Table 56. Expansion card riser configurations
Expansion card riser
PCIe slots on the riser
Processor
connection
Height
Length
Slot
width
Riser 1A
Slot 1
Processor 1
Low Profile
Half Length
x16
Slot 2
Processor 1
Low Profile
Half Length
x16
Riser 2A
Slot 3
Processor 2
Low Profile
Half Length
x16
Riser 1B
Slot 1
Processor 1
Low Profile
Half Length
x16
Riser 2B
Slot 2
Processor 2
Full Height
Three-fourth Length
x16
Riser 1B
Slot 1
Processor 1
Low Profile
Half Length
x16
NOTE:
The expansion card slots are not hot-swappable.
The following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion cards with
the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All the other expansion cards should be installed in the card
priority and slot priority order.
Table 57. Riser configurations: 1B
Card Type
Slot Priority
Form Factor
HWRAID BOSS (ODM)
1
Low Profile
NVMe PCIe SSD (Dell design)
1
Low Profile
Infiniband HCA EDR (Mellanox)
1
Low Profile
100G NICs (Mellanox)
1
Low Profile
Omni-Path HFI (Intel)
1
Low Profile
Infiniband HCA FDR (Mellanox)
1
Low Profile
40G NICs (Intel)
1
Low Profile
40G NICs (Mellanox)
1
Low Profile
FC32 HBA (QLogic)
1
Low Profile
FC32 HBA (Emulex)
1
Low Profile
25G NICs (Broadcom)
1
Low Profile
25G NICs (Mellanox)
1
Low Profile
25G NICs (QLogic)
1
Low Profile
FC16 HBA (QLogic)
1
Low Profile
FC16 HBA (Emulex)
1
Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Broadcom)
1
Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Intel)
1
Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Mellanox)
1
Low Profile
10Gb NICs (QLogic)
1
Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Solarflare)
1
Low Profile
FC8 HBA (Emulex)
1
Low Profile
FC8 HBA (QLogic)
1
Low Profile
1Gb NICs (Broadcom)
1
Low Profile
1Gb NICs (Intel)
1
Low Profile
Adapter RAID (Dell design)
1
Low Profile
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