"A" riser is required for POST ... the optional part is in which one you use - PCI-X or PCIe.
Not that I particularly want to do it this way, but I have to juggle a couple of PCI-X riser cards from servers in geographically separate sites. Basically the bulk of our 2950s came with PCIe risers by default, but I have a couple of PCI-X SCSI cards for two tape drives that I am trying to migrate to a couple of our semi-retired 2950s. It will be impossible to swap them in one session without a very quick 310 mile roundtrip. The servers that do have the PCI-X risers don't need cards at all, so if there is no major issue I probably wouldn't even bother putting the PCIe risers back in. Also, does anyone know if there are any jumpers or configuration I must do to change the riser? TIA!
Will 2950 run without the PCI riser card?