Working with Adapters
Working with Adapters
Adding an adapter, such as a communication or audio adapter,
extends the capabilities and power of your server. For example, you
can add a RAID (redundant array of independent disks) adapter
that can enhance logical-drive capacity and performance, and
continue operation after a hard-disk drive failure. You can install
up to nine adapters in the expansion connectors, called slots, on the
system board of your server.
Adapter Considerations
Three types of adapters are available for your PC Server 330:
PCI adapters
EISA adapters
ISA adapters
The system board in your server contains three 32-bit, EISA/ISA-bus
expansion slots and one PCI-bus expansion slot. The remaining
slots are shared PCI/EISA slots. Your server supports 5.0-volt PCI
adapters.
You can install PCI adapters in slots 1-5 only.
If you have high-performance adapters, such as RAID adapters,
install them in the two PCI slots closest to the processor board.
You can install EISA or ISA adapters in slots 2-9. You can
install full-length adapters only in the three shared PCI/EISA
slots closest to the processor board.
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