HP Cluster Platform Server and Workstation Overview

The HP Cluster Platform hardware does not impose any restrictions on supported options.
However, the system software can restrict supported options to guarantee performance, or to
reduce qualification test matrices.
1.5.4 Installing or Removing a PCI Card
The HP Integrity rx3600 provides eight PCI slots across five PCI-X buses and supports
hot-pluggable PCI-X devices. However, you should not install the interconnect PCI adapter while
the server is running. Also, take care to use only slot 8 on bus 5, which is the designated slot for
HP Cluster Platform installations.
Detailed information on installing PCI cards is provided in the HP Integrity rx3600 Maintenance
Guide
http://docs.hp.com/en/rx3600_maint/rx3600_maint.pdf.
When installing or removing PCI cards, heed the warnings and cautions listed in the “Important
Safety Information” (page 23).
An overview of the PCI installation procedure follows:
1. Extend the server from the rack by removing the 25mm Torx screws that retain it in the rack
and flip out the server’s two pull handles. Use these handles to pull the server from the rack
until it locks in place and the cover is accessible, as shown in Figure 1-23.
Figure 1-23 Removing the Screws that Secure the Server in the Rack
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2. Remove the server’s top rear cover to access the PCI slots by unscrewing the thumbscrews
at the rear of the server, as shown in Figure 1-24.
48 Itanium Processor Servers