Lenovo ThinkSystem SR665 - Technical Rules for Pcie Slots

Technical rules for PCIe slots
Your server supports four types of riser cards for riser 1 assembly:Your server supports the following rear
configurations:
FH = full height, FL = full length, HL = half length
Server model
Riser slot configuration
Server model with 8 PCIe slots
The server has 8 PCIe slots:
• (slot 1-3): riser 1 bracket, 2FHFL+1FHHL
• (slot 4-6): riser 2 bracket, 2FHFL+1FHHL/7 mm drives
• (slot 7-8): riser 3 bracket, 2FHFL
Server model with 4 x 2.5-inch rear drives
The server has 6 PCIe slots:
• (slot 1-3): riser 1 bracket, 2FHFL+1FHHL
• (slot 4-6): riser 2 bracket, 2FHFL+1FHHL/7 mm drives
Server model with 8 x 2.5-inch rear drives
The server has 4 PCIe slots:
• (slot 1-3): riser 1 bracket, 2FHFL+1FHHL
• (slot 6): riser 2 bracket, 1FHHL/7 mm drives
Server model with 2 x 3.5-inch rear drives
The server has 4 PCIe slots:
• (slot 1-3): riser 1 bracket, 2FHFL+1FHHL
• (slot 6): riser 2 bracket, 1FHHL/7 mm drives
Server model with 4x 3.5-inch rear drives
The server has 2 PCIe slots:
• (slot 3): riser 1 bracket, 1FHHL
• (slot 6): riser 2 bracket, 1FHHL/7 mm drives
Compatibility of Riser cards and PCIe adapters
• Gen 3 riser cards can only support Gen 3 RAID adapters.
• Gen 4 riser adapters can support both Gen 3 and Gen 4 RAID adapters.
• Gen 3 and Gen 4 RAID adapters of the same group can be installed to the same riser card.
• Gen 3 and Gen 4 RAID adapters of the different groups cannot be installed to the same riser card.
• RAID adapters and HBA adapters can be installed to the same riser card.
• RAID arrays are not support for AIC(all-in-card) SSD drives.
• RAID arrays are not support for SED or FIPS HDD/SSD drives.
Note: FIPS (Federal Information Processing Standard) 140-2 is a U.S. government standard that
describes the encryption and related security requirements for sensitive but unclassified (SBU) information
technology (IT) products. FIPS 140-2 defines four levels of security, SEDs(Self-Encrypting Drives) are FIPS
140-2 Level 2 validated drives.
• When one or more SED drives are installed, the following internal SAS HBA adapters are not supported:
– 430-8i
– 430-16i
– 440-16i
• One super capacitor module is required for each 930/940 series internal RAID or 940-8e RAID/HBA
adapter.
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ThinkSystem SR665 Setup Guide