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To reduce the possibility of electrostatic discharge, observe the following
precautions:
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Limit your movement. Movement can cause static electricity to build up around
you.
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Handle the device carefully, holding it by its edges or its frame.
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Do not touch solder joints, pins, or exposed printed circuitry.
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Do not leave the device where others can handle and possibly damage the
device.
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While the device is still in its static-protective package, touch it to an unpainted
metal part of the system unit for at least two seconds. (This drains static
electricity from the package and from your body.)
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Remove the device from its package and install it directly into your system unit
without setting it down. If it is necessary to set the device down, place it in its
static-protective package. Do not place the device on your system unit cover or
on a metal table.
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Take additional care when handling devices during cold weather because heating
reduces indoor humidity and increases static electricity.
Installing adapters
This section describes how to install PCI or PCI-X adapters. Before you continue
with the adapter-installation procedure, review the following:
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To ensure system reliability, an optional SCSI adapter cannot control internal
hard disk drives.
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You can install only low-profile adapters in slots 1 and 2.
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You can install standard full-length adapters, with the adapter guides removed
from the adapters, in slots 3 and 4.
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You can install only a half-length adapter in slot 5.
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The optional IBM Remote Supervisor Adapter can be installed only in PCI slot 5.
Use the ribbon cable that comes with the adapter to connect the adapter to the
system management connector on the PCI riser card.
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Your server supports 5.0 V and universal PCI adapters in the 32-bit PCI slot 5;
your server supports only 3.3 V and universal PCI adapters in the 64-bit
PCI/PCI-X slots 3 and 4.
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The PCI bus configuration is:
– Non-hot-plug, 64-bit PCI-X slots 1 through 2 (PCI bus A, 100 MHz)
– Non-hot-plug, 64-bit PCI-X slots 3 through 4 (PCI bus B, 133 MHz)
– Non-hot-plug, 32-bit PCI slot 5 (PCI bus C, 33 MHz)
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The system scans PCI and PCI-X slots 1 through 5 to assign system resources;
then, the system starts (boots) the system devices in the following order, if you
have not changed the default boot precedence: integrated Ethernet controller,
integrated SCSI controller, and then PCI and PCI-X slots 5, 3, 4, 1, and 2.
Note: If you are installing the optional ServeRAID-5i controller, please review the
following:
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No rerouting of the internal SCSI cable is required if you are installing the
ServeRAID-5i controller. The ServeRAID-5i controller uses the SCSI
connector on the system board for output.
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The ServeRAID-5i controller can be installed only in PCI slot 2.
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The low-profile 2-U bracket that comes with the controller is required to
install the controller.
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