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Ta b l e 1 - 3 . P C I / P C I - X S l o t A s s i g n m e n t s f o r Po w e r E d g e C l u s t e r N o d e s ( c o n t in u e d )

PowerEdge	PCI Buses	RAID Controller	NICs	DRAC II or III
System
2500	Bus 1: PCI slots 6	Install in any available	Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot.	If you are currently
	and 7 are 32 bit,	PCI slot.	Dell recommends installing Emulex	using a DRAC II
	33 MHz.			or plan to use one
			cLAN adapters in PCI slot 3, 4, or 5.
	Bus 2: PCI slots 3,			in the future,
				install the DRAC
	4, and 5 are 64 bit,
				II in PCI slot 7.
	33 MHz.
	Bus 3: PCI slots 1
	and 2 are 64 bit,
	66 MHz.
2550	Bus 1: PCI slots 1,	Install in any available	NOTE: The Broadcom NIC drivers in	PCI slot 2 is
	2, and 3 are 64 bit,	PCI slot.	your cluster node must be one of the	dedicated to
	33 MHz.	If you are not currently	following versions:	interface with the
			• Windows 2000 Advanced	optional DRAC II.
		using a DRAC II and do
		not plan to use one in the	Server—version 2.43 or later
		future, Dell recommends	• Windows NT Server 4.0,
		that you install one RAID	Enterprise Edition—version 2.46
		controller in the 32-bit	or later
		slot, even if the RAID	The Broadcom NIC firmware
		controller is a 64-bit	version must be 1.12 or later. The
		controller.	integrated Broadcom NIC
			firmware revisions were created in
			ascending order, starting with
			version 1.1 and ending with 1.12
			or later. Consequently, version 1.2
			is an earlier version than version
			1.12. To upgrade the firmware, at
			the prompt, type upgf x boot y
			where x is the device number of
			the integrated Broadcom NIC and
			y is the drive letter of where the
			firmware file is located. The utility
			upgrades the integrated NIC
			firmware in your system. The driver
			and utility to upgrade the firmware
			are available on the Dell Support
			website at support.dell.com.

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