Installing the half-length and full-length I/O books

Use this information for an overview of the supported I/O books.

The server provides up to twelve PCIe Gen3 adapter slots using the supported I/O books. The server supports an optional half-length I/O book and an optional full-length I/O book. You install both I/O books in the rear of the server. For more information about the supported I/O books, see Installing the half-length I/O book and Installing the full-length I/O book.

To confirm that the server supports the I/O book that you are installing, see the Lenovo ServerProven website.

For more information about the supported adapters, see Supported RAID adapters for more information about the supported RAID adapters. For more information about the supported Ethernet adapters, see Supported ML2 (Ethernet) adapters. For more information about the supported RAID cache cards, see Table 1. For more information about the supported Features on Demand (FoD) software, see Table 1.

• Installing the half-length I/O book
  This information provides notes and other information that you need to consider when you install the half-length I/O book and the instructions for installing the I/O book in the server.
• Installing the full-length I/O book
  This information provides notes and other information that you need to consider when you install the full-length I/O book and the instructions for installing the I/O book in the server.