•Anyhigh-definitionvideo-outconnectororstereoconnectoronanyadd-onvideoadapterisnot
supported.
•WhenyouinstallanyPCIadapter,thepowercordsmustbedisconnectedfromthepowersourcebefore
youremovethePCIExpressriser-cardassembly.Otherwise,theactivepowermanagementeventsignal
willbedisabledbythesystem-boardlogic,andtheWakeonLANfeaturemightnotwork.However,after
theserverispowered-onlocally,theactivepowermanageractivepowermanagementeventsignalwill
beenabledbythesystem-boardlogic.
•WhenyouinstallanIntelX540ML2DualPort10GbaseTAdapter(Optionpartnumberis00D1994),you
needtoinstalltheSystemx3650M5PCIeThermalSolutionKit(Optionpartnumber:00MU908)first
toavoidthepotentialthermalissue.
•SupportIntelMICGPUcards(3120Aand7120A)upto35C/3000ft,otherwiseGPUcardperformance
couldbedowngraded.
Attention:
1.Donotinstallover3ServeRAIDM1215SAS/SATAcontrollersinonesystem.
2.DonotinstalltheNVIDIAGridKx/Mxx,theNVIDIAQuadroKxxxxortheNVIDIATeslaKxxadapteroptions
insystemscontaining1TBofsystemmemoryormore.Iftheseoptionsareinstalledinsystemswith1TB
ofmemoryormore,itmightcauseundetecteddatacorruptionandsysteminstability.Theseoptionsare
onlysupportedinsystemscontaininglessthan1TBofmemory.Formoreinformation,seeRETAINtip
H213010athttp://www.ibm.com/support/entry/myportal/docdisplay?lndocid=migr-5096047.
Toreplaceanadapter,completethefollowingsteps:
Step1.Readthesafetyinformationthatbeginson“Safety”onpagevand“Installationguidelines”on
page289.
Step2.Turnofftheserverandperipheraldevicesanddisconnectthepowercordsandallexternalcables.
Step3.Removetheservertopcover(see“Removingthetopcover”onpage143).
Step4.Determinewhichexpansionslotyouwillusefortheadapter.IfyouareinstallinganadapterinPCI
expansionslot1,2,or3,removeriser-cardassembly1;ifyouareinstallinganadapterinexpansion
slot6,7,or8,removeriser-cardassembly2.See“Removingariser-cardassembly”onpage179
Step5.1Slidetheretentionbracket;then,2rotateittotheopenposition.
Step6.Slidetheexpansion-slotcoveroutoftheriser-cardassemblyexpansionslot.
Step7.AligntheadapterwiththePCIconnectorontherisercardandpresstheadapterfirmlyintothePCI
connectorontherisercard.
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