PCI-X Technology
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HP ProLiant ML530 Generation 2 Server Setup and Installation Guide
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Embedded NIC
The embedded NIC that ships with the server is an RJ-45 10/100 Autosensing
Ethernet network interface controller (NIC) with Wake On LAN (WOL) support and
Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support. The embedded NIC shares a PCI bus
with the embedded SCSI controller and the embedded video controller. Using the
Network Teaming and Configuration Utility, the embedded NIC can be teamed with
any other standup NC series NIC for Network Fault Tolerance and Adaptive Load
Balancing. The teaming software can be downloaded from the HP website:
www.hp.com/servers/proliant/manage
Performance Balancing
Balancing is the paired arrangement of expansion boards for optimal performance
based on the bus architecture of the expansion slots.
Properly balancing the expansion boards across buses can improve performance. To
balance expansion boards, populate slots across different buses before populating two
slots on the same bus.
Table 4-2 provides a guideline for slot population order.
NOTE:
The slot population order that follows is a recommendation only; any PCI or PCI-X
expansion board may reside in any slot.