Oracle X5-4, Service Manual

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Server Subsystems Overview
Callout Description
1 Slots for SAS or NVMe drives
2 Slots for SAS drives only
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When configured with SAS drives (mechanical or SSD), the system must have one Oracle
Storage 12 Gb/s SAS RAID PCIe HBA, Internal (7110117) installed in PCIe slot 2. The
PCIe Gen-3 internal HBA has eight internal SAS3 ports that connect from the card to the
system backplane through two bundled cables.
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When configured with NVMe SSD drives (up to four), the system must have one Oracle
PCIe NVMe Switch card (7111393) installed in PCIe slot 1. The NVMe switch card has
four NVMe internal ports that connect from the card to the system disk backplane through
four bundled cables.
For slot designations, see “DVD, Storage Drive, and USB Designations” on page 78 .
SATA DVD +/-RW Drive
An optional DVD-RW SATA-Gen3 drive is located at the front of the server below the drive
bays. A SATA3 port on the motherboard connects to the disk backplane through a SATA cable
bundled with the HBA SAS1 cable.
For DVD designation, see “DVD, Storage Drive, and USB Designations” on page 78 .
Input/Output (I/O) Subsystem
The server I/O storage subsystem consists of the following:
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“Eleven PCIe Gen 3 Slots” on page 31
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“Two Internal and Four External High-Speed USB Ports” on page 32
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“SATA DVD +/-RW Drive” on page 31
Eleven PCIe Gen 3 Slots
The server contains 11 PCIe Gen 3 slots, of which nine are x8 slots and two are x16 slots. All
11 slots are available in a four-CPU configured server. Only the first six slots (1-6) are available
in a two-CPU configured server.
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