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– (Optional) Diskette drive: The narrower signal cable has two connectors.
One is attached to the diskette drive, and the other is connected to the
connector (FDD1) on the system board.
– SATA: The narrower, black signal cable has two connectors. One is
connected to the non-hot-swap SATA drive, and the other is attached to the
connector on the system board.
Simple-swap SATA models come with four SATA cables that are already
connected to the system board and the back panel at the rear of the
simple-swap drives.
Hot-swap SATA models come with a single data cable that connects the
SAS/SATA controller to the hot-swap backplane. This cable provides inherent
connectivity for the four SATA drives that the server supports. Therefore,
additional cabling is not required for these drives.
– SAS: Hot-swap SAS models come with a single data cable that connects the
SAS/SATA controller to the hot-swap backplane. This cable provides inherent
connectivity for the four SAS drives that the server supports. Therefore,
additional cabling is not required for these drives.
For more information about the requirements for SAS cable and connecting
SAS devices, see the documentation that comes with these devices.
For a list of supported options for the server, see http://www.ibm.com/servers/
eserver/serverproven/compat/us/.
Installing an adapter
The following notes describe the types of adapters that the server supports and
other information that you must consider when installing an adapter.
v Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow those
instructions in addition to the instructions in this section. If you need to change
the switch setting or jumper settings on the adapter, follow the instructions that
come with the adapter.
v Read the documentation that comes with your .
v The server comes with two PCI slots and two PCI Express slots on the main
system board. If your model comes with the optional PCI-X expansion card, it
provides two PCI-X slots.
v You can install full-length adapters that are included in the ServerProven list in
slots 1 through 6 (depending on your model).
v The 32-bit slots 3 and 4 support 5.0 V keyed PCI adapters; they do not support
3.3 V keyed adapters. Universal adapters are supported in slots 3 and 4 if they
are universally keyed and the server is not a hot-swap model. If you are installing
64-bit adapters in a hot-swap model, you must install them only in slots 5 and 6.
v An optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II can be installed only in the
following slots: PCI slots 3 and 4. Use the ribbon cable that comes with this
adapter to connect it to the Remote Supervisor Adapter II cable connector on the
system board. For additional information, see the documentation that comes with
this adapter.
v When you start the server for the first time after installing a Remote Supervisor
Adapter II, the startup process will take several minutes longer than a typical
startup.
v If you install an optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter II, you must disconnect
the video cable from the system board and connect it to the optional Remote
Supervisor Adapter II.
v The optional ServeRAID-8i adapter can be installed only in PCI-X slot 6.
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