Expansion Cards; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell PowerEdge T330 Owner's Manual

Figure 51. Installing the internal USB memory key
1. USB memory key
Next steps
1. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.
2. While booting, press F2 to enter System Setup and verify that the USB memory key is detected by the system.

Expansion cards

An expansion card in the system is an add-on card that can be inserted into an expansion slot on the system board or riser card to
add enhanced functionality to the system through the expansion bus.

Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports Generation 3 cards. The following table lists the supported expansion cards:
Table 22. PCI Express Generation 3 expansion cards supported
PCIe Slot Processor Connection
1 Processor
2 Processor
3 Platform Controller Hub
4 Platform Controller Hub
NOTE: All slots support Generation 3 PCIe expansion cards.
NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot swappable.
The following table provides a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. Install the expansion
card by following the card priority and slot priority order as shown in the table.
Table 23. Expansion card installation order
Card Priority Card Type
1 PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC)
H730
PERC H330
PERC H830
2 10 G NICs Dual Port (Intel)
96
2.
Height Length
Full Height Half Length
Full Height Half Length
Full Height Half Length
Full Height Half Length
Form factor
Full Height
Full Height
Full Height
Full Height
USB port
Link Width
x4
x8
x1
x4
Slot Priority Maximum Allowed
2, 1, 4 1
2, 1, 4 1
2, 1, 4 2
2, 1, 4 3
Slot Width
x8
x16
x1
x8