Figure 26. Replacing the Internal USB Key
1 USB memory key connector 2 USB memory key
Expansion cards and expansion card risers
NOTE: A missing or an unsupported expansion card riser logs an event in the System Event Log (SEL). It does not prevent your
system from powering on. A no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.
Expansion card installation guidelines
Your system supports PCI Express Generation 3 expansion cards.
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 6. Systems supporting three pcie expansion cards
Riser PCIe Slot Processor Connection Height Length Link Width Slot Width
1 1 Processor 2 Low Prole Half Length x8 x16
1 2 Processor 2 Low Prole Half Length x16 x16
3 3 Processor 1 Low Prole Half Length x16 x16
NOTE: Both the processors must be installed to use riser 1 slots.
Table 7. Systems supporting two pcie expansion cards
Riser PCIe Slot Processor Connection Height Length Link Width Slot Width
2 1 Processor 1 Low Prole Half Length x8 x16
Processor 2 Low Prole 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.
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