Dell PowerEdge T550 Installation and Service Manual

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Expansion card installation guidelines

Table 1. Supported riser configurations This table describes the Supported riser configurations for this system.
Configuration Type Riser configuration Processors x16 Processor 1 Slot 1 (FHFL) x16 Processor 2 Slot 2 (FHFL) x16 Processor 2 Slot 3 (FHFL) x16 Processor 2 Slot 4 (FHHL) X4 PCH Slot 5 (FHHL) x16 Processor 1 Slot 6 (FHHL)
C0 N/A 2 0 0 1 1 1 1
C0-1 N/A 1 0 0 0 0 1 1
C1 1 x GPU riser 2 1 0 1 1 1 1
C1-1 1 x GPU riser 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
C2 2 x GPU riser 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
Table 2. Configuration type C0The following table describes the supported expansion cards:
Card Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
FPERC 10.15 H345 Internal 2
PERC/HBA 10.15G H745 Internal 2
FPERC 11 H755N Internal 1
FPERC 11 H755 Internal 2
FPERC HBA11 HBA355i Internal 2
FPERC 11 H355 Internal 2
NIC 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox 4, 6, 3 3
HBA: FC16: Qlogic, Avago 4, 6, 3 3
NIC 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 4, 6, 3 3
NIC 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 4, 6, 3, 5 4
OCP 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
BOSS S2: Inventec Internal 1
PCIe SSD Gen3: Intel 4, 6, 3, 5 4
PCIe SSD Gen4: Samsung 4, 6, 3 3
GPU: Nvidia T4 4, 6, 3 3
Serial port module: Inventec 5 1
Foxconn external adapter H840 4, 6, 3 3
Foxconn external adapter HBA355e 4, 6, 3 3
aPERC HBA11 HBA355i 6 1
Table 3. Configuration type C0-1The following table describes the supported expansion cards:
Card Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
FPERC 10.15 H345 Internal 2
PERC/HBA 10.15G H745 Internal 2
FPERC 11 H755N Internal 1
FPERC 11 H755 Internal 2
FPERC HBA11 HBA355i Internal 2
FPERC 11 H355 Internal 2
NIC 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox 6 1
HBA: FC16: Qlogic, Avago 6 1
NIC 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 6 1
NIC 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 6, 5 2
OCP 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
BOSS S2: Inventec Internal 1
PCIe SSD Gen3: Intel 6, 5 2
PCIe SSD Gen4: Samsung 6, 5 2
GPU: Nvidia T4 6 1
Serial port module: Inventec 5 1
Foxconn external adapter H840 4, 6, 3 3
Foxconn external adapter HBA355e 4, 6, 3 3
aPERC HBA11 HBA355i 6 1
Table 4. Configuration type C1The following table describes the supported expansion cards:
Card Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
FPERC 10.15 H345 Internal 2
PERC/HBA 10.15G H745 Internal 2
FPERC 11 H755N Internal 1
FPERC 11 H755 Internal 2
FPERC HBA11 HBA355i Internal 2
FPERC 11 H355 Internal 2
NIC 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox 1, 4, 6, 3 4
HBA: FC16: Qlogic, Avago 1, 4, 6, 3 4
NIC 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 1, 4, 6, 3 4
NIC 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 1, 4, 6, 3, 5 5
OCP 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
BOSS S2: Inventec Internal 1
PCIe SSD Gen3: Intel 1, 4, 6, 3, 5 5
PCIe SSD Gen4: Samsung 1, 4, 6, 3 4
GPU: Nvidia A10, A30, A40 1 1
GPU: Nvidia T4 1, 4, 6, 3 4
Serial port module: Inventec 5 1
Foxconn external adapter H840 1, 4, 6, 3 4
Foxconn external adapter HBA355e 1, 4, 6, 3 4
Foxconn external adapter HBA355e 6 1
Table 5. Configuration type C1-1The following table describes the supported expansion cards:
Card Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
FPERC 10.15 H345 Internal 2
PERC/HBA 10.15G H745 Internal 2
FPERC 11 H755N Internal 1
FPERC 11 H755 Internal 2
FPERC HBA11 HBA355i Internal 2
FPERC 11 H355 Internal 2
NIC 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox 1, 6 2
HBA: FC16: Qlogic, Avago 1, 6 2
NIC 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 1, 6 2
NIC 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 1, 6, 5 3
OCP 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
BOSS S2: Inventec Internal 1
PCIe SSD Gen3: Intel 1, 6, 5 3
PCIe SSD Gen4: Samsung 1, 6 2
GPU: Nvidia A10, A30, A40 1 1
GPU: Nvidia T4 1, 6 2
Serial port module: Inventec 5 1
Foxconn external adapter H840 1, 6 2
Foxconn external adapter HBA355e 1, 6 2
aPERC HBA11 HBA355i 6 1
Table 6. Configuration type C2The following table describes the supported expansion cards:
Card Type Slot priority Maximum number of cards
FPERC 10.15 H345 Internal 2
PERC/HBA 10.15G H745 Internal 2
FPERC 11 H755N Internal 1
FPERC 11 H755 Internal 2
FPERC HBA11 HBA355i Internal 2
FPERC 11 H355 Internal 2
NIC 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 5
HBA: FC16: Qlogic, Avago 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 5
NIC 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 5
NIC 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel 1, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5 6
OCP 25 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 10 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
OCP 1 Gb: Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox Internal 1
BOSS S2: Inventec Internal 1
PCIe SSD Gen3: Intel 1, 2, 4, 6, 3, 5 6
PCIe SSD Gen4: Samsung 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 5
GPU: Nvidia A10, A30, A40 1, 2 2
GPU: Nvidia T4 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 5
Serial port module: Inventec 5 1
Foxconn external adapter H840 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 5
Foxconn external adapter HBA355e 1, 2, 4, 6, 3 5
aPERC HBA11 HBA355i 6 1

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