System-board optional-device connectors
The following illustration shows the connectors on the system board for
user-installable optional devices.
Battery
Hypervisor
key connector
Virtual
media key
connector
DIMM 1
DIMM 2
DIMM 3
DIMM 4
DIMM 5
DIMM 6
ServeRAID-BR10il
SAS/SATA controller
connector
Optical drive
connector
Microprocessor
Heatsink
Orientation
DIMMs
DIMMs
Riser-card
connector 1
Riser-card
connector 2
The following illustration shows the locations of the PCI Express slots on the
riser-card assembly.
PCI Express x8 slot 1
PCI Express x8 slot 2
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