Owners Manual

Table 37. Expansion card slots available on system board only
Location PCIe
slot
Processor connection Height Length Link width Slot
width
System board 1 Processor 2 Low profile Half length x8 x8
System board 2 Processor 1 Low profile Half length x16 x16
System board 3 Processor 1 Low profile Half length x16 x16
System board 4 Platform Controller Hub
(Mapped to Processor 1)
Low profile Half length x1 x1
System board 5 Platform Controller Hub
(Mapped to Processor 1)
Low profile Half length x4 x8
Table 38. Expansion card slots available on system board and optional expansion card riser
Location PCIe
slot
Processor connection Height Length Link width Slot
width
Expansion card riser 1 Processor 1 Full height Full length x16 x16
Expansion card riser 2 Processor 1 Full height Half length x8 x8
System board 3 Processor 1 Low profile Half length x16 x16
System board 4 Platform Controller Hub
(Mapped to Processor 1)
Low profile Half length x1 x1
System board 5 Platform Controller Hub
(Mapped to Processor 1)
Low profile Half length x4 x8
NOTE: The optional expansion card riser is installed on PCIe slot 2 on the system board.
NOTE: When your system is installed with the optional expansion card riser in PCIe slot 2 on the system board, you cannot
install an expansion card in PCIe slot 1 of the system board.
NOTE: When x16 card installed in PCIe Slot 1 on expansion card riser the PCIe Slot 2 on the expansion card will not
function. The expansion card riser can be used only with two x8 PCIe cards or with one x16 PCIe card on PCIE slot 1.
NOTE: Only slots 1, 2 and 3 support Generation 3 PCIe expansion cards.
NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot-swap.
Table 39. Expansion card installation priority on system board only
Card Priority Category Slot Priority Max Allowed
1
RAID integrated storage Integrated Slot 1
RAID external storage 3,2,1 3
2 40G NICs 3,2,1 3
3 FC16 HBA 3,2,1 3
4 10Gb NICs 3,2,1,5 4
5 FC8 HBA 3,2,1,5 4
6
1Gb NICs (Broadcom Dual port) 3,2,1,5,4 5
1Gb NICs 3,2,1,5 4
7 Non-RAID 3,2,1 3
Table 40. Expansion card installation priority on system board and optional expansion card riser
Card Priority Category Slot Priority Max Allowed
1 RAID Integrated storage Integrated Slot 1
98 Installing and removing system components