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Peripheral Component Interconnect

Connector on a motherboard to plug in cards to extend the functionality of a computer.

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What kind of interface card do I need for a SCSI tape library?

I've recently come into possession of an Arcvault 24, a combination tape libary/LTO4 tape drive unit. It connects via a U320 SCSI link using HD68 wiring. The server that this library will be connected to is a HP DL160 G6. This device does not have…
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Can I use Emulex LP9802DC-E Dual Channel PCI-X host bus adapter to replace failed LP9002DC-E?

One LP9002DC-E HBA card has failed, and I have trouble finding an exact replacement. However, I was able to find a supplier for LP9802DC-E. From what I can understand on paper, the only substantial difference is that LP9002DC-E uses 66MHz PCI-X, and…
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KVM - Graphics card passthrough

I am trying to passthrough a graphics card to a KVM guest but have been unsuccessful. The graphics cards has been attached and it does appear that the guest is aware of the card, I can see the kernel module has been loaded when I do lsmod. Also I…
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What cheap PCI modems can be used to open two serial ports at the same time?

I have three PCI fax modems: USR 56K PCI Faxmodem Hiro 56K V.92 Data PCI Fax Modem Conexant PCI Faxmodem With any combination of of these modems ( two USR, one USR one Hiro ) Windows XP only allows me to open one modem at a time. Any suggestions…
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Is it better to enable or disable SSL_OP_DONT_INSERT_EMPTY_FRAGMENTS?

Title summarizes my question best. I am trying to make my ubuntu 10.0.4 server PCI compliant, and to do so, the last bullet on the list is to make sure it isn't vulnerable to the BEAST attack. To do this, I can disable…
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Dell Perc5/E and Poweredge 1950 PCI-X

Today I have been to my datacenter and could not put Perc5/E into PCI-X card, there is like 0,5mm difference in card length, so physically it does not fit. Do I need PCIe for this Perc? Btw. when removed PCI-X, the system did not want to boot due to…
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PCI Extender and 1GB Ethernet Performance

One of my server has 2 PCI slots which has already plugged with 1GB Ethernet cards. I want to add two more 1GB NIC to this server. I've found on ebay this pci extender. I want to ask, because I didn't use PCI Extender before. Does PCI extender cause…
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RAID 1, mixed size drives?

Hi I have a couple of windows systems that I wanted to install RAID 1 onto, I have purchased PCI express controller cards and extra drives, but here I made a mistake, one PC has an existing 3.5" 160Gb SATA drive, and by mistake I bought a 2.5" 160Gb…
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Will this PCI card fit into my server?

Sorry if this is a stupid question but I wanted to be sure before I purchased this PCI card. I have the server HP ProLiant DL380 G4 and I wanted to know if this card would fit. I have purchased a 3TB external HDD to share over LAN but it is running…
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Need advice on which PCI SATA Controller Card to Purchase

I have a major issue with the build of a machine I am trying to get up and running. My goal is to create a file server that will service the needs of my software development, personal media storage and streaming/media server needs, as well as…
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PCI SATA Controller Card Locking Up at Boot

So I have the following setup - ASUS M2N4-SLI Motherboard with AMD Chip of some kind with 4 GB Dims 2 CD/DVD ROM Drives 1 320 GB SATA Drive containing the CentOS Operating System and 2 250 GB SATA Drives which are mirrored in software RAID1 and…
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PCI-e to PCI with flex cable

Need a PCI-Express to PCI adapter for a 1U server. Preferably with a flex cable like this, but only need the one PCI slot: Either that or maybe something like a 45-degree adapter, but I've never seen one of those.
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Configuring a SonicWall TZ100 to protect VM (virtual machines) for PCI compliance

I'm currently running VMWare ESX 4 with several virtual machines. One of these VMs needs to be PCI-DSS compliant, and more may need compliance in the future. In other words, I don't want to allow any LAN-LAN traffic. I currently have a SonicWall…
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Available space for pci cards on an IBM xseries 345

The research lab where I work has been offered a bunch of IBM rack-mountable servers for very little money. The hardware is a bit outdated but it would suit our needs perfectly -- If we can fit one of our customized PCI cards into one of them. I…
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Is there a way to configure the LnkSta of my PCI connection?

I have a PCIe connection with Generation 3 and 4 lanes, as can be seen from lspci -vvv | egrep 'LnkSta|LnkCap: LnkCap: Port #0, Speed 8GT/s, Width x4, ASPM L0s L1, Exit Latency L0s <1us, L1 <2us LnkSta: Speed 8GT/s (ok), Width x4…
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