Dell SE400, SL400 manual PowerEdge, PCI Buses, RAID Controller, NICs, DRAC II or, System

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PowerEdge	PCI Buses	RAID Controller	NICs	DRAC II or III
System
1550	Bus 1: 64 bit,	Install in any available	Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot.	NA
	66 MHz.	PCI slot.	Dell recommends installing Emulex
	Bus 2: 64 bit,
			cLAN adapters in PCI slots 1 or 2.
	66 MHz.
1650	Bus 1: 64 bit,	Install in any available	Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot.	If you are currently
	66 MHz.	PCI slot.		using a DRAC III
	Bus 2: 64 bit,			or plan to use one
				in the future, you
	66 MHz.
				will need a riser
	OR
				board with a
	Bus 1: 32 bit,			32-bit, 33-MHz
	33 MHz.			expansion slot.
	Bus 2: 64 bit,
	66 MHz.
2400	Bus 1: PCI slots 1	Install in any available	Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot.	If you are currently
	through 5 are	PCI slot.	Dell recommends installing Emulex	using a DRAC II
	64 bit, 66 MHz.	If you are not currently		or plan to use one
			cLAN adapters in 64-bit slots.
	Bus 2: PCI slot 6 is			in the future,
		using a DRAC II and do
				install it in PCI
	32 bit, 33 MHz.	not plan to use one in the
				slot 6.
		future, Dell recommends

that you install one RAID controller in the 32-bit slot, even if the RAID controller is a 64-bit controller.

2450	Bus 1: PCI slots 1	Install in any available	Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot.
	through 3 are	PCI slot.	Dell recommends installing Emulex

32 bit, 33 MHz. cLAN adapters in PCI slot 1 or 2.

If you are currently using a DRAC II or plan to use one in the future, install the DRAC II in PCI slot 2.

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