Table 37. Expansion card slots available on system board only
Location
PCIe slot Processor connection
Height
Length
Link width
Slot width
System board
1
Processor 2
Low profile
Half length
x8
x8
System board
2
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x16
x16
System board
3
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x16
x16
System board
4
Platform Controller Hub (Mapped
to Processor 1)
Low profile
Half length
x1
x1
System board
5
Platform Controller Hub (Mapped
to Processor 1)
Low profile
Half length
x4
x8
Table 38. Expansion card slots available on system board and optional expansion card riser
Location
PCIe slot Processor connection
Height
Length
Link width
Slot width
Expansion card riser
1
Processor 1
Full height
Full length
x16
x16
Expansion card riser
2
Processor 1
Full height
Half length
x8
x8
System board
3
Processor 1
Low profile
Half length
x16
x16
System board
4
Platform Controller Hub (Mapped
to Processor 1)
Low profile
Half length
x1
x1
System board
5
Platform Controller Hub (Mapped
to Processor 1)
Low profile
Half length
x4
x8
NOTE:
The optional expansion card riser is installed on PCIe slot 2 on the system board.
NOTE:
When your system is installed with the optional expansion card riser in PCIe slot 2 on the system board, you cannot install
an expansion card in PCIe slot 1 of the system board.
NOTE:
When x16 card installed in PCIe Slot 1 on expansion card riser the PCIe Slot 2 on the expansion card will not function. The
expansion card riser can be used only with two x8 PCIe cards or with one x16 PCIe card on PCIE slot 1.
NOTE:
Only slots 1, 2 and 3 support Generation 3 PCIe expansion cards.
NOTE:
The expansion cards are not hot-swap.
Table 39. Expansion card installation priority on system board only
Card Priority
Category
Slot Priority
Max Allowed
1
GPU
NA
0
2
RAID integrated storage
Integrated Slot
1
RAID external storage
3,2,1
3
3
40G NICs
3,2,1
3
4
FC16 HBA
3,2,1
3
5
10Gb NICs
3,2,1,5
4
6
FC8 HBA
3,2,1,5
4
7
1Gb NICs (Broadcom Dual port)
3,2,1,5,4
5
1Gb NICs
3,2,1,5
4
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