Removing An Expansion Card Riser - Dell EMC XC640 Series Installation And Service Manual

Table 42. Expansion card riser configurations
Expansion card riser
Riser 1A
Riser 2A
NOTE: The expansion card slots are not hot-swappable.
The following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion
cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All the other expansion cards should be
installed in the card priority and slot priority order.
Table 43. Riser configurations: 1A + 2A
Card type
HWRAID BOSS (ODM)
25G NICs (Mellanox)
10Gb NICs (Intel)
1Gb NICs (Intel)
HBA 330
rNDC (Intel)
rNDC (Mellanox)
NOTE: When you replace any system component, you must update the system with the latest available BIOS and iDRAC
versions. For more information, go to Dell.com/XCSeriesmanuals.

Removing an expansion card riser

Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2. Follow the procedure listed in
3. Before removing the expansion card riser 2A, remove the
4. Disconnect any cables connected to the expansion card.
Steps
Hold the touch points, and lift the expansion card riser, from the riser connector, on the system board.
80 Installing and removing system components
PCIe slots on the
riser
Slot 1
Slot 2
Slot 3
Slot priority
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
1, 2, 3
Integrated Slot
Integrated Slot
Integrated Slot
Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
Processor Height
connection
Processor 1 Low Profile
Processor 1 Low Profile
Processor 2 Full Height
on page 55.
on page 56.
expansion card from the
Length
Half Length
Half Length
Half Length
Form factor
Low Profile
Low Profile
Low Profile
Low Profile
NONE
NONE
NONE
riser, if installed.
Slot
width
x16
x16
x16