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PowerEdge R610 Technical Guide 37
11 PCI Slots
11.1 Overview
The R610 has two PCI Express risers. The two PCIe risers provide two PCI Express expansion slots,
which are detailed as follows:
• Two x8 PCIe Gen2 slots connected to the IOH
• One x4 PCIe Gen1 slot for dedicated for the integrated storage controller card on the Riser 1
connected to the ICH9
• Support for full-height, half-length (6.6” max length) PCIe cards
To ensure proper cooling, only one of the two expansion cards can have a power consumption of
greater than 15W (up to 25W maximum), not including the integrated storage controller.
The system does not support hot-plug or hot-removal of PCI Express cards.
For more information on installing expansion cards and expansion-card priority, see the Expansion
Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing System Components chapter of the Dell
PowerEdge R610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com
.
11.2 PCI Riser Restrictions
The following PCI riser restrictions apply for the R610:
• The riser connectors on the planar do not support plugging in a standard PCI Express card.
• Two R610 risers must be installed or the system will not power up.
11.3 Quantities and Priorities
Refer to the Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers section in the Installing System Components
chapter of the Dell PowerEdge R610 Systems Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.dell.com
.
11.4 PCI Card Dimensions
For information about PCIe slots and card dimensions, see the Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card
Risers section in the Installing System Components chapter in the Dell PowerEdge R610 Systems
Hardware Owner’s Manual on Support.Dell.com
.