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Dell PowerEdge C4130 Owner's Manual

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Expansion card installation guidelines

Depending on your system configuration, the following PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3 expansion cards are supported:
Table 1. Supported expansion cardsFollowing PCI Express generation 3 expansion cards are supported depending on your system configuration.
Configuration PCIe slot Processor connection Height Length Link width Slot width
Four PCIe GPUs with switch board and one processor

(Configuration A)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
Four PCIe GPUs with switch board and two processors

(Configuration B)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
Four PCIe GPUs without switch board and two processors

(Configuration C)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
Two PCIe GPUs without switch board and two processors

(Configuration D)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
Two PCIe GPUs without switch board and one processor

(Configuration E)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 NA NA NA NA NA
Two PCIe GPUs without switch board and two processors

(Configuration F)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
Four PCIe GPUs with switch board with dual GPU virtual mode and two processors

(Configuration G)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
Three PCIe GPUs without switch board and two processors

(Configuration H)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
Three PCIe GPUs without switch board and two processors

(Configuration I)

 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x16
2 NA NA NA NA NA
Four SXM2 GPUs with NVLink board and two processors

(Configuration K)

1Processor 1Low ProfileHalf Lengthx8x16
2Processor 1Low ProfileHalf Lengthx16x16

NOTE: Configuration G supports virtual mode. In the virtual mode, GPUs 1 and 2 are connected to processor 1 and GPUs 3 and 4 are connected to processor 2.

The following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. Expansion cards should be installed in the card priority and slot priority order mentioned in table.

NOTE: The x16 link width riser cards on the expansion card riser are cabled to the system board.

NOTE: For configuration K, the x16 link width riser card on the expansion card cage is cabled to the NVLink board.

NOTE: The expansion card slots are not hot swappable.

Table 2. Expansion card installation orderThe following table provides guidelines for installing expansion cards:
Category Card priority Card type Configurations A and B Configurations C, F, and H Configurations D and G Configurations E and IConfiguration K
Slot priority Max allowed Slot priority Max allowed Slot priority Max allowed Slot priority Max allowedSlot priorityMax allowed
RAID 1 H730P (low profile) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1--
2 H730 (low profile) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1--
3 H330 (low profile) 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1--
H330 (low profile) IEC 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1--
4 H830 (low profile) 1, 2 2 1,2 2 1,2 2 1 111
5 H810 (low profile) 1, 2 2 1,2 2 1,2 2 1 111
6 12 GB SAS HBA (low profile) 1, 2 2 1,2 2 1,2 2 1 1--
Non-RAID HBA330 adapter 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1--
Infiniband Mellanox dual port card 2 1 n/a 0 1,2 2 n/a 021
Mellanox single port card 2 1 n/a 0 1,2 2 n/a 021
Mellanox dual port adapter 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
Mellanox single port adapter 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
Intel low profile card 2 1 n/a n/a 1, 2 1 n/a n/a21
Fiber channel QLogic dual port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel adapter 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
Emulex dual port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel adapter 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
QLogic single port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel adapter 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
Emulex single port 16 Gbps Fibre Channel adapter 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
Emulex FC8 low profile card 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
QLogic FC8 low profile card 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
10 Gb NICs 10 Gb NICs (low profile) 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
10 Gb SFP+ NICs (low profile) 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 11,22
PCIe SSD NVMe half height, half length 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 111
PCIe half height, half length 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1, 2 2 1 111

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