HP ML530 ProLiant ML530 Generation 2 Server Setup and Installation Guide - Page 125

PCI-X Technology Embedded NIC The embedded NIC that ships with the server is an RJ-45 10/100 Autosensing Ethernet network interface controller (NIC) with Wake On LAN (WOL) support and Preboot eXecution Environment (PXE) support. The embedded NIC shares a PCI bus with the embedded SCSI controller and the embedded video controller. Using the Network Teaming and Configuration Utility, the embedded NIC can be teamed with any other standup NC series NIC for Network Fault Tolerance and Adaptive Load Balancing. The teaming software can be downloaded from the HP website: www.hp.com/servers/proliant/manage Performance Balancing Balancing is the paired arrangement of expansion boards for optimal performance based on the bus architecture of the expansion slots. Properly balancing the expansion boards across buses can improve performance. To balance expansion boards, populate slots across different buses before populating two slots on the same bus. Table 4-2 provides a guideline for slot population order. NOTE: The slot population order that follows is a recommendation only; any PCI or PCI-X expansion board may reside in any slot. 4-4 HP ProLiant ML530 Generation 2 Server Setup and Installation Guide