Owners Manual

Expansion card installation guidelines

Depending on your system conguration, the following PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards are supported:

Table 39. Expansion card riser congurations

Expansion card riser PCIe slots on the riser Processor connection Height Length Slot width

Riser 1A Slot 1 Processor 1 Low Prole Half Length x16

Slot 2 Processor 1 Low Prole Half Length x16

Riser 2A Slot 3 Processor 2 Full Height 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 t. The expansion cards with

the highest priority should be installed rst using the slot priority indicated. All the other expansion cards should be installed in the card

priority and slot priority order.

Table 40. Riser congurations: 1A + 2A

Card type Slot priority Form factor

HWRAID BOSS (ODM) 1, 2, 3 Low Prole

25G NICs (Mellanox) 1, 2, 3 Low Prole

10Gb NICs (Intel) 1, 2, 3 Low Prole

1Gb NICs (Intel) 1, 2, 3 Low Prole

HBA 330 Integrated Slot NONE

rNDC (Intel) Integrated Slot NONE

rNDC (Mellanox) Integrated Slot NONE

NOTE: When you replace any system component, you must update the system with the latest available BIOS and iDRAC

versions. For more information, go to Dell.com/XCSeriesmanuals.

Removing an expansion card riser

Prerequisites

1 Follow the safety guidelines listed in Safety instructions.

2 Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.

3 Before removing the expansion card riser 2A, remove the expansion card from the riser, if installed.

4 Disconnect any cables connected to the expansion card.

Step

Hold the touch points, and lift the expansion card riser, from the riser connector, on the system board.

Installing and removing system components