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Table 11. Expansion card riser configurations
Expansion card riser PCIe slots on the
riser
Processor
connection
Height Length Slot
width
Riser 1A Slot 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16
Slot 2 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16
Riser 2A Slot 3 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x16
NOTE: The expansion card slots are not hot-swappable.
The following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion
cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All the other expansion cards should be
installed in the card priority and slot priority order.
Table 12. Riser configurations: 1A + 2A
Card type Slot priority Form factor
Adapter RAID (Dell design) 1 Low Profile
Infiniband HCA EDR (Mellanox) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
100G NICs (Mellanox) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
Omni-Path HFI (Intel) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
Infiniband HCA FDR (Mellanox) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
40G NICs (Intel) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
40G NICs (Mellanox) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
FC32 HBA (QLogic) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
FC32 HBA (Emulex) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
25G NICs (Broadcom) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
25G NICs (Mellanox) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
25G NICs (QLogic) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
FC16 HBA (QLogic) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
FC16 HBA (Emulex) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Broadcom) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Intel) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Mellanox) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
10Gb NICs (QLogic) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
10Gb NICs (Solarflare) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
FC8 HBA (Emulex) 1, 3 Low Profile
FC8 HBA (QLogic) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
1Gb NICs (Broadcom) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
1Gb NICs (Intel) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
External RAID (Dell design) 1, 2, 3 Low Profile
Non-RAID (Dell design) 1, 3 Low Profile
Integrated RAID (Dell design) Integrated Slot NONE
rNDC (Broadcom) Integrated Slot NONE
rNDC (Intel) Integrated Slot NONE
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