Expansion Cards

The system board can support up to seven PCIe Generation 2 cards. To identify the expansion slots, see Figure 6-1.

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

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

•The expansion-card slots are not hot-swappable.

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

•Slot 2 supports full-length expansion cards; slots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 support half-length expansion cards.

•The system supports up to two SAS or PERC expansion cards (in addition to the integrated storage controller) to manage internal tape drives or external storage.

CAUTION: To ensure proper cooling, no more than four of the six expansion cards can have a power consumption of greater than 15 W (up to 25 W maximum each), not including the integrated storage controller.

Table 3-3. Expansion-Card Installation Order

Card Priority

 

 

Max

25-W

 

Card Type

Slot Priority

Allowed

Card?

 

 

 

 

 

1

PERC 5/E controller

6,4,2,5,3

2

Y

2

PERC 6/E controller

6,4,2,5,3

2

Y

 

 

 

 

 

3

10 Gb NIC

6,4,2,5,3

2

Y

 

 

 

 

 

4

All other Dell storage

6,4,2,5,3

2

Y

 

cards

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

Non-Dell storage cards

6,4,2,5,3

51

N2

 

 

 

 

 

6

All other NICs*

6,4,2,5,3,1

51

N2

 

 

 

 

 

* Slot 1 should be preferably used for 1 Gb NICs only.

1.Maximum of 4 of any card whose maximum power exceeds 15W.

2.Refer to the expansion card documentation to ensure that the maximum power does not exceed 15W.

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