Dell 8 - Processors

Installing Blade Components 225
Installing the Expansion-Card Riser
1 Align the riser guides on each end of the expansion-card riser with the riser
guide posts on the system board and lower the riser into the blade until the
riser is fully seated on the system board. See Figure 3-38.
2 If applicable, reinstall the expansion card(s). See "Installing an Expansion
Card" on page 218.
3 Connect the power and data cables to the riser connectors. See Figure 3-36
and Figure 3-37.
4 Slide the impedance wall into the slots on the expansion-card riser and the
chassis inner wall. See Figure 3-35.
5 Close the blade. See "Closing the Blade" on page 159.
Processors
Processor Installation Guidelines
PowerEdge M910 System
• The PowerEdge M910 system supports two or four eight core Intel
®
Xeon
®
7 xxx series processors only.
• Single-processor configuration is not supported.
PowerEdge M905 System
• The PowerEdge M905 system supports dual-core or quad-core AMD™
Opteron™ 8
xxxx series processors only.
• Four processors must be installed; dual-processor configurations are not
supported.
• Only AMD 8
xxxx MP series processors are supported.