Primary riser connector
PCIe slot and card length 3-slot riser* 2-slot riser (Optional) 2-slot riser (Optional)
Slot 1 - Full-length/Full-
height (FL/FH)
PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1) — PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
Slot 2 - Full-length/Full-
height (FL/FH)
PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1) PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1) PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
Slot 3 - Half-length/Full-
height (HL/FH)
PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1) PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1) —
*The server ships with one PCIe3 riser cage installed in the primary riser cage connector.
Secondary riser connector
PCIe slot and card length 3-slot riser* 2-slot riser (Optional) 2-slot riser (Optional)
Slot 4 - Full-length/Full-
height (FL/FH)
PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1) — PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
Slot 5 - Full-length/Full-
height (FL/FH)
PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1) PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1) PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
Slot 6 - Half-length/Full-
height (HL/FH)
PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1) PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1) —
Tertiary riser connector
PCIe slot and card length
2-slot riser (Optional) 1-slot riser (Optional)
Slot 7 - Full-length/Full-height (FL/FH) PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1) PCIe3 x16 (16, 8, 4, 2, 1)
Slot 8 - Half-length/Full-height (HL/FH) PCIe3 x8 (8, 4, 2, 1) —
Installing expansion boards
WARNING: To reduce the risk of personal injury, electric shock, or damage to the equipment, remove the power cord to
remove power from the server. The front panel Power On/Standby button does not completely shut
o system power.
Portions of the power supply and some internal circuitry remain active until AC power is removed.
CAUTION: To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all PCI slots have either
an expansion slot cover or an expansion board installed.
To install the component:
Prerequisites
Use these instructions to install expansion boards such as Smart I/O cards (DSC-252-port SFP28 card), solid state NVMe/PCIe
Add-In-Cards, HBAs, CNAs, InfiniBand adapters, and accelerators.
Before you perform this procedure, make sure that you have the following items available:
The components included with the hardware option kit
Hardware options installation
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