User's Guide

1. Installing Internal Optional Devices

Express5800/R120d-1E User’s Guide

Chapter 2 Preparations

1.12

PCI Card

This server provides two types of riser cards for PCI card and a slot for RAID controller. The riser card can

connect two Low Profile PCI cards and one RAID controller (total three PCI card can be mounted).

Important

You must avoid static electricity to work with the procedure below. For

details, refer to Chapter 2 (1.2 Anti-static Measures).

1.12.1

Notes

Read the following notes when installing or 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.

 Available type of PCI card depends on riser card. Make sure the card type before connecting it to riser

card.

 The server provides no connector to connect a LED connector which is supplied in RAID Controller used to

indicate disk access.

 PCI slot number "1A" is assigned to the RAID controller-dedicated slot . “1B”,”1C" is assigned to the riser

card for low-profile PCI cards.

 The PCI devices of the same type (including onboard PCI device) may be recognized in different order ,

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 Chapter 4 Appendix 2.PCI Configuration

 Before removing the top cover, be sure to disconnect cables from PCI card such as LAN adapter. If not,

cables may be damaged.

 If an additional LAN card is installed, it is hard to push the catch of the cable connector with your finger that

is connected to the LAN card. Disconnect the connector pushing the catch with a standard screwdriver. At

this time, be very careful for the screwdriver not to damage the LAN card or other cards.

 If a bootable device such as a PCI card or USB device is added, the boot order may change.

In the BIOS Setup utility, select Hard Drive BBS Priorities from the Boot menu, and then specify a higher

priority for the boot device.

Boot  Hard Drive BBS Priorities  Check the display

If the boot device is an HDD under an optional RAID Controller, the display is (Bus xx Dev 00) PCI RAID

Adapter. Note that the value for xx changes depending on the PCI slot where a RAID board is installed.

 For a RAID Controller, LAN card (network boot), or Fibre Channel controller, if no hard disk drive on which

an OS is installed is connected, set the option ROM for that slot to Disabled. Refer to Chapter 2 (1. System

BIOS) in "Maintenance Guide" for how to specify it.