Riser Card: PCI, PCI-X, PCI-Express

[Rodders]

Hi Guys,

I have an HP Proliant DL385 G2 server running on linux and I want to add a NIC card and an HBA card. I tried to find out which format is supported so I logged in via root and used the command lspci

I got the following output:

00:03.0 VGA compatible controller: ATI Technologies Inc ES1000 (rev 02)
00:04.0 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Con troller (rev 03)
00:04.2 System peripheral: Compaq Computer Corporation Integrated Lights Out Pr ocessor (rev 03)
00:04.4 USB Controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Proliant iLO2 virtual USB contro ller
00:04.6 IPMI SMIC interface: Hewlett-Packard Company Proliant iLO2 virtual UART
00:05.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] PCI/PCI-X Bridge
00:06.0 Host bridge: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] Legacy South Bridge
00:06.1 IDE interface: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] IDE
00:06.2 ISA bridge: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] LPC
00:07.0 USB Controller: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] USB (rev 01)
00:07.1 USB Controller: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] USB (rev 01)
00:07.2 USB Controller: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] USB (rev 01)
00:0f.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:10.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:11.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:12.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:13.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
00:18.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTra nsport Technology Configuration
00:18.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:18.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Con troller
00:18.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscella neous Control
00:19.0 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] HyperTra nsport Technology Configuration
00:19.1 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Address Map
00:19.2 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] DRAM Con troller
00:19.3 Host bridge: Advanced Micro Devices [AMD] K8 [Athlon64/Opteron] Miscella neous Control
01:0d.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom BCM5785 [HT1000] PCI/PCI-X Bridge (rev c0)
03:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev c3)
04:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit E thernet (rev 12)
0b:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array Controller (rev 03)
40:0f.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
40:10.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
40:11.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
40:12.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
40:13.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom HT2100 PCI-Express Bridge (rev a2)
41:00.0 PCI bridge: Broadcom EPB PCI-Express to PCI-X Bridge (rev c3)
42:00.0 Ethernet controller: Broadcom Corporation NetXtreme II BCM5708 Gigabit E thernet (rev 12)
46:00.0 RAID bus controller: Hewlett-Packard Company Smart Array Controller (rev

Does this mean PCI-Express devices will work?
The riser card has 3 slots.

Or are there any other commands that would giv eme a specific answer.

Regards,

Rodders

[Mudgen]

I think our DL385 G2 servers have 2 PCIE x16 and 2 PCIE x8 slots.

[clowenstein]

You are asking a hardware question which can not be answered by software inquiries. Best to open the box and look inside.

Or find a comprehensive hardware manual for that model of computer.

[arroba]

The HP support page is one of the best you can find on the web.
Here the quickespescs of your server:
h18000.www1.hp.com/products/quickspecs/12565_na/12565_na.HTML

[Rodders]

Thanks Guys. I was worried I was taking incompatible components.