Hardware Owner's Manual

Installing Blade Components 219
• PowerEdge M610x supports two small-form factor (SFF) mezzanine cards.
x8 PCIe Gen 1 and x8 PCIe Gen 2 cards are supported.
Half-Height Blades
Half-height blades support two mezzanine cards:
• Mezzanine card slot C supports Fabric C. This card must match the fabric
type of I/O modules installed in I/O module bays C1 and C2.
• Mezzanine card slot B supports Fabric B. This card must match the fabric
type of I/O modules installed in I/O module bays B1 and B2.
Types of Cards Supported
• PowerEdge M710HD supports SFF and LFF mezzanine cards. x8 PCIe
Gen 1 and x4 PCIe Gen 2 cards are supported.
• PowerEdge M610 supports two SFF or one SFF card and one LFF
mezzanine card. x8 PCIe Gen 1 and x4 PCIe Gen 2 cards are supported.
• PowerEdge M605 and M600 support two LFF x8 PCIe Gen 1 mezzanine
cards.
Installing a Mezzanine Card
1 Remove the blade. See "Removing a Blade" on page 155.
2 Open the blade. See "Opening the Blade" on page 159.
3 Open the mezzanine card latch by pressing the ridged area on the latch
with your thumb and lifting the end of the latch. See Figure 3-24 or
Figure 3-25.