Expansion cards, Expansion card installation guidelines – Dell PowerEdge T710 User Manual
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Installing System Components
Expansion Cards
The system board can support up to seven PCIe Generation 2 cards. To
identify the expansion slots, see Figure 6-1.
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
Observe the following notes and guidelines regarding the expansion-card
slots:
•
The expansion-card slots are not hot-swappable.
•
PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 1 expansion cards are supported
in all slots.
•
Slot 2 supports full-length expansion cards; slots 1, 3, 4, 5, and 6 support
half-length expansion cards.
•
The system supports up to two SAS or PERC expansion cards (in addition
to the integrated storage controller) to manage internal tape drives or
external storage.
CAUTION:
To ensure proper cooling, no more than four of the six expansion cards
can have a power consumption of greater than 15 W (up to 25 W maximum each),
not including the integrated storage controller.
* Slot 1 should be preferably used for 1 Gb NICs only.
1. Maximum of 4 of any card whose maximum power exceeds 15W.
2. Refer to the expansion card documentation to ensure that the maximum power does not exceed
15W.
Table 3-3.
Expansion-Card Installation Order
Card Priority
Card Type
Slot Priority
Max
Allowed
25-W
Card?
1
PERC 5/E controller
6,4,2,5,3
2
Y
2
PERC 6/E controller
6,4,2,5,3
2
Y
3
10 Gb NIC
6,4,2,5,3
2
Y
4
All other Dell storage
cards
6,4,2,5,3
2
Y
5
Non-Dell storage cards 6,4,2,5,3
5
1
N
2
6
All other NICs*
6,4,2,5,3,1
5
1
N
2
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