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CONFIGURATION GUIDE
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NEC Express5800/A2040c, A2020c, A2010c, A1040c
NEC Corporation
Rev.2.0
–Sep. 2015
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PCI Card: Priority/Order of Installation
Standard BTO Configuration:
Starting from the PCI cards with higher priority (see the table below), PCI cards are installed to the PCI slots with higher
priority among the available slots per CPU configuration (see the table below). The following basic rules are applied to
BTO configuration. If any other specific installation requirements, BTO configuration will not be applied. This is
applicable for FC SAN boot without internal disks.
[Basic Rules for PCI Card Installation]
The 1
st
RAID Controller or FC Controller needs to be installed to Slot#1.
The 2
nd
RAID Controller (if any) will not be installed (out of BTO)
Up to 2 External RAID Controllers can be installed.
Up to 5 SAS Controllers can be installed.
In case of having 9 slots available:
Up to 8 cards for the cards with Priority 1-6 can be installed
Up to 7 cards for the cards except 1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch/4ch) and SAS Controller can be
installed
In case of having 13 slots available:
Up to 12 cards for the cards with Priority 1-6 can be installed
Up to 11 cards for the cards except 1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch/4ch) and SAS Controller can be
installed
Up to 9 cards for 10G-BASE Adapter (SFP) and External RAID Controller can be installed
In case of having 16 slots available:
Up to 15 cards for the cards with Priority 1-6 can be installed
Up to 14 cards for the cards except 1000BASE-T Adapter (2ch/4ch) and SAS Controller can be
installed
Up to 12 cards for 10G-BASE Adapter (SFP) and External RAID Controller can be installed
Priority of PCI Cards:
Priority
Product Number
Product Name/Description
Slot for Installation
1
NE3303-178
RAID Controller (2GB)
Can install to Slot #1 only
NE3303-177
RAID Controller (1GB)
2
NE3303-H004
External RAID Controller (2GB)
Can install to Slot #5, #8, #12 or
#16 only
3
NE3304-151M
1000BASE-T Adapter (2 port)
Can install to any slot other than
Slot #1
4
NE3390-159
Fibre Channel Controller (8G/1 port)
Can install to any slot other than
Slot #9
5
NE3390-158A
Fibre Channel Controller (16G/ 2port)
Can install to any slot other than
Slot #8 and #9
NE3390-157A
Fibre Channel Controller (16G/1 port)