Cyclades AlterPath BladeManager, User Manual

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2: BladeManager Installation
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• The BladeManager uses a rotational interrupt technique to configure PCI-
X adapters so that you can install PCI-X adapters that do not support
sharing of PCI-X interrupts.
• The BladeManager scans PCI-X slots to assign system resources. If you
have not changed the default startup sequence, the BladeManager starts
devices in the following order:
a. CR-ROM and diskette drives
b. PCI-X slot 2
c. PCI-X clot 1
d. Integrated Ethernet controllers
• The optional Remote Supervisor Adapter II can be installed only in PCI-
X slot 2.
• You can install an optional RAID controller in your server to control the
internal hard disk drives (for example, to allow you to configure the
internal hard disk drives into disk arrays.
• The optional ServeRAID-7t S-ATA controller can be installed only in
PCI-X slot 1. The low-profile bracket that comes with the controller is
required to install the controller.
• The optional ServeRAID-6i+ controller can be installed only in PCI-X
slot 1. The low-profile bracket that comes with the controller is required
to install the controller.
• No re-routing of the internal SCSI cable (SCSI models only) is required if
you are installing the ServeRAID-6i+ controller. The ServeRAID-6+
controller uses the SCSI connector (SCSI models only) for output.