Expansion cards and expansion-card risers, Expansion card installation guidelines – Dell PowerVault DX6104 User Manual

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Enter the System Setup and verify that the USB key is detected by the system.

Figure 18. Replacing the Internal USB Key

1. USB memory key
2. USB memory key connector

Expansion Cards And Expansion-Card Risers

NOTE: A missing or an unsupported expansion-card riser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent your system from
powering on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Your system supports PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 3 expansion cards.

NOTE: If you install a second processor, you must upgrade expansion card riser 1 to optimize PCIe slot 1 speed.

The following table provides the riser configurations for single- and dual-processor systems:

Table 3. Riser Configuration for Single- and Dual-Processor Systems

Number of Processors

Expansion Card Connectors

Riser 1

Riser 2

One

PCIE_G2_X4
iDRAC_Enterprise

PCIE_G3_X16

Two

PCIE_G3_X16
iDRAC_Enterprise

PCIE_G3_X16

NOTE: The expansion-card risers listed in the above table cannot be interchanged between single- and dual-
processor systems.

The following table provides a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The
expansion cards with the highest priority must be installed first using the slot priority indicated. All other expansion
cards must be installed in card priority and slot priority order.

Table 4. Expansion-Card Installation Priority

Card Priority

Card Type

Height

Slot Priority

Max Allowed Per Slot

1

RAID

Standard Height

2 or 1

1

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