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Expansioncardinstallationguidelines
BeforeinstallinganysupportedexpansioncardintoaPCIExpresscardslot,ensurethatyouobserve
thefollowingguidelines:
•OnlyoneHostBusAdaptercanbeinstalledinyourserver.
•IfaRAID500Adapter,aRAID700Adapter,oraRAID710Adapterisinstalled,yourserversupportsup
tothreeEthernetcardsandoneHostBusAdapter.However,ifanI350-T4Ethernetcardisinstalled,
yourserverdoesnotsupportHostBusAdapters.
4PCIExpresscardareaforcardsontherisercardassembly1
TherearethreePCIExpresscardslotsontherisercardassembly1.
Figure15.Risercardassembly1
Slot
PhysicallinkwidthNegotiablelinkwidth
Supportedcardlengthandheight
1
x8x4,x2,x1
Half-length,full-heightcard
2
x8x8,x4,x2,x1
Half-length,full-heightcard
3
x16x8,x4,x2,x1
Half-length,full-heightcard
Notes:
•ForaRAIDcard,itmustbeinstalledintotheslot
3ontherisercardassembly1.Foranexpander
card,itmustbeinstalledintotheslot
1ontherisercardassembly1.YoualsocaninstallaCNAcard
intoaPCIExpresscardslot.
•IfaThinkServerHBAisavailable,refertoitsuserguidefordetailedinformation.Theuserguideis
availablefordownloadat:
http://www.lenovo.com/UserManuals
Expansioncardinstallationguidelines
BeforeinstallinganysupportedexpansioncardintoaPCIExpresscardslot,ensurethatyouobserve
thefollowingguidelines:
•OnlyoneHostBusAdaptercanbeinstalledinyourserver.
•IfaRAID500Adapter,aRAID700Adapter,oraRAID710Adapterisinstalled,yourserversupportsup
tothreeEthernetcardsandoneHostBusAdapter.However,ifanI350-T4Ethernetcardisinstalled,
yourserverdoesnotsupportHostBusAdapters.
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