Expansion Cards; Usable Expansion Cards; Installing Expansion Cards - Siemens SIMATIC IPC RW-543A Operating Instructions Manual

6.2

Expansion cards

6.2.1

Usable expansion cards

Expansion cards that comply with the following standards are supported:
• PCI; Rev 2.3
Expansion cards with 3.3 V and 5 V supply voltage can be operated
• PCIe; Gen. 1, Gen. 2, Gen. 3(supported for PCIe X4 slot and PCIe X16 slot)
Note
Expansion card specification
The dimensions of the cards cannot exceed the specified dimensions. If the height of the card
exceeds the specified dimension, you may experience contact problems, malfunctions and
difficulties with the assembly.
The permitted expansion card dimensions are specified in the section Dimension drawing of
the expansion cards (Page 88).
The PCI card is limited to 5 V and universal board.
The total power consumption of the modules is not permitted to exceed 100W in total.
6.2.2

Installing expansion cards

Requirement
• You are familiar with the information on expansion cards and the conditions of use of
expansion cards, see "Useable expansion cards (Page 51)".
• The device is open, see important information in "Open the device (Page 49)".
SIMATIC IPC RW-543A
Operating Instructions, 03/2023, A5E52332059-AA
Expanding and assigning parameters to the device
6.2 Expansion cards
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