Hardware Owner's Manual
Installing Blade Components 243
Installing the Expansion-Card Riser
1
Align the riser guides on each end of the expansion-card riser with the riser
guide posts on the system board and lower the riser into the blade until the
riser is fully seated on the system board. See Figure 3-39.
2
If applicable, reinstall the expansion card(s). See "Installing an Expansion
Card" on page 236.
3
Connect the power and data cables to the riser connectors. See Figure 3-37
and Figure 3-38.
4
Slide the impedance wall into the slots on the expansion-card riser and the
chassis inner wall. See Figure 3-36.
5
Close the blade. See "Closing the Blade" on page 161.
Processors
Processor Installation Guidelines
PowerEdge M915 System
• PowerEdge M915 supports two, four, eight, or twelve core AMD Opteron
6000 series processors
only.
• Single-processor configuration is not supported.
PowerEdge M910 System
• PowerEdge M910 supports two or four eight core Intel Xeon 7
xxx
series
processors only.
• Single-processor configuration is not supported.
PowerEdge M905 System
• PowerEdge M905 supports dual-core or quad-core AMD Opteron 8
xxxx
series processors only.
• Four processors must be installed; dual-processor configurations are not
supported.
• Only AMD 8
xxxx
MP series processors are supported.