Dell PowerEdge R320 Systems Owner's Manual

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Expansion Card Installation Guidelines

Your system supports two PCI Express expansion cards.

The following PCI Express Generation 2 and 3 expansion cards are supported.

Table 1. Supported Expansion Cards
Riser	PCIe Slot	Generation	Height	Length	Link Width	Slot Width
1	1	2	Low Profile	Half Length	x4	x8
2	2	3	Standard Height	Half Length	x16	x16

NOTE: The expansion-card slots are not hot-swappable.

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

Table 2. Expansion-Card Installation Order
Card Priority	Card Type	Height	Slot Priority	Max Allowed Per Slot
1	Integrated RAID		Integrated Slot	1
2	RAID	Standard Height	Slot 2 (Riser 2)	1
3	Converged Network Adapters (CNAs)	Standard Height	Slot 2 (Riser 2)	1
		Low Profile	Slot 1 (Riser 1)	1
4	10 Gb NICs	Standard Height	Slot 2 (Riser 2)	1
		Low Profile	Slot 1 (Riser 1)	1
5	FC8 HBA	Standard Height	Slot 2 (Riser 2)	1
		Low Profile	Slot 1 (Riser 1)	1
6	FC4 HBA	Standard Height	Slot 2 (Riser 2)	1
		Low Profile	Slot 1 (Riser 1)	1
7	1 Gb NICs	Standard Height	Slot 2 (Riser 2)	1
		Low Profile	Slot 1 (Riser 1)	1
8	Non-RAID	Standard Height	Slot 2 (Riser 2)	1