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Dell EMC PowerEdge R340 Installation and Service Manual

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Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports PCIe Express Generation 3 cards. The PowerEdgeR340 expansion card riser includes a low profile (LP) slot and full height (FH) slot. The following table provides riser configurations for the PowerEdgeR340 system:

NOTE The expansion card riser is not hot-swappable.
Figure 1. Expansion card riser

This image shows the expansion card riser.

Table 1. Expansion card slots available on the expansion card riser
NOTE The PowerEdgeR340 does not support GPU cards.
The PCIe slot 1 on the expansion card riser is mapped to the processor. This slot supports half height, half length x4 expansion cards. This is an x8 slot. The PCIe slot 2 on the expansion card riser is mapped to processor. This slot supports full height, half length x8 expansion cards. This is an x16 slot.
PCIe slot on the expansion card riser Height Length Link width Slot width
LP SLOT 1 Half Height Half Length x4 x8
FH SLOT 2 Full Height Half Length x8 x16
Table 2. Expansion card slots (PERC slot) available on the system boardThe PCIE_G3_X4 slot on the system board is mapped to the processor. This slot supports half height, half length x4 PERC cards. This is an x8 slot.
PERC slot on the system board Height Length Link width Slot width
PCIE_G3_X8 Half Height Half Length x8 x8

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 3. Expansion card installation order

This slot supports single width (SW), full height (FH), half length (HL), and low profile (LP) expansion cards.

1. Card priority 1 is assigned to PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H730, PERC H330, PERC H830 (full height) and PERC H830 (low profile). The slot priority for PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) H730 and H330 is the Internal PERC card slot and supports a maximum of 1 card. The slot priority for the full height PERC H830 is 2 and supports a maximum of 1 card. The slot priority for the low profile PERC H830 is 1 and supports a maximum of 1 card. 2. Card priority 2 is assigned to 10 GB NICs. The slot priority for the Intel and Broadcom Dual Port 10 GB NIC is 2 and supports a maximum of 1 card. The slot priority for the Intel and Broadcom Dual Port Low Profile 10 GB NIC is 1 and supports a maximum of 1 card. 3. Card priority 3 is assigned to FC8 HBA. The slot priority for QLogic QLE2562, QLogic QLE2560, Emulex LPE12002, Emulex LPE12000, Emulex LPE15000, and Emulex LPE15002 is 2 and supports a maximum of 1 card. The slot priority for QLogic QLE2562, QLogic QLE2560, Emulex LPE12002, Emulex LPE12000, Emulex LPE15000, and Emulex LPE15002 Low Profile is 1 and supports a maximum of 1 card. 4. Card priority 4 is assigned to1 Gb NICs. The slot priority for Intel and Broadcom Dual and Quad Port 1 GB NICs is 2 and supports a maximum of 1 card. The slot priority for Intel and Broadcom Dual and Quad Port Low Profile 1 GB NICs is 1 and supports a maximum of 1 card. 5. Card priority 5 is assigned toNon-RAID cards. The slot priority for 12GB SAS HBA Full Height card is 2 and supports a maximum of 1 card. The slot priority for 12GB SAS HBA Low Profile card is 1 and supports a maximum of 1 card.
Card description Card type Maximum allowed Slot Priority Slot width Link width Card width Card length Card height
H730P+ PERC PERC 9: Internal Adapter 1 Integrated Slot x8 x8 SW HL LP
H330+ PERC 1 Integrated Slot x8 x8 SW HL LP
HBA330 HBA: Internal Adapter HBA: Internal Adapter 1 Integrated Slot x8 x8 SW HL LP
12 Gb/s Ext SAS HBA / HBA355e HBA: External Adapter 1 2 x16 x8 SW HL FH
10G Network card NIC: 10Gb 1 2 x16 x8 SW HL FH
1 1 x8 x4 SW HL LP
1 2 x16 x8 SW HL FH
1 1 x8 x4 SW HL LP
FC8 HBA HBA: FC8 1 2 x16 x8 SW HL FH
1 1 x8 x4 SW HL LP
BOSS2 card Internal Storage 1 2 x16 x8 SW HL FH
1 1 x8 x4 SW HL LP
1G Network card NIC: 1Gb 1 2 x16 x8 SW HL FH
1 1 x4 x4 SW HL LP
1 1 x8 x4 SW HL LP

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