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Expansion cards and expansion card risers
NOTE: When an expansion card is not supported or missing, riser the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller logs an event. This
does not prevent your system from booting. However, if a F1/F2 pause occurs with an error message, see Troubleshooting
expansion cards section in the Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Troubleshooting Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Topics:
Expansion card installation guidelines
Expansion card installation guidelines
Figure 12. Expansion card slot connectors
1. Internal PERC connector
2. Butterfly riser connector
The following table describes the expansion card riser configurations:
Table 14. Expansion card riser configurations
Expansion card
risers
PCIe Slots Controlling
processor
Height Length Slot width
NA INT Processor 1 Half Height Half length x8
Riser 2 Processor 1 Half Height Half length x16
8
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