Dell EMC PowerEdge T140 - Expansion Cards and Storage Controllers

Next steps
1 Follow the procedure that is listed in After working inside your system.
2 While booting, press F2 to enter System Setup and verify that the system detects the USB memory key.
Expansion cards
NOTE: A System Event Log (SEL) event is logged if an expansion card riser is not supported or missing. It does not prevent your
system from turning on. However, if a F1/F2 pause occurs with an error message, see Troubleshooting expansion cards section in
the Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers Troubleshooting Guide at Dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Expansion card installation guidelines
Table 7. PCI Express Generation 3 expansion cards supported
PCIe Slot Height Length Link Width Slot Width
1 Full Height Half Length PCIe x 8 Gen3 x8
2 Full Height Half Length PCIe x 8 Gen3 x16
3 Full Height Half Length PCIe x 1 Gen3 x1
4 Full Height Half Length PCIe x 4 Gen3 x8
NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot swappable.
NOTE: For a system with 4 TB (or more) drive capacity, PERC is required for thermal control.
The following table describes the installation order for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical t: The expansion
cards with the highest priority must be installed rst by using the slot priority indicated.
Table 8. Expansion card installation order
Card
Priority
Categor
y
Card Type Form
factor
Slot
Priority
Maximum
Allowed
Card width Card length Card height Maximum
PCIe width
1 NIC 1-Gb NICs Quad Port
(Broadcom)
Full
Height
1, 2, 4 3 Single width Half length Full height x 4
2 NIC 1-Gb NICs Quad Port
(Intel)
Full
Height
1, 2, 4 3 Single width Half length Full height x 4
3 NIC 1-Gb NICs Dual Port
(Broadcom)
Full
Height
1, 2, 3, 4 4 Single width Half length Full height x 1
4 NIC 1-Gb NICs Dual Port
(Intel)
Full
Height
1, 2, 4 3 Single width Half length Full height x 4
5 Internal
Adapter
PowerEdge RAID
Controller (PERC)
H730P
Full
Height
1, 2 2 Single width Half length Full height x 8
6 Internal
Adapter
PowerEdge RAID
Controller (PERC)
H330
Full
Height
1, 2 2 Single width Half length Full height x 8
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