HP Remote Manageability and Graphics/USB Cards Installing a A6869B VGA/USB PCI Card in a Server

2 Installing a A6869B VGA/USB PCI Card in a Server

The A6869B VGA/USB PCI card can be installed into any slot in a PCI/PCI-X backplane.

CAUTION: Observe all ESD safety precautions before attempting this procedure. Failure to follow ESD safety precautions could result in damage to the server.

IMPORTANT: If you are installing the A6869B in HP servers based on the sx1000 chipset, such as HP Superdome, rx7620 or rx8620, the system firmware must be updated to a minimum revision of 3.88.

IMPORTANT: Search for available PCI slots that support the conventional clock speed to conserve availability of higher speed PCI-X card slots to PCI-X cards that use the higher bandwidth. This applies to mid-range as well as high-end HP server I/O PCI-X backplanes.

If you have a partition that has multiple I/O chassis and cells, ensure that the A6869B is placed in the I/O chassis that is connected to the lowest cell in the partition. For slot selection, follow the preceding paragraph recommendations.

IMPORTANT: The HP rx8640/rx7640 mid-range servers only support one A6869B USB 2.0/VGA PCI Adapter card per partition, and the A6869B card must be installed in an IO Chassis that has a Core I/O card installed.

Figure 2-1 PCI/PCI-X Card Location

1 PCI/PCI-X Cards 2 PCI/PCI-X Backplane

6Installing a A6869B VGA/USB PCI Card in a Server