Expansion Cards And Expansion Card Riser; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell E28S Series Owner's Manual

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.

Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports Generation 1, Generation 2, and Generation 3 cards. The following table
provides riser configurations for R430 systems:
This table describes about the Expansion card slots available on the expansion-card riser.
Table 40 Expansion card slots available on the expansion-card riser
Expansion-
card riser
PCIE_G3_X1
6
PCIE_G3_X8 1
The following table provides 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.
This table describes about the Expansion card installation order (Low Profile + Low Profile
configuration)
Table 41 Expansion card installation order (Low Profile + Low Profile configuration)
Card priority
1
2
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.
PCIe slot on
the expansion-
card riser
1
2
2
Note: The PCIE_G3_X8 and PCIE_G3_X16 are the two different types of risers supported on
R430 systems. You can install an expansion card on the system board only using expansion-
card riser.
Note: The expansion cards are not hot-swappable.
Card type
RAID Integrated Storage
RAID External Storage
Infiniband single Port/Dual
(Mellanox)
Processor Height
connection
Processor 1 Half Height
Processor 1 Half Height
Processor 1 Full Height
Processor 1 Half Height
Slot priority
Integrated Slot
2, 1
2, 1
Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual
Installing and removing system components
Length Link Slot width
width
Half x16 x16
Length
Half x16 x16
Length
Half x8 x16
Length
Half x8 x16
Height
Maximum
allowed
1
1
2
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