System battery specifications
The PowerEdge XE9680 system supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.
Expansion card riser specifications
The PowerEdge XE9680 system supports up to eight PCI express (PCIe) Gen 5 expansion cards installed on PCIe Switch Board
(PSB) and two PCI express (PCIe) Gen 5 expansion cards installed on PCIe Base Board (PBB).
NOTE: Slots 31 and 40 are present on PCIe Base Board and can be used to install NICs.
Table 14. Expansion card slots
Expansion card riser PCIe slot
Processor
Connection
PCIe slot
height
PCIe slot length PCIe slot width
Riser 4
32 Processor 2 Full height Half length x16
33 Processor 2 Full height Half length x16
Riser 3
34 Processor 2 Full height Half length x16
35 Processor 2 Full height Half length x16
Riser 2
36 Processor 1 Full height Half length x16
37 Processor 1 Full height Half length x16
Riser 1
38 Processor 1 Full height Half length x16
39 Processor 1 Full height Half length x16
Table 15. Expansion card(NIC) slots
PCIe slot
Processor
Connection
PCIe slot height PCIe slot length PCIe slot width
31 Processor 2 Full height Half length x16
40 Processor 1 Full height Half length x16
Memory specifications
The PowerEdge XE9680 system supports the following memory specifications for optimized operation.
Table 16.
Memory specifications
DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity
Dual processors
Minimum system
capacity
Maximum system
capacity
RDIMM
Dual rank 32 GB Not Supported 1 TB
Dual rank 64 GB 1 TB 2 TB
Quad rank 128 GB 2 TB 4 TB
Table 17. Memory module sockets
Memory module sockets Speed
32, 288-pin 4800 MT/s 1DIMM per channel , 4400 MT/s 2DIMMs per channel
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