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 18. Riser configurations: No riser – CPU
Card Type
Slot Priority
Maximum number of cards
LOM riser ; 2x1G BCM5720L (FXN)
1
1
LOM riser ; 2x10G BCM57416 (BASeT/
SFP+) (FXN)
1
1
LOM riser ; 2x25G (Broadcom)
1
1
GPU: Nvidia T4 16GB
5, 4
2
NVMe PCIe SSD
5, 4
2
Mellanox 100G (CX5/CX6 H100)
4, 5
2
Mellanox 25G (CX4LX DP/CX5 DP)
5, 4
2
Emulex (FC32 SP/DP)
4, 5
2
Emulex (FC16 SP/DP)
5, 4
2
Qlogic (HBA FC32 SP/DP)
4, 5
2
Qlogic (HBA FC16 SP/DP)
5, 4
2
Qlogic 10G (SFP DP)
5, 4
2
Qlogic 25G ( BaseT DP)
5, 4
2
Solarflare 25G (SFP DP)
5, 4
2
Intel 10G ( BaseT DP)
5, 4
2
Intel 10G (SFP+ DP)
5, 4
2
Intel 1G (QP)
5, 4
2
Intel 25G SFP DP
5, 4
2
Broadcom 1G (QP)
5, 4
2
Broadcom 10G ( BaseT DP)
5, 4
2
Broadcom 25G (SFP DP)
5, 4
2
PERC 10: External adapter (Dell)
4, 5
1
HBA: External adapter (Dell)
4, 5
1
Internal storage (BOSS)
5, 4
1
PERC 9: Mini mono (H730P/H330)
Integrated slot
1
PERC 10 : Mini mono (H740P)
Integrated slot
1
HBA :Mini mono (HBA330)
Integrated slot
1
PERC 10: External adapter (H840)
5,4
2
HBA: External adapter
5,4
2
LOM riser ( 2x1G)/(2x10G)/(2x25G)
1
1
Table 19. Riser configurations: Riser 1A + Riser 2 – CPU
Card type
Slot priority
Maximum number of cards
LOM riser ; 2x1G BCM5720L
1
1
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