Silicon Graphics SGI Altix 3700 Bx2, User Manual

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Installing Optional Components
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Installing Optional Components
Besides adding a system console, you can add or replace the following hardware items
on your Altix 3700 Bx2 series server:
• Peripheral component interface (PCI) cards into your IX-brick or PX-brick.
• Disk drives to your IX-brick, TP900 disk storage module, or D-brick2 storage
module.
The sections that follow discuss these activities in more detail.
Warning:
You can add or replace only the items listed in this section. For your safety
and for the protection of your server system, contact your SGI system support
engineer (SSE) to install any hardware items not listed in this section.
Warning:
Before installing, operating, or servicing any part of this product, read the
“Safety Information” on page 177.
Adding or Removing PCI Cards
The PCI-X based I/O system, an industry standard for connecting peripherals to a
processor, is the primary I/O system for the Altix 3700 Bx2 series server.
The IX-brick and PX-brick subsystems provide PCI and PCI-X support for the Altix 3700
Bx2 server system. The IX-brick provides 12 PCI slots. One of the 12 slots is reserved for
a system PCI card. If additional PCI slots are required beyond the 11 remaining slots in
the IX-brick, a PX-brick is configured into the system.
See “Adding or Replacing a PCI or PCI-X Card” on page 136 for detailed instructions on
installing or removing PCI cards.