The following provisioning guidelines and restrictions apply:
On 7210 SAS systems that require provisioning of the card type (7210 SAS-R6 and 7210 SAS-R12), if a card type is installed in a slot provisioned for a different type, the card will not initialize.
On 7210 SAS systems that require provisioning of a card (7210 SAS-R6 and 7210 SAS-R12), if the card is installed in an unprovisioned slot, it will remain administratively and operationally down until the card type is specified.
Ports cannot be provisioned until the slot and card type are specified, on systems that require provisioning of the card. Ports can be provisioned on bootup on systems that auto-provision the cards (7210 SAS-T, 7210 SAS-Sx/S 1/10GE, and 7210 SAS-Sx 10/100GE).