Configuration Rules

All slots support PCI universal cards.

All slots support PCI long or short cards.

Each slot can supply up to 16 watts of power. The total power used for all four slots must not exceed 64 watts.

PCI cards may be freely installed in any compatible PCI slots. Slots need not be filled in any particular order. In most cases, the system's I/O performance will be unaffected by placement of PCI cards in the slots. Heavily loaded systems, however, will deliver better overall performance by installing high-throughput interface cards on separate buses. Examples of high-throughput interfaces are dual-channel UltraSCSI host adapters and ATM-622 interfaces.

Overall system availability may also be improved by installing redundant storage or network interfaces on separate PCI buses.