The following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion
cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All the other expansion cards should be
installed in the card priority and slot priority order.
Table 9. Configuration 1: R1a
Card type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
Broadcom (NIC: 25G) 1 1
Broadcom (NIC: 10G) 1 1
Intel (NIC: 10G) 1 1
Broadcom (NIC: 25G) 1 1
Intel (NIC: 1G) 1 1
Mellanox (NIC: 100Gb) 1 1
Intel (NIC: 25Gb) 1 1
Mellanox (NIC: 25Gb) 1 1
SolarFlare (NIC: 25Gb) 1 1
Mellanox (NIC: HDR100 VPI) 1 1
Mellanox (NIC: HDR VPI) 1 1
Intel (OCP: 100Gb) Integrated slot 1
Broadcom (OCP: 25Gb) Integrated slot 1
Intel (OCP: 25Gb) Integrated slot 1
Marvell (OCP: 25Gb) Integrated slot 1
Mellanox (OCP: 25Gb) Integrated slot 1
QLogic (OCP: 25Gb) Integrated slot 1
Broadcom (OCP: 10Gb) Integrated slot 1
QLogic (OCP: 10Gb) Integrated slot 1
Intel (OCP: 10Gb) Integrated slot 1
Broadcom (OCP: 1Gb) Integrated slot 1
Intel (OCP: 1Gb) Integrated slot 1
Dell External PERC Adapter 1 1
Dell BOSS M.2 Module Integrated slot 1
Intel (PCIe SSD AIC) 1 1
Samsung (PCIe SSD AIC) 1 1
Nvidia (GPU: T4 16 GB) 1 1
Table 10. Configuration 2: R1a+R2b
Card type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
Broadcom (NIC: 25G) 1, 2 2
Broadcom (NIC: 10G) 1, 2 2
Intel (NIC: 10G) 1, 2 2
Broadcom (NIC: 25G) 1, 2 2
Intel (NIC: 1G) 1, 2 2
Mellanox (NIC: 100Gb) 1, 2 2
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