Specifications

which PCI-X slots share a PCI bus. To minimize the signal degradation between the

mother board and the NIC (and for best performance), we recommend that the

Myrinet/PCI-X NIC is inserted in the PCI-X slot closest to the PCI chipset. We also

recommend that the Myrinet/PCI-X NIC not share the PCI bus with another PCI device.

Case 1: Tower unit host

If you have a tower unit host, the PCI-X slots will look something like the

following:

PCI slot (64-bit)

In this photo the PCI slots are the long black connectors. There are four 64-bit

PCI slots.

Case 2: Rack-mounted host

If you have a rack-mounted machine, the PCI-X slots will look something like the

following: