Card Type
Slot
Priority
Form
Factor
10G NICs (Mellanox)
2
Low Profile
25G NICs (Mellanox)
2
Low Profile
40G NICs (Mellanox)
2
Low Profile
100G NICs (Mellanox)
2
Low Profile
FC8 HBA (QLogic)
2
Low Profile
FC16 HBA (QLogic)
2
Low Profile
10G NICs (QLogic)
2
Low Profile
25G NICs (QLogic)
2
Low Profile
Omni-Path HFI (Intel)
2
Low Profile
10G NICs (Solarflare)
2
Low Profile
25G NICs (Solarflare)
2
Low Profile
1 Gb NIC (Broadcom)
1
OCP
10 Gb NIC (Broadcom)
1
OCP
25 Gb NIC (Broadcom)
1
OCP
HWRAID BOSS
2
Low Profile
Expansion bus specifications
The GigaVUE-FM Hardware Appliance system supports PCI express (PCIe) generation three
expansion cards, which must be installed on the system board using expansion card risers.
The R440 system supports four types of expansion card risers.
l
LOM riser - One x8 PCIe Gen 3 for OCP form factor cards - connected to Processor1
l
Right riser - One x16 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile half-length cards or One x16 PCIe Gen3 for
full height half-length cards - connected to Processor1
l
Left riser - One x16 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile half-length cards - connected to Processor2
l
Internal riser - One x8 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile half-length cards - connected to
Processor1
Table 9: Expansion card riser configurations
Expansion card
riser
PCIe slots on the
riser
Height
Length
Link
LOM riser
Slot 1
Mezz type
Mezz type
x8
Right riser
Slot 2
Low Profile
Half Length x16
Right riser
Slot 2
Full Height
Half Length x16
Installing and Removing System Components
Expansion cards and expansion card risers
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