Installing the cable retention bracket, Expansion cards and expansion-card risers, Expansion card installation guidelines – Dell POWEREDGE R710 User Manual

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Installing System Components

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Installing the Cable Retention Bracket

1 Insert the hooks and tabs of the cable retention bracket into the slots in

the chassis wall and slide the bracket back until the latch engages.

2 Install the cooling fan bracket. See "Replacing the Fan Bracket."
3 Install the cooling shroud. See "Installing the Cooling Shroud."

Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers

The system supports up to four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion cards on two
expansion-card risers.

Expansion-card riser 1 provides two PCIe x4-link Gen 2 expansion slots.

Expansion-card riser 2 is offered in two versions:

The standard expansion-card riser 2 provides two PCIe x8-link Gen 2
expansion slots.

The optional expansion-card riser 2 provides one PCIe x16-link Gen 2
expansion slot.

CAUTION:

Expansion cards can only be plugged into the slots on the expansion-

card risers. Do not plug any expansion cards into the riser connectors on the
system board.

To identify expansion slots, see "Expansion-Card Riser-Board Components
and PCIe Buses."

Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Observe the following notes and guidelines regarding the expansion-card
slots:

PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 1 expansion cards are supported
in all slots.

In slots 2, 3, and 4, expansion cards can have a maximum length of 24.13
cm (9.5 in). Slot 1 supports a full-length (30.99-cm [12.2-in]) expansion
card.

The system supports three full-height expansion cards and one low-profile
expansion card (slot 2).

Although slots 1 and 2 are physically PCIe x8 connectors, they function
only as PCIe x4-link slots.

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