TX300 S5
Options Guide
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Expansion cards
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CAUTION!
Follow the safety instructions in the chapter
The system board has seven PCI Express slots. Slots 1-5 are connected as x4
interfaces, whereby slots 3 and 5 are used as x8 interfaces if slots 2 and 4 are
empty.
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Slot 1 is the preferred slot for the SAS/SATA RAID controller (bootable).
Figure 40: Arrangement of the PCIe slots
Slot
Description
1
PCIe x4 for SAS/SATA RAID controller
2
PCIe x4
3
PCIe x4 (PCIe x8, if slot 2 is free)
4
PCIe x4
5
PCIe x4 (PCIe x8, if slot 4 is free)
6
PCIe x8
7
PCIe x8