PCI-Express 4gb Xserve (early 2009) and Xserve Raid

Hi, I have one question.
Can I connect my Xserve (early 2009) with a dual 4Gb fibre PCI express card to an Xserve Raid (M9721LL/A) with only a Dual 2GB built in Fibre card? Or perhaps I need to buy a dual 2gb for my Xserve.?
Maybe the question is a little dumb but I am a newbie with these systems.
Thanks in advance
Sam

The 4Gb fibre channel ports are fully backwards-compatible with the 2Gb ports. You can connect them just fine, and they'll run at 2Gb.

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