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7: Maintenance Procedures
PCI Express technology uses two pairs of wires for each transmit and receive connection (4 wires
total). These four wires are generally referred to as a lane or x1 connection (also called “by 1”).
SGI administrative node PCIe technology uses x16, x8 and x4 connector technology in the PCI
Express card slots. The PCIe technology will support PCIe boards that use connectors up to x16
in size. Table 7-2 shows this concept.
Table 7-2
SGI Administrative Server PCIe Support Levels
SGI Admin PCIe
Connectors
x4 PCIe cards
Supported
x8 PCIe cards
Supported
x16 PCIe cards
Two supported
x32 PCIe cards
Not supported
If you need more specific information on installing PCIe cards in an administrative, leader, or
other standalone server, see the user documentation for that particular unit. After installing or
removing a new PCIe card, do the following:
1. Return the server to service.
2. Boot your operating system software. (See your software operation guide if you need
instructions to boot your operating system.)
3. Run the
lspci
PCI hardware inventory command to verify the installation. This command
lists PCI hardware that the operating system discovered during the boot operation.
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