Active BackPlane is allowed to install up to 18 PCI devices. Are there any conflicts in that case?
There are not. All conflicts can be settled by means of PCI Bridge chip installed on an Active BackPlane, with the help of cascading and interruptions control. For more details see description of the chip manufacturer . It is need to emphasize, that during installation of large quantity of PCI cards it is necessary to specify: how many PCI cards supports the driver (software) simultaneously.