Dell E33S001 - Expansion Cards and Expansion Card Riser; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Next steps
1 Install the expansion card riser.
2 Follow the procedure listed in the After working inside your system section.
3 While booting, press F2 to enter System Setup and verify that the system detects the USB memory key.
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Removing the expansion card riser
Expansion cards and expansion card riser
An expansion card in the system is an add-on card that can be inserted into an expansion slot on the system board or riser card to add
enhanced functionality to the system through the expansion bus.
NOTE: A System Event Log (SEL) event is logged if an expansion card riser is unsupported or missing. It does not prevent your
system from turning on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.
Expansion card installation guidelines
Your system supports Generation 3 cards. The following table provides riser congurations.
Table 24. Expansion card slots available on the expansion card riser
PCIe slot on the expansion card
riser
Height Length Link width Slot width
1 Half height Half length x4 x8
2 Full height Half length x8 x16
NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot swappable.
The following table is a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical t. The expansion cards with the
highest priority must be installed rst using the slot priority indicated. All other expansion cards must be installed in card priority and slot
priority order.
Table 25. Expansion card installation order
Card priority Card type Slot priority Maximum allowed
1 PowerEdge RAID
Controller (PERC) H730
(full height)
2 1
2 PERC H730P (low prole) 1 1
3 PERC H330 (full height) 2 1
4 PERC H330 (low prole) 1 1
5 PERC H830 (full height) 2 1
6 PERC H830 (low prole) 1 1
7 1 Gb NIC (full height) 2 1
8 1 Gb NIC (low prole) 1 1
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