Chapter 3
Maintaining the Server
PCIe boot devices might not be accessible from the BIOS.
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PCIe option ROMs might report initialization errors. These errors are seen before the BIOS hands
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control to the operating system.
The keyboard might not work.
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To work around this problem, rebalance the load on each IOH using the following methods:
Adjust the IOH IO Resource Allocation ratio. This option is included in the BIOS Setup Utility
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Advanced PCI Configuration page (see
Physically remove any unused PCIe cards.
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Physically rearrange the PCIe cards to create a balance between IOH0 and IOH1.
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In this server, the PCIe slots are connected to IOH0 and IOH1 as follows:
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Slot 1: IOH 1
Slot 2: IOH 1
Slot 3: IOH 1
Slot 4: IOH 1
Slot 5: IOH 0
Slot 6: IOH 0
Slot 7: IOH 0
Installing or Replacing Server Components
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