Replacing A Pcie Card; Pcie Slots - Cisco UCS C240 Installation And Service Manual

Installing or Replacing Server Components

Replacing a PCIe Card

Cisco supports all PCIe cards qualified and sold by Cisco. PCIe cards not qualified or sold by Cisco are
Caution
the responsibility of the customer. Although Cisco will always stand behind and support the C-Series
rack-mount servers, customers using standard, off-the-shelf, third-party cards must go to the third-party
card vendor for support if any issue with that particular third-party card occurs.
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PCIe Slots

The server contains two toolless PCIe risers for horizontal installation of PCIe cards. See
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Figure 3-23
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Table 3-7
Electrical
Slot Number Lane Width
Gen-3 x8
1
Gen-3 x16
2
Gen-3 x8
3
5 Gen-3 x8
4
6 Gen-3 x16
5
1. This is the supported length because of internal clearance.
2. This is the size of the rear panel opening.
Cisco UCS C240 Server Installation and Service Guide
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PCIe Slots, page 3-40
Replacing a PCIe Card, page 3-41
Special Considerations for Cisco UCS Virtual Interface Cards, page 3-43
Special Considerations for Cisco UCS Fusion ioDrive2 Storage Accelerator Cards, page 3-43
RAID Controller Card Cable Routing, page 3-45
Installing Multiple PCIe Cards and Resolving Limited Resources, page 3-46
Table 3-7.
Rear Panel PCIe Slots
PCIe 5
PSU1 PSU2
PCIe riser 1 (slots 1, 2, and 3)
PCIe Expansion Slots
Connector Length
x16 connector
x24 extended
x16 connector
x16 connector
x24 extended
2 1
PCIe 1
PCIe 2
PCIe 4
PCIe 3
PCIe riser 2 (slots 4 and 5)
2
1
Card Length Card Height
3/4 length Full-height
3/4 length Full-height
(10.5 in./26.67 cm)
1/2 length Full-height
1/2 length Half-height
3/4 length Full-height, also
10.5 in./26.67 cm) supports double-width cards
Chapter 3 Maintaining the Server
Figure 3-23
2 3
NCSI Support
No
4
Yes
No
No
Yes
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