Expansion Card Installation Guidelines - Dell EMC Storage NX3230 Owner's Manual

Expansion card installation guidelines

Depending on your system configuration:
The following PCI Express generation 3 expansion cards are supported:
表 24. Supported expansion cards
Riser PCIe slot
1 1
1 2
1 3
2 4
2 5
3 (default) 6
3 (alternate) 6
3 (default) 7
註:
To use the PCIe slots 1 through 4 on the riser, both the processors must be installed.
註:
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 other expansion cards should be installed in card priority and
slot priority order.
表 25. Expansion card installation order
Card priority Card type
1 PCIe Bridge
2 GPU (double wide)
GPU (single wide)
3 RAID H730P (low profile)
4 RAID H830
RAID H830 (low profile)
5 40 Gb NICs (full height)
40 Gb NICs (low profile)
6 FC16 HBA (full height)
FC16 HBA (low profile)
7 10 Gb NICs (full height)
10 Gb NICs (low profile)
8 FC8 HBA (full height)
FC8 HBA (low profile)
9 1 Gb NICs (full height)
1 Gb NICs (low profile)
10 12 Gb SAS (low profile)
12 Gb SAS (full height)
11 Integrated RAID
66 Installing and removing system components
Processor connection
Processor 2
Processor 2
Processor 2
Processor 2
Processor 1
Processor 1
Processor 1
Processor 1
Height Length
Low Profile Half Length
Low Profile Half Length
Low Profile Half Length
Full Height Full Length
Full Height Full Length
Full Height Full Length
Full Height Full Length
Full Height Full Length
Slot priority
NX3230
4
Not supported
Not supported
3, 2
6, 4, 5
3, 2
4, 6, 5
3, 2, 1
4, 6, 5
2, 3, 1
4, 6, 5
2, 3, 1
4, 6, 5
2, 3, 1
4, 6, 5
2, 3, 1
3, 2, 1
6, 4, 5
Integrated slot
Link width Slot width
x8 x16
x8 x16
x8 x16
x16 x16
x8 x16
x8 x16
x16 x16
x8 x16
Max allowed
NX3230
1
0
0
1
2
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
3
1