Dell PowerEdge R530xd Owner's Manual

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Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports PCI Express Generation 2 and Generation 3 expansion cards.

Use the following table as a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical fit. The expansion cards with the highest priority must be installed first by using the slot priority indicated.

Table 1. Expansion card slots available on system board only
Location PCIe slot Processor connection Height Length Link width Slot width
System board 1 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
System board 2 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16
System board 3 Platform Controller Hub (Mapped to Processor 1) Low Profile Half Length x4 x8
Table 2. Expansion card slots available with optional dual riser module and optional internal PERC riser
Location PCIe slot Processor connection Height Length Link width Slot width
Dual riser module 1 Processor 1 Full height Full Length x16 x16
Dual riser module 2 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x8
Dual riser module 3 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x8
Dual riser module 4 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x8 x8
Internal riser 5 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x8
  • NOTE: The optional dual riser module is installed on PCIe slot 1 and 2 on the system board.
  • NOTE: When your system is installed with the optional dual riser module in PCIe slot 1 and 2 on the system board, you cannot install an expansion card in PCIe slot 3 of the system board.
  • NOTE: When x16 card installed in PCIe Slot 1 on dual riser module the PCIe Slot 2 on the expansion card will not function. The expansion card riser can be used either with four x8 PCIe cards or with one x16 PCIe card on PCIe Slot 1 and two x8 PCIe cards on slots 3 and 4 of the dual riser module.
  • NOTE: Only slots 1, 2 and the internal PCIe slot support Generation 3 PCIe expansion cards.
  • NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot-swap.
Table 3. Expansion card installation priority on system board only
Card Priority Category Slot Priority Max Allowed
1 GPU NA 0
2 RAID Integrated storage 1 1
RAID Adapter (Low profile) 2 1
3 40G NICs NA 0
4 FC16 HBA NA 0
5 10Gb NICs 1,2 2
6 FC8 HBA NA 0
7 1Gb NICs (Intel Quad Port)     1,2,3 3
1Gb NICs (Intel Dual Port)   1,2,3 3
8 Non-RAID 1,2 2
Table 4. Expansion card installation priority on optional dual riser module and optional internal PERC riser
Card Priority Category Slot Priority Max Allowed
1 GPU NA 0
2 RAID Integrated storage Integrated Slot 1
3 RAID Adapter (Low profile) 3 1
4 40G NICs (Full height) NA 0
5 FC16 HBA (Low profile) NA 0
FC16 HBA (Full height) NA 0
6 10Gb NICs (Low profile) 2,3,4 3
10Gb NICs (Full height) 1 1
7 FC8 HBA (Low profile) NA 0
FC8 HBA (Full height) NA 0
8 1Gb NICs (Low profile) 2,3,4 3
1Gb NICs (Full height) 1 1
9 Non-RAID (Low profile) 2,3,4 3
Non-RAID (Full height) 1 1

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