Asus RS720Q-E8-RS12, User Manual

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2.6 Expansion slots
The following subsections describe the slots and expansion cards that they support.
Ensure to unplug the power cord before adding or removing expansion cards. Failure to do
so may cause you physical injury and damage motherboard components.
2.6.1 PCI Express x16 slot (Gen3 x16 link) + x8 slot (Gen3
x8 link)
The onboard PCI Express slot provides x24 link from the Intel® Xeon E5-2600 v3 family
processor. The slot can switch to one x16 slot (16 link) and one x 8 slot (8 link) by installing
the default riser card that ships with the motherboard. This slot supports various server class
high performance add-on cards.
PCI-E x8 slot
proprietary*
PCI-E x16 slot
low-profile*
* Supports the following ASUS add-on cards:
PEM-FDR (56Gb/s FDR InfiniBand card)
PEB-10G/57840-2S (Dual Port 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet card)
PEB-10G/57811-1S (Single Port 10 Gigabit/s Ethernet card)