Dell PowerEdge R930 Owner's Manual page 87

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 other expansion cards should be installed in card priority and slot priority order.
Table 4. Expansion Card Installation Order
Card Card type
priority
1 Internal Storage
(Integrated Slot)
2 External SAS
controllers
3 40 Gb Ethernet
Controllers
4 Fibre Channel 16
Gb, HBA, Single/
Dual Port (Emulex)
Fibre Channel 16
Gb, HBA, Single/
Dual Port (QLogic)
5 Converged
Network Adapters
10 Gb, Dual Port
(Intel)
Converged
Network Adapters 1
Gb, Quad Port
(Broadcom)
Converged
Network Adapters 1
Gb, Dual Port
(Broadcom)
Converged
Network Adapters
10 Gb, Dual Port
(Broadcom)
6 10 Gb Ethernet
Controllers Dual
Port (Emulex)
10 Gb Ethernet
Controllers Dual
Port (Mellanox)
7 Fibre Channel 8 Gb
Dual Port (QLogic)
Form factor Slot priority (Two
processors)
Full Height 4
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
Full Height 1, 3, 4, 5
Slot priority (Four
processors)
4,7
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
(2/10)^, (1/1)*
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, 1, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, (1/1)*, (2/2)*
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, 1, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, (1/1)*, (2/2)*
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, 1, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, (1/1)*, (2/2)*
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, 1, 3, 4, 5,
6, 7, 8, 9, (1/1)*, (2/2)*
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9,
(1/9)^, (2/10)^, (1/1)*,
(2/2)*
1, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9
Max
allowed
2
2
9
10*
8
10
10
10
10
10*
10
8
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