Owners Manual

Expansion card installation guidelines
Depending on your system configuration:
The following PCI Express generation 3 expansion cards are supported:
Table 23. Supported expansion cards
Riser PCIe slot Processor connection Height Length Link width Slot width
1 1 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
1 2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
1 3 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 4 Processor 2 Full Height Full Length x16 x16
2 5 Processor 1 Full Height Full Length x8 x16
3 (default) 6 Processor 1 Full Height Full Length x8 x16
3 (alternate) 6 Processor 1 Full Height Full Length x16 x16
3 (default) 7 Processor 1 Full Height Full Length x8 x16
NOTE: To use the PCIe slots 1 through 4 on the riser, both the processors must be installed.
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 other expansion cards should be installed in card priority and
slot priority order.
Table 24. Expansion card installation order
Card priority Card type Slot priority Max allowed
NX3230 NX3230
1 PCIe Bridge 4 1
2 GPU (double wide) Not supported 0
GPU (single wide) Not supported 0
3 RAID H730P (low profile) 3, 2 1
4 RAID H830 6, 4, 5 2
RAID H830 (low profile) 3, 2 2
5 40 Gb NICs (full height) 4, 6, 5 3
40 Gb NICs (low profile) 3, 2, 1 3
6 FC16 HBA (full height) 4, 6, 5 3
FC16 HBA (low profile) 2, 3, 1 3
7 10 Gb NICs (full height) 4, 6, 5 3
10 Gb NICs (low profile) 2, 3, 1 3
8 FC8 HBA (full height) 4, 6, 5 3
FC8 HBA (low profile) 2, 3, 1 3
9 1 Gb NICs (full height) 4, 6, 5 3
1 Gb NICs (low profile) 2, 3, 1 3
10 12 Gb SAS (low profile) 3, 2, 1 3
12 Gb SAS (full height) 6, 4, 5 3
11 Integrated RAID Integrated slot 1
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