User Guide

NOTE

: A missing or an unsupported riser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent your system from powering on and

no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.

Table 3. Systems Supporting Three PCIe Expansion Cards

Riser PCIe Slot Processor Connection Height Length Link Width Slot Width

1 1 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16

1 2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16

3 3 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16

NOTE

: Both the processors must be installed to use riser 1 slots.

Table 4. Systems Supporting Two PCIe Expansion Cards

Riser PCIe Slot Processor Connection Height Length Link Width Slot Width

2 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16

Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16

3 2 Processor 1 Full height Three-fourth

Length

x16 x16

NOTE

: Only a three-fourth length GPU card is supported for the PCIe expansion card slot (slot 2) on riser 3.

CAUTION

: If the 10 GbE network daughter card is installed, you cannot install the GPU card.

NOTE

: You can install expansion cards only on one slot on riser 2.

NOTE: Both the processors must be installed to use the x16 link on the riser 2 slot.

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.

Table 5. Expansion-Card Installation Priority

Card Priority Card Type Systems Supporting up to 2 PCIe

Expansion Cards

Systems Supporting up to 3 PCIe

Expansion Cards

Slot Priority Max Allowed Slot Priority Max Allowed

1 PCIe Bridge 2 1 N/A N/A

2 GPU 2 1 N/A N/A

3 GPU HIC 1 1 3, 2, 1 2

4 RAID 1 1 1, 2, 3 3

5 Converged Network

Adapter

2 1 3, 2, 1 3

6 10 Gb NICs 3, 1 2 3, 2, 1 3

7 FC8 HBA 2 1 3, 2, 1 3

8 FC4 HBA 2 1 3, 2, 1 3

9 FC16 HBA 2 1 3, 2, 1 1