Figure 61. Installing the expansion card holder
Next steps
1 Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
2 Install the air shroud.
Expansion cards
Expansion card installation guidelines
The following table describes the supported expansion cards:
Table 40. Supported PCI express generation 3 expansion cards
PCIe Slot Processor Connection Height Length Link Width Slot Width
1 (Gen3) Platform Controller Hub Full Height Half Length x4 x4
2 (Gen3) Processor 1 Full Height Half Length x4 x4
3 (Gen3) Processor 2 Full Height Full Length x16 x16
4 (Gen3) Processor 1 Full Height Half Length x8 x8
5 (Gen3) Processor 1 Full Height Half Length x8 x8
NOTE: The expansion-card slots are not hot-swappable.
GPU card installation guidelines
Observe the following guidelines while installing a GPU card:
• GPU are supported only in the Rack mode conguration.
• GPU can be installed only on systems that have 1100 W or higher power supply units.
• Each GPU card supports up to 32 GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory.
Installing and removing system components
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