Expansion Cards And Expansion Card Riser; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell PowerEdge R830 Owner's Manual

NOTE: Ensure that you connect the cable according to the connector labels on the cable. The cable does not
function properly if reversed.
6. Connect the SAS data cable to the system board.
Next steps
1. Install the expansion card riser 1.
2. If applicable, install the cooling shroud.
3. Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.
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Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
Removing the cooling shroud
Installing the cooling shroud
Installing an expansion card into expansion card riser 1
After working inside your system

Expansion cards and expansion card riser

An expansion card in the server 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.
NOTE: A System Event Log (SEL) event 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

Depending on your system configuration, the following PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards are supported:
Table 33. Supported expansion cards
Riser PCIe Slot
1 1
1 2
2 3
2 4
2 5
3 6
3 7
NOTE: To use the PCIe slots 1 , 2, 4, and 5 on the risers, processors 1 and 2 must be installed.
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.
Processor Connection
Processor 2
Processor 2
Processor 1
Processor 2
Processor 2
Processor 1
Processor 1
Height Length
Full Height Half Length
Full Height Half Length
Low Profile Half Length
Low Profile Half Length
Low Profile Half Length
Full Height Half Length
Full Height Half Length
Link Width Slot Width
x16 x16
x8 x16
x8 x16
x8 x16
x8 x16
x16 x16
x8 x8
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