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Installing expansion cards | Expansion cards and BBU |
8.1Installing expansion cards
The system board has seven PCI Express slots. Slots
I Slot 1 is the preferred slot for the SAS/SATA RAID controller (bootable).
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| Slot 7 PCIe | x8 |
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| Slot 6 PCIe | x8 |
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| Slot 5 PCIe | x4 |
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| Slot 3 | PCIe | x4 |
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| Slot 2 | PCIe | x4 |
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| Slot 1 | PCIe | x4 |
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CPU 2
CPU 2 DIMM 3D
CPU 2 DIMM 2D
CPU 2 DIMM 1D
CPU 2 DIMM 3E
CPU 2 DIMM 2E
CPU 2 DIMM 1E
CPU 2 DIMM 3F
CPU 2 DIMM 2F
CPU 2 DIMM 1F
Figure 48: Arrangement of the PCIe slots
Slot | Description |
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1 | PCIe x4 for SAS/SATA RAID controller |
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2 | PCIe x4 |
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3 | PCIe x4 (PCIe x8, if slot 2 is empty) |
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4 | PCIe x4 |
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5 | PCIe x4 (PCIe x8, if slot 4 is empty) |
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6 | PCIe x8 |
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7 | PCIe x8 |
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I For more information see the Technical Manual of the system board
76 | Options Guide | TX300 S6 |