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Adding Peripherals to Your PowerEdge Cluster Nodes
CAUTION: Only trained service technicians are authorized to remove the system
cover and access any of the components inside the system. See your
System
Information Guide
for complete information about safety precautions, working
inside the computer, and protecting against electrostatic discharge.
NOTE:
To ensure that the SCSI or RAID controller attached to the boot drives
initializes first, you might have to change the device controller priority order using
the system BIOS utility or physically change the order of the RAID adapters. This
process ensures that the Windows operating system numbers the boot drives in the
proper sequence.
Table 1-3 provides PCI slot assignment information for installing RAID controllers and
NICs in your PowerEdge cluster nodes.
Ta b l e 1 - 3 .
P C I / P C I - X S l o t A s s i g n m e n t s f o r P o w e r E d g e C l u s t e r N o d e s
PowerEdge
System
PCI Buses
RAID Controller
NICs
DRAC II or III
1550
PCI bus 1: slot 1 is
64-bit, 66 MHz.
PCI bus 2: slot 2 is
64-bit, 66 MHz.
Install in any available
PCI slot.
NOTE:
If you use
PERC 3/DCL card for
internal systems RAID,
you must install it in PCI
slot 1 (closest to the
power supply).
Install in any available PCI slot.
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1650
PCI bus 1: slot 1 is
64-bit, 66 MHz.
PCI bus 2: slot 2
64-bit, 66 MHz.
OR
PCI bus 1: slot 1 is
32-bit, 33 MHz.
PCI bus 2: slot 2 is
64-bit, 66 MHz.
Install in any available
PCI slot.
NOTE:
Only one PERC
3/DC card is supported
per system.
Install in any available PCI slot.
Install the DRAC
III on a riser board
with a 32-bit,
33-MHz
expansion slot.
