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Adapters
You can add adapters to extend the capabilities and power
of the server.
You add the adapters to the expansion connectors, called
slots, on the I/O board of the server. All slots are PCI
expansion slots. The server supports up to 12 adapters in
the PCI slots. There are two additional dedicated slots for
the I/O function card and the Advanced System
Management PCI adapter.
You can install a new PCI adapter or replace an existing
PCI adapter with the same type of adapter without turning
the server power off and restarting the system. These
slots are called
hot-pluggable PCI slots. They are also
referred to as hot-plug PCI slots.
A PCI adapter comes with built-in identification and
configuration specifications (set in memory on the device)
that provide installation information to the server during
startup. This information is read by the input/output (I/O)
bus and interpreted by the server BIOS. The BIOS
routines automatically configure the adapter around the
resources already in use by other devices.
The server comes with a video controller. This video
controller is an integrated component on the I/O function
card. The integrated video controller has super video
graphics array (SVGA) technology.
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