User's Guide
Upgrading Your Server 9-53
Notes
Observe the following notes on installing/removing a PCI card:
Do not touch the terminals of the riser cards 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.
A riser card is designed for installing only low-profile PCI cards or full-height PCI cards.
Before installing a PCI card, make sure of the card specification.
PCI slot number "1C" is assigned to the riser card for low-profile PCI cards, "1B" is
assigned to the riser card for full-height PCI cards, and "0A" is assigned to the RAID
controller-dedicated slot.
The system detects the boot devices in order of the PCI bus slots 1B (full-height PCI card)
and then 1C (low-profile PCI card).
When a standard riser card is attached, the search order is:
2B → 3B → 1C → 2C → 3C
However, when the N8116-21 riser card (PCI-X) is attached, the slots are searched in the
following order:
3B → 2B → 1C → 2C → 3C
The PCI devices of the same type (including onboard PCI device) may be recognized in
different order from that described above, depending on OS or RAID System BIOS Utility.
Check the slot location of PCI device by PCI bus number, device number and function
number shown in the table below.
PCI device Bus number Device number Function number
Onboard NIC1 1h 0 0
Onboard NIC2 1h 0 1
Slot 1C 40h 0 X
Slot 2C 50h 0 X
Slot 3C 70h 0 X
Slot 2B 10h* 9 X
Slot 3B 30h* 0 X
Slot 2B (N8116-21) 30h 0 X
Slot 3B (N8116-21) 11h 1 X
RAID-dedicated slot
60h 0 X
* Depending on which PCI cards are inserted into slots 2B and 3B, the above PCI bus
numbers might not be used.
Set "Disabled" for the optional ROM of a LAN device not to be booted by using the BIOS
SETUP utility.
If an additional LAN device is installed, it is hard to push the catch of the connector with
your finger that is connected to the LAN port. Disconnect the connector pushing the catch
with a standard screwdriver. At this time, be very careful for the screwdriver not to
damage the LAN port or other ports.
If a bootable PCI card (e.g., a RAID controller, SCSI controller, or LAN card) is