Tip: The pre-installed cable for the ServeRAID adapter is disconnected at both ends. To use it, disconnect the smaller SCSI cable from the hard drive backplane. Then connect the ServeRAID cable to the hard drive backplane and to the ServeRAID card itself.

￿Some long adapters have extension handles or brackets installed. Before installing the adapter, you must remove the extension handle or bracket.

￿The system scans PCI-X slots to assign system resources. The system attempts to start the first device found. The search order is:

a.CD-ROM

b.Disk drives

c.Integrated SCSI devices

d.x440 PCI-X slots (in the order 1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4)

e.Integrated Ethernet controller

If an RXE-100 is attached, the order is:

a.CD-ROM

b.Disk drives

c.Integrated SCSI devices

d.x440 PCI-X slots (1, 2, 6, 5, 3, 4)

e.RXE-100 slots (A5, A6, A3, A4, A1, A2, B6, B5, B3, B4, B1, B2)

f.Integrated Ethernet controller

Active PCI Manager

Active PCI Manager is an IBM Director extension that helps manage PCI and PCI-X adapters in supported xSeries servers. It includes an analyze function that will help you to plan and optimize the PCI and PCI-X adapter placement in the x440 and Remote Expansion Enclosure (RXE-100). For a detailed discussion on Active PCI Manager, refer to 5.1, “Active PCI Manager” on page 130.

3.1.4 Broadcom Gigabit Ethernet controller

The x440 is the first xSeries server to offer a Gigabit Ethernet controller integrated standard in the system. The x440 includes a single-port Broadcom BCM5700 10/100/1000 BASE-T MAC (Media Access Controller) on a PCI 64-bit 66 MHz bus. The BCM5700 supports full and half-duplex performance at all speeds (10/100/1000 Mbps, auto negotiated) and includes integrated on-chip memory for buffering data transmissions, and dual onboard RISC processors for advanced packet parsing and backwards compatibility with 10/100 devices. The Broadcom controller also includes software support for failover, layer-3 load balancing, and comprehensive diagnostics.

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