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Installing System Components

Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers

The system supports up to four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion cards on two

expansion-card risers.

• Expansion-card riser 1 provides two PCIe x4-link Gen 2 expansion slots.
• Expansion-card riser 2 is offered in two versions:

The standard expansion-card riser 2 provides two PCIe x8-link Gen 2

expansion slots.

The optional expansion-card riser 2 provides one PCIe x16-link Gen 2

expansion slot.

CAUTION:

Expansion cards can only be plugged into the slots on the expansion-

card risers. Do not plug any expansion cards into the riser connectors on the
system board.

To identify expansion slots, see "Expansion-Card Riser-Board Components

and PCIe Buses" on page 184.

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Observe the following notes and guidelines regarding the expansion-card

slots:

• PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 1 expansion cards are supported

in all slots.

• In slots 2, 3, and 4, expansion cards can have a maximum length of 24.13

cm (9.5"). Slot 1 supports a full-length (30.99-cm [12.2"]) expansion

card.

• The system supports three full-height expansion cards and one low-profile

expansion card (slot 2).

• Although slots 1 and 2 are physically PCIe x8 connectors, they function

only as PCIe x4-link slots.

• When the optional x16-link riser is installed, slot 4 is not available.
• The expansion-card slots are not hot-swappable.
• Besides the integrated storage controller, the system supports a maximum

of two PERC controller expansion cards to manage external storage.