Expansion Cards; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell PowerEdge T410 Hardware Owner's Manual

Expansion Cards

The system board can support up to four PCIe Generation 2 and one PCIe
Generation 1 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.
• Slots 2 and 3 support full-length expansion cards; slots 1, 4, and 5 support
half-length expansion cards.
• The system supports up to two SAS or PERC expansion cards to manage
internal tape drives or external storage.
CAUTION:
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
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
1. Maximum of 2 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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Installing System Components
To ensure proper cooling, no more than two of the five expansion
Card Type
PERC 6/i controller
SAS 6/iR controller
SAS 5/iR controller
PERC 6/E controller
SAS 5/E controller
All other Dell storage
cards
Non-Dell storage cards 4,5,1,2,3
All other NICs
Slot Priority Max Allowed 25-W Card
5,4 2
5,4 2
5,4 2
5,4 2
5,4 2
3,2,4,5,1 2
1
5
1
2,1,3,4 4
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
Y
2
N
2
N