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IBM Power Systems E870 and E880 Technical Overview and Introduction
Figure 2-26 shows typical optical cable connections.
Figure 2-26 Typical optical cable connection
General rules for the PCI Gen3 I/O expansion drawer configuration
The PCIe3 optical cable adapter can be in any of the PCIe adapter slots in the Power E870
and Power E880 system node. However, we recommend that you use the PCIe adapter slot
priority information while selecting slots for installing PCIe3 Optical Cable Adapter (#EJ07).
Table 2-30 shows PCIe adapter slot priorities in the Power E870 and Power E880 system.
Table 2-30 PCIe adapter slot priorities
Feature code
Description
Slot priorities
EJ07
PCIe3 Optical Cable Adapter for PCIe3 Expansion Drawer
2, 8, 4, 6, 1, 7, 3, 5
T1
T2
Optical cable adapter
T1
T2
Optical cable adapter
T1
T2
Fanout module
T1
T2
Fanout module
Optical cables
Optical cables
Server
I/O Expansion Drawer
