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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