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

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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
2600	PCI slot 1 is 32 bit,	Install in any available	Install in any available PCI slot.	NA
	33 MHz.	PCI slot.
	Bus 2: PCI/PCI-X	NOTE: Install PERC
	slot 7 is hot-	3/DC and PERC 3/QC
	pluggable 64 bit,	expansion cards in PCI-X
	up to 133 MHz.	expansion card slots 2–5.
	Bus 3: PCI/PCI-X	Dell recommends that
		you do not install PERC
	slot 6 is hot-
		3/DC and PERC 3/QC
	pluggable 64 bit,
		expansion cards in slots 6
	up to 133 MHz.
		and 7.
	Bus 4: PCI/PCI-X
	slots 4 and 5 are
	hot-pluggable
	64 bit, up to
	100 MHz.
	Bus 5: PCI/PCI-X
	slots 2 and 3 are
	hot-pluggable
	64 bit, up to
	100 MHz.
2650	Three 64-bit	Install in any available	Install in any available 64-bit PCI slot.	NA
	PCI/PCI-X slots are	PCI slot.	NOTE: For systems using Windows
	located on the riser		NT 4.0, Enterprise Edition, adding
	card (two slots on		and removing a PERC 3/DC expansion
	bus 1 and one slot		cards requires that drivers for the
	on bus 2). Slots		onboard NIC be installed.
	accept full-length
	cards designed for
	PCI-X up to
	133 MHz.

4400	Bus 1: PCI slots 1	Install in any available	Install in any available PCI slot.
	and 2 are 64 bit,	64-bit, 33-MHz or 32-bit,	Dell recommends installing Emulex
	33/66 MHz.	33-MHz PCI slot.	cLAN adapters in 64-bit slots.

Bus 2: PCI slots 3 through 6 are

64 bit, 33 MHz.

Bus 3: PCI slot 7 is 32 bit, 33 MHz.

If you are currently using a DRAC II or plan to use one in the future, install the DRAC II in PCI slot 7.

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