Dell PowerEdge R360 - Expansion Cards and Expansion Card Risers; Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Figure 49. Installing the heat sink
Next steps
1. Install the air shroud.
2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
Expansion cards and expansion card risers
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 Delll PowerEdge Servers Troubleshooting Guide at www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Expansion card installation guidelines
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 64. Expansion card riser configurations
Configurations Expansion card
risers
PCIe Slot number Form factor Controlling
processor
Slot's electrical
bandwidth/
physical
connector
Config 0 No Riser Integrated slot Low Profile Processor 1 PCIe Gen4 x4 (x8
connector)
Config 1 Butterfly Riser 1 Low Profile Processor 1 PCIe Gen4 x8 (x8
connector)
2 Low Profile Processor 1 PCIe Gen4 x8 (x16
connector)
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