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.
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LOM riser - One x8 PCIe Gen 3 for OCP form factor cards - connected to Processor1
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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
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Left riser - One x16 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile half-length cards - connected to
Processor2
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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
PCIe passive bridge
Slot-integrated
Low Profile
Half Length x8
Internal riser
Slot-integrated
Low Profile
Half Length x8
Left riser
Slot 3
Low Profile
Half Length x16
Installing an expansion card riser
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Follow the safety guidelines listed in
Follow the below steps to install an Expansion Card Riser:
1. If removed, install the expansion cards into the expansion card riser.
2. Holding the touch points, align the slot on the riser with the guide in the system board.
3. Lower the expansion card riser into place until the expansion card riser connector is
fully seated in the connector.
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