyhigh-definitionvideo-outconnectororstereoconnectoronanyadd-onvideoadapterisnot
supported.
•WhenyouinstallanyPCIadapter,thepowercordsmustbedisconnectedfromthepowersourcebefore
youremovethePCIExpressriser-cardassembly.Otherwise,theactivepowermanagementeventsignal
willbedisabledbythesystem-boardlogic,andtheWakeonLANfeaturemightnotwork.However,after
theserverispowered-onlocally,theactivepowermanageractivepowermanagementeventsignalwill
beenabledbythesystem-boardlogic.
•WhenyouinstallanIntelX540ML2DualPort10GbaseTAdapter(Optionpartnumberis00D1994),
youneedtoinstallthePCIeThermalSolutionKit(Optionpartnumber:00MU908)firsttoavoidthe
potentialthermalissue.
•SupportIntelMICGPUcards(3120Aand7120A)upto35C/3000ft,otherwiseGPUcardperformance
couldbedowngraded.
Attention:
1.Donotinstallover3ServeRAIDM1215SAS/SATAcontrollersinonesystem.
2.DonotinstalltheNVIDIAGridKx/Mxx,theNVIDIAQuadroKxxxxortheNVIDIATeslaKxxadapter
optionsinsystemscontaining1TBofsystemmemoryormore.Iftheseoptionsareinstalledinsystems
with1TBofmemoryormore,itmightcauseundetecteddatacorruptionandsysteminstability.These
optionsareonlysupportedinsystemscontaininglessthan1TBofmemory.Formoreinformation,goto
https://support.lenovo.com/us/en/documents/migr-5096047.
Toreplaceanadapter,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page297.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Step3.Removetheservertopcover(see“Removingthetopcover”onpage149).
Step4.Determinewhichexpansionslotyouwillusefortheadapter.IfyouareinstallinganadapterinPCI
expansionslot1,2,or3,removeriser-cardassembly1;ifyouareinstallinganadapterinexpansion
slot6,7,or8,removeriser-cardassembly2.See“Removingariser-cardassembly”onpage186
Step5.1Slidetheretentionbracket;then,2rotateittotheopenposition.
Step6.Slidetheexpansion-slotcoveroutoftheriser-cardassemblyexpansionslot.
Step7.AligntheadapterwiththePCIconnectorontherisercardandpresstheadapterfirmlyintothePCI
connectorontherisercard.
Chapter5.Installing,removing,andreplacingcomponents199