Expansion card installation guidelines
Depending on your system configuration, the following PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards are supported:
Table 22. Expansion card riser specifications
Expansion card
riser
PCIe slots on the
riser
Processor
connection
Height
Length
Link
Slot width
Riser 1C
Slot 1
Processor 1
Full Height
Full Length
x16
x16
Riser 1C
Slot 2
Processor 1
Full Height
Full Length
x8
x16
Riser 1C
Slot 3
Processor 1
Full Height
Half Length
x8
x16
Riser 2A
Slot 4
Processor 2
Full Height
Full Length
x16
x16
Riser 2A
Slot 5
Processor 2
Full Height
Full Length
x8
x16
Riser 2A
Slot 6
Processor 1
Low Profile
Half Length
x8
x16
Riser 3A
Slot 7
Processor 2
Full Height
Full Length
x8
x16
Riser 3A
Slot 8
Processor 2
Full Height
Full Length
x16
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 23. No riser configurations
Card Type
Slot priority
Maximum number of cards
NDC
NDC Slot
1
PERC
3, 1, 2
1
GFX/GPU Compute (DW)
1,4,8
3
GFX (FH/SW)
1,4,8,2,5,7
up to 6
GFX (LP)
6
1
PCIe SSD (LP) - Zoom 2
6
1
PCIe SSD (FH) - Zoom 2
1,2,3,4,5,7,8
1
PCIe SSD (FH) - Zoom 4
1,4,8
2 (*See Note 7)
Teradici (P25) (LP)
6
1
Teradici (P25 or P45) (FH)
1,2,4,5,7,8
2
Serial (FH)
1,2,4,5,7,8
1
Serial (LP)
6
1
Audio (FH)
1,2,4,5,7,8
1
Audio (LP)
6
1
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