Pci Board; Notes; Supported Cards And Available Slots - NEC Express5800 Series User Manual

Chapter 2 Preparations
1.11

PCI board

The device is equipped with "Riser Cards (2 types)" to which a PCI board can be fit, "LOM Card dedicated
Slot"to which an LOM Card can be fit, and "RAID Controller dedicated Slot" to which a RAID controller can be fit.
5 full-height PCI boards can be fit to Riser Card, one LOM card can be fitted to LOM Card dedicated Slot, and
one RAID Controller can be fit to RAID Controller dedicated Slot. (In total, 8 PCI boards can be installed.) Before
installing an option, prepare the followings.

Notes

Read the following notes when installing or removing a PCI board.
Do not touch the terminals of the PCI board and the leads of electronic components with your bare hand.
Fingerprints and dust left on them cause the server to malfunction due to a connection failure or damage to the
leads.
Available type of PCI card depends on a Riser Card. Make sure the card type before connecting it to Riser Card.
1.11.2

Supported cards and available slots

The following tables list supported cards and slots available for them. For details of the features of each card,
see the manual supplied with the card.
To avoid static electricity, see Chapter 1 (1.8 Anti-static Measures) in Safety
Important
Precautions and Regulatory Notices.
In order to prevent the damage to server's main body or the expansion board, please
Note
remove all the AC power cables before removing/installing Riser Card.
Tips
Different cards mounted on the same bus operate at the lower frequency.
If the operation performance of PCI card differs from that of PCI Slot, the PCIe card
operates at lower frequency.
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