Expansion card installation guidelines
Your system supports PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 3 expansion cards.
Use the following table as a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion cards with the
highest priority must be installed first by using the slot priority indicated.
Table 32. Expansion card slots available on system board only
Location
PCIe slot Processor connection
Height
Length
Link width
Slot width
System board
1
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x16
x16
System board
2
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x16
x16
System board
3
Platform Controller Hub (Mapped
to Processor 1)
Low profile
Half length
x4
x8
Table 33. Expansion card slots available with optional dual riser module and optional internal PERC riser
Location
PCIe slot Processor connection
Height
Length
Link width
Slot width
Dual riser module
1
Processor 1
Full height
Full length
x16
x16
Dual riser module
2
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x8
x8
Dual riser module
3
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x8
x8
Dual riser module
4
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x8
x8
Internal riser
5
Processor 2
Low profile
Half length
x8
x8
NOTE:
The optional dual riser module is installed on PCIe slot 1 and 2 on the system board.
NOTE:
When your system is installed with the optional dual riser module in PCIe slot 1 and 2 on the system board, you cannot
install an expansion card in PCIe slot 3 of the system board.
NOTE:
When x16 card installed in PCIe Slot 1 on dual riser module the PCIe Slot 2 on the expansion card does not function. The
expansion card riser can be used either with four x8 PCIe cards or with one x16 PCIe card on PCIe Slot 1 and two x8 PCIe cards
on slots 3 and 4 of the dual riser module.
NOTE:
Only slots 1, 2 and the internal PCIe slot support Generation 3 PCIe expansion cards.
NOTE:
The expansion cards are not hot-swappable.
Table 34. Expansion card installation priority on system board only
Card Priority
Category
Slot Priority
Max Allowed
1
PowerEdge Raid Controller (PERC)
(Low profile)
2
1
2
10 Gb NICs
1,2
2
3
1Gb NICs (Intel Quad Port)
1,2,3
3
1Gb NICs (Intel Dual Port)
1,2,3
3
4
NICs/HCAs (single port)
1,2
2
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