Expansion Cards And Expansion Card Riser; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell PowerEdge R330 Owner's Manual

Expansion cards and expansion card riser

An expansion card in the system is an add-on card that can be inserted into an expansion slot on the system board or riser card to
add enhanced functionality to the system through the expansion bus.
NOTE: A System Event Log (SEL) event is logged if an expansion card riser is unsupported or missing. It does not
prevent your system from turning on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.
NOTE: The expansion card riser is optional for systems with four hard drives.

Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports PCIe Express Generation 3 cards. The following table provides riser configurations for R330 systems:
Table 23. Expansion card slots available on the expansion card riser
PCIe slot on the expansion card
riser
LP SLOT 1
FH SLOT 2
Table 24. Expansion card slots available on the system board
PCIe slot on the system board
PCIE_G3_X4
NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot-swappable.
The following table provides a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion cards
with the highest priority must be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All other expansion cards must be installed in card
priority and slot priority order.
Table 25. Expansion card installation order
Card priority Card type
1 RAID
2 10 Gb NICs
3 FC8 HBA
92
Height
Half Height
Full Height
Height
Half Height
PowerEdge RAID
Controller (PERC)
H730 and H330
PERC H830 Full
Height
PERC H830 Low
Profile
Intel and Broadcom
Dual Port
Intel and Broadcom
Dual Port Low
Profile
Qlogic QLE2562,
Qlogic QLE2560,
Emulex LPE12002,
Emulex LPE12000,
Emulex LPE15000,
Length Link width
Half Length x4
Half Length x8
Length Link width
Half Length x4
Slot priority
Internal PERC slot
2
1
2
1
2
Slot width
x8
x16
Slot width
x8
Maximum allowed
1
1
1
1
1
1