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Table 15. Expansion card riser configurations (continued)
Configuratio
ns
Expansion
card risers
PCIe Slots Controlling
processor
Height Length Slot width Power
Config 1 No riser N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a N/a
Figure 14. Butterfly riser
1. Slot 2
2. Slot 1
NOTE: The expansion-card slots are not hot-swappable.
For a proper mechanical fit and proper cooling of expansion cards, follow the guidelines in the following table. 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 16. Configuration 0: Butterfly riser
Card type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
Internal PERC adapter 2 1
Dell External Adapter 1, 2 2
Broadcom (NIC: 1Gb) 1, 2 2
Intel (NIC: 1Gb) 1, 2 2
Dell BOSS S1 Module 1, 2 2
NOTE: No expansion cards are supported in the "no riser" configuration.
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