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Expansion cards and expansion card risers
NOTE: When an expansion card is not supported or missing, riser the iDRAC and Lifecycle Controller logs an event. This
does not prevent your system from booting. However, if a F1/F2 pause occurs with an error message, see Troubleshooting
expansion cards section in the Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Troubleshooting Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Topics:
Expansion card installation guidelines
Expansion card installation guidelines
Figure 13. Expansion card slot connectors
1. Butterfly riser connector
The following table describes the expansion card riser configurations:
Table 15. Expansion card riser configurations
Configuratio
ns
Expansion
card risers
PCIe Slots Controlling
processor
Height Length Slot width Power
Config 0 Butterfly riser 1 Processor 1 Half height Half length x8 25 W
2 Processor 1 Half height Half length x16 25 W
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