Expansion Cards And Expansion Card Riser; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell PowerEdge R230 Owner's Manual

Expansion cards and expansion card riser

NOTE: A System Event Log (SEL) 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.

Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports Generation 3 cards. The following table provides riser configurations.
Table 14. Expansion card slots available on the expansion card riser
PCIe slot on the
expansion card riser
1
2
NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot swappable.
The following table is 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 15. Expansion card installation order
Card priority Card type
1 PowerEdge RAID
Controller (PERC)
H730 (full height)
2 PERC H730P (low
profile)
3 PERC H330 (full
height)
4 PERC H330 (low
profile)
5 PERC H830 (full
height)
6 PERC H830 (low
profile)
7 1 Gb NIC (full
height)
8 1 Gb NIC (low
profile)
82
Height
Half height
Full height
Slot priority
2
1
2
1
2
1
2
1
Length Link width
Half length x4
Half length x8
Slot width
x8
x16
Maximum allowed
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1