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Installing a pci card – Apple Xserve User Manual

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Chapter 2

Installing or Replacing Components

Installing a PCI Card

The Xserve has two PCI slots:
 Slot 1, which accepts full-length (9 inch) PCI-E or PCI-X cards

 Slot 2, which accepts half-length (6.6 inch) PCI-E cards

To install a card, you first insert it into a matching riser, and then install the riser into

the slot. The type of card you can install depends on the riser you use:
 A PCI-E riser can go in either slot, and accepts only PCI-E cards

 A PCI-X riser can only go in slot 1, and accepts only PCI-X cards

Connector on PCI-X riser

Connector on PCI-E riser