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.
Table 51. Configuration 1: R1a
Card type
Foxconn (PERC HBA355I Adapter)
Foxconn (PERC H755 Adapter)
Foxconn (PERC H355 Adapter)
Foxconn (PERC H965 Adapter)
Foxconn (BOSS N1)
Broadcom (NIC: 100G)
Broadcom (NIC: 25G)
Broadcom (NIC: 10G)
Broadcom (HBA: FC32)
Broadcom (HBA: FC64)
Broadcom (OCP3: 25Gb)
Broadcom (OCP3: 10Gb)
Broadcom (OCP3: 1Gb)
Cornelis (NIC: OPA)
Cornelis (OCP3: OPA100)
Intel (NIC: 100Gb)
Intel (NIC: 25Gb)
Intel (NIC: 10G)
Intel (NIC: 1G)
Intel (DPU: 25Gb)
Intel (OCP3: 25Gb)
Intel (OCP3: 10Gb)
Marvell (HBA: FC32)
Mellanox (NIC: 100Gb)
Mellanox (NIC: 25Gb)
Mellanox (OCP3: 25Gb)
Nvidia (GPU: A2 16 GB)
Table 52. Configuration 2: R1a+R2a
Card type
Foxconn (PERC HBA355I Adapter)
Foxconn (PERC H755 Adapter)
Foxconn (PERC H355 Adapter)
Foxconn (PERC H965 Adapter)
Foxconn (BOSS N1)
Broadcom (NIC: 100G)
Slot priority
1
1
1
1
3
1
1
1
1
1
Integrated slot
Integrated slot
Integrated slot
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Integrated slot
Integrated slot
1
1
1
Integrated slot
1
Slot priority
1
1
1
1
3
1
Maximum number of cards
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
1
Maximum number of cards
1
1
1
1
1
1
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