Expansion card installation guidelines
The VxRail P Series, V Series, and S Series appliance support PCI express (PCIe)
generation 3 expansion cards, that can be installed on the system board using
expansion card risers. The following table provides detailed information about the
expansion card riser specifications:
This table provides information about the expansion card riser configuration for VxRail
P Series, V Series, and S Series appliance.
Table 33 Expansion card riser specifications
Supported
VxRail config
Riser
config and
supported
risers
Slot desc
PCIe slots
on riser 1
(Height
and
length)
Proc
conn
PCIe slots
on riser 2
(Height
and
length)
Proc
conn
PCIe
slots on
riser 3
(Height
and
length)
Proc
conn
VxRail P Series
and S Series
appliance
Riser
configuration
1 with or
without rear
storage (1B
+2B)
Four x8
slots and
rear
storage
Slot 1: x8
full-height,
full length
Processor 1
Slot 4: x8
low profile,
half length
Processor
1
N/A
N/A
Slot 2: x8
full-height,
full length
Processor 1
Slot 3: x8
full-height,
half length
Processor 1
VxRail P Series
and V Series
appliance
Riser
configuration
4 (1A+2A
+3A)
Three x8
and four
x16 slots
Slot 1: x16
full-height,
full length
Processor 1 Slot 4: x16
full-height,
full length
Processor
2
Slot 7: x8
full-
height,
full length
Processor
2
N/A
N/A
Slot 5: x8
full-height,
full length
Processor
2
Slot 8:
x16 full-
height,
full length
Processor
2
Slot 3: x16
full-height,
half length
Processor 1 Slot 6: x8
low profile,
half length
Processor
1
The table below describes the riser configurations with 4 PCIe slots [Riser
configuration 1 with or without rear storage (1B+2B)]:
Table 34 Riser configurations with 4 PCIe slots [Riser configuration 1 with or without rear
storage (1B+2B)]
Card Type
Slot priority
Maximum number of
cards
Internal storage adapter
Integrated slot
1
10 GB NIC
1, 2, 3
3
BOSS
4
1
The table below describes the riser configurations with greater than 4 PCIe slots
[Riser configuration 4 (1A+2A+3A), and Riser configuration 5 (1B+2A+3A)]:
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