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July 13th, 2005 16:00
PowerEdge 1800 System Expansion Cards
We are looking at purchasing a PowerEdge 1800 System and for future expansion planning would like to know which of the six expansion slots will be occupied.
If I understand correctly the slots are as follows:
Slot 1 is PCI 64-bit, 66-MHz (3.3 V).
Slot 2 is PCI Express x4 lane (3.3 V).
Slot 3 is PCI Express x8 lane (3.3 V).
Slot 4 is PCI 32-bit, 33-MHz (5 V).
Slots 5 and 6 are PCI-X 64-bit, 100-MHz (3.3 V).
The items of interest are the following:
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PERC4/DC, 1 Internal and 1 External Channel (341-1284)
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If I understand correctly this would sit in slot 4 (PCI32).
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56K Internal Modem for PowerEdge and PowerEdgeSC, Conexant (313-2397)
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No idea…. I would have thought this would be a PCI 32 also in slot 4.
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2 X INTEL PRO 1000MT,COPPER GB (430-1022)
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The sales person assured me that there are only NICs on the system including the one built in so I’m not sure why a different line item. But the question is which slot would this be in?
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Thanks for your help in advance.
Z
PS. I just relaized this is in the network section is there a way I can move it to "General Hardware".
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sofsoldier
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July 21st, 2005 22:00
My 1800 server came with a second 64-bit network card, and I have added an addtional SATA controller into the PCI-X 64-bit slot. Both of these cards occupies the PCI-X 64-bit slots.
Slots 1, 2, 3, 5 and 6 (if you wrote the voltages down correctly) should be backwards compatible with 32-bit cards.
The PCI-X 64-bit slots should be reserved for add-in controller cards for hard drives. Other than that, any other slot can accept any PCI card - granted the voltages match (meaning the 5 volt slots should NOT be used for normal PCI cards like modems).
zto
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July 22nd, 2005 01:00
Looks like the server will be quite loaded. Turns out that the NICs are 2 seperate cards so only 1 5V slot left.
That's ok though.... Now juts the wait for the delivery....
Can't wait to play :)
Zto
sofsoldier
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July 22nd, 2005 03:00
With all those cards it sounds as if you are expecting alot of throughput. If you haven't done it already, you may want to think about loading up that second processor slot. Just make sure the second processor is equal to the first.
As a side note, mine came with Maxtor drives, which (as I expected) failed within two weeks of reciept. I recieved the replavement drive, sold it on E-bay and bought 6 Seagate 7200.8 drives (for a RAID 10) - brand new of course. Since then, no problems - hense the high uptime!
zto
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July 23rd, 2005 00:00
It's just to replace an old P1 file server while adding some more function thourgh some services in Small business server.
zto