Dell DL2100 Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers, Installing the Cable Retention Bracket

Installing the Cable Retention Bracket

1Insert the hooks and tabs of the cable retention bracket into the slots in the chassis wall and slide the bracket back until the latch engages.

2Install the cooling fan bracket. See "Replacing the Fan Bracket."

3Install the cooling shroud. See "Installing the Cooling Shroud."

Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers

The system supports up to four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion cards on two expansion-card risers.

•Expansion-card riser 1 provides two PCIe x4-link Gen 2 expansion slots.

•Expansion-card riser 2 is offered in two versions:

–The standard expansion-card riser 2 provides two PCIe x8-link Gen 2 expansion slots.

–The optional expansion-card riser 2 provides one PCIe x16-link Gen 2 expansion slot.

CAUTION: Expansion cards can only be plugged into the slots on the expansion- card risers. Do not plug any expansion cards into the riser connectors on the system board.

To identify expansion slots, see "Expansion-Card Riser-Board Components and PCIe Buses."

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Observe the following notes and guidelines regarding the expansion-card slots:

•PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 1 expansion cards are supported in all slots.

•In slots 2, 3, and 4, expansion cards can have a maximum length of 24.13 cm (9.5 in). Slot 1 supports a full-length (30.99-cm [12.2-in]) expansion card.

•The system supports three full-height expansion cards and one low-profile expansion card (slot 2).

•Although slots 1 and 2 are physically PCIe x8 connectors, they function only as PCIe x4-link slots.

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