168 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual
RX300 S8
Expansion cards and backup units
Figure 71: PCI slot overview
PCI slot Type
Mechanical
connector
Electrical
interface
Function
1 PCIe Gen 3 x8 x8
preferred slot for Modular
LAN controller (with NCSI
connector) CPU1
2 PCIe Gen 3 x8 x8 CPU1
3 PCIe Gen 3 x8 x8 CPU1
4 PCIe Gen 3 x16 x8 CPU1
5 PCIe Gen 3 x16 x16 only available with CPU2
6 PCIe Gen 3 x16 x16 only available with CPU2
7 PCIe Gen 3 x8 x8 slot for SAS RAID controller
Slot 7
Slot 6
Slot 5
Slot 4
Slot 3
Slot 2
Slot 1