Replacing an adapterThe following notes describe the types of adapters that the server supports andother information that you must consider when you install an adapter.About this taskv Locate the documentation that comes with the adapter and follow thoseinstructions in addition to the instructions in this section.v The server provides one internal SAS/SATA RAID connector and two PCI slotson the system board. See “System-board optional-device connectors” on page 32for the location of the internal SAS/SATA RAID connector and riser-card slots.You can replace the IBM ServeRAID SAS/SATA adapter with an optional IBMServeRAID SAS/SATA adapter in the slot. For configuration information, see theServeRAID documentation at http://www.ibm.com/supportportal/.v Do not set the maximum digital video adapter resolution above 1600 x 1200 at75 Hz for an LCD monitor. This is the highest resolution that is supported forany add-on video adapter that you install in the server.v Read the following table before installing memory modules when any Quadroadapters is installed.Table 24. NVIDIA Quadro video adapter configurationsDescription Supported maximum total memory sizeQuadro 600 adapter 128 GBQuadro 2000 adapter 512 GBv Read the following table before installing NAND flash adapters.Table 25. Adapter configurationsDescriptionOptionpartnumber PCI riser 1 PCI riser 2IBM 365 GB High IOPS MLCmono adapter46C9078 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1IBM 785 GB High IOPS MLCmono adapter46C9081 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1IBM 1.2 TB high IOPS MLC monoadapter90Y4377 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1IBM 2.4 TB high IOPS MLC duoadapter90Y4397 Not supported Six fans installedrequired1IBM Flash Adapter F825Enterprise Value00AE861 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1IBM Flash Adapter F1650Enterprise Value00AE864 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1IBM Flash Adapter F3200Enterprise Value00AE867 Not supported Six fans installedrequired1Qlogic 8200 dual-port 10GbE SFP+VFA90Y4600 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1ServeRAID M5120 SAS/SATAcontroller81Y4478 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1Solarflare SFN5162F midrangedual-port 10GbE SFP+ adapter47C9952 Six fans installedrequired1Six fans installedrequired 1250 IBM System x3550 M4 Type 7914: Installation and Service Guide
