Dell DL2000 Expansion Cards, Expansion Card Installation Guidelines, Installing an Expansion Card

If you plan to boot the system from a hard drive, the drive must be attached to the primary (or boot) controller. The device that the system boots from is determined by the boot order specified in the System Setup program.

The System Setup program provides options that the system uses to scan for installed boot devices. See "Using the System Setup Program" on page 45 for information about the System Setup program.

Expansion Cards

The system is available with a PCI Express (PCIe) left riser board option. The PCIe left riser board provides one PCIe x8-lane expansion slot and one PCIe x4-lane expansion slot. The half-height center riser board provided with the PCIe left riser board option features one PCIe x8-lane expansion slot. The three expansion card slots are on separate buses.

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

To identify expansion slots, see "Expansion-Card Riser-Board Components and PCI Buses" on page 162.

NOTE: The expansion-card slots are not hot-pluggable.

NOTE: Although the PCIe x4-lane expansion slot on the PCIe left riser option is physically a PCIe x8 connector, it functions only as a PCIe x4-lane slot.

NOTE: Slot 1 on the central riser supports half-length expansion cards only. Slots 2 and 3 on the left riser support full-length expansion cards.

NOTE: Your system supports up to two RAID expansion cards to manage external storage.

Installing an Expansion Card

CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions that came with the product.

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