Compaq ProLiant 5000 Configuring the Compaq ProLiant 5000 for Microsoft Window - Page 5

3 Optimizing PCI and EISA Devices Compaq has conducted extensive testing to determine optimal configurations for achieving high performance and ease of use at the initial installation of a ProLiant 5000 system. These test include integrating the ProLiant 5000 with network operating system software, such as Windows NT Server, and installing additional peripherals when the need arises. This section contains Compaq recommendations for configuring the ProLiant 5000 server to achieve optimal Windows NT Server performance. The dual-peer PCI buses capabilities of the ProLiant 5000 server provide high-bandwidth I/O with two buses operating simultaneously. Dual-peer PCI buses provide an aggregate bandwidth of 267 MB/s. The I/O board has two Pentium Pro-to-PCI bridge controllers. The controllers connect the primary and secondary PCI buses to the host bus. The primary and secondary buses each have assigned functions. The configuration recommendations presented in this document focus on: s Primary and secondary PCI bus configurations s Bridged controllers and the implications of adding additional bridged controllers Primary PCI Bus s Supports dedicated PCI slots 5-8. s Supports the EISA bridged bus. t Supports up to three EISA slots (one dedicated, two shared EISA/PCI). t Supports integrated EISA peripherals (video, timers, keyboard, mouse). Secondary PCI Bus s Supports PCI on shared slots 2 and 3 and dedicated slot 4. s Supports the Integrated 32-Bit Fast-Wide SCSI-2 controller.