HP Netserver LH 3000 Installation Guide

Chapter 6 Installing Additional PCI Boards

The I/O board comprises:

• Eight PCI board slots

Four pairs of PCI hot-plug LEDs

Four rectangular separators to ease hot-plug board replacement

• Two SCSI connectors, A and B for hot-swap drives

The SE SCSI connector for non-hot-swap drives

• The I/O Memory slot, which contains memory used by the Intel i960RD

I/O processor for embedded RAID

• The Remote Management connector, linking the I/O board to the external

connector on the rear panel

Hot-plug connector connects to a side board, which has LEDs and switches

for the hot-plug slots (5 – 8)

Guidelines

Use the respective NOS software utility to:

◊ Ensure the correct software drivers for the PCI board are loaded.

◊ Verify correct operation.

◊ Shut down power to hot-plug slots.

CAUTION Do not attempt to install or remove non-hot-plug PCI boards

with the HP NetServer in any kind of sleep state, or a system

crash or hang may occur. See Chapter 2, "Controls, Ports, and

Indicators," in the Sleep States section.

Slots 1, 2, 3, and 4 are non-hot-plug; slots 5, 6, 7, and 8 are hot-plug.

NOTE Refer to Information Assistant on the HP NetServer Online

Documentation CD-ROM that comes with the HP NetServer

for PCI hot-plug (while HP NetServer is powered up)

procedures.

For optimal performance, add PCI boards to slots 4, 5, and 6, which are the

fastest slots (33MHz and 32-bit and on the primary bus).