IBM 866441Y - Netfinity 5600 - 8664, Hardware Maintenance Manual

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Working with adapters
You can add adapters to extend the capabilities and power
of the server. Many adapters provide bus-master
capabilities, which enable the adapters to perform
operations without interrupting the server's microprocessor.
You can install up to five peripheral component
interconnect (PCI) adapters in the expansion connectors,
called slots, on the system board of the server.
In three of the PCI slots, you can install a new PCI adapter
or replace an existing PCI adapter with the same type of
adapter without turning off the server power and restarting
the system, if these features are supported by the
operating system. These slots are called
hot-pluggable
PCI slots. They are also referred to as hot-plug PCI slots.
The two remaining PCI slots support standard
(non-hot-plug) PCI adapters.
The server comes with a video controller. This video
controller is an integrated component on the system board.
It is
not in an expansion slot. The integrated video
controller has super video graphics array (SVGA)
technology.
The integrated video controller is not removable. If you
want to disable this controller and use a video adapter
instead, you can install a video adapter in an expansion
slot. When you install a video adapter, the server BIOS
automatically disables the integrated video controller.
The following illustration shows the location of the PCI
expansion slots on the system board.
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