Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual

The PowerEdge R430 system supports PCI express (PCIe) Generation 2 and 3 expansion cards, which need to be installed on the system board using expansion card risers. This system supports two types of expansion card risers. The following table provides the expansion card riser specifications:

Table 1. Expansion card riser specificationsThis table describes the details of the PICe slots on the expansion card risers. PCIE_G3_X16 riser supports PCIe slots 1 and 2 with low-profile, half-length, x16 link speed cards. PCIE_G3_X8 riser supports two PCIe cards on slots 1 and 2 with a full height, low profile, x8 link speed cards on slot 1 and a low-profile, half-length, x8 link speed card on slot 2

Expansion card riser	PCIe slots on the riser	Height	Length	Link
PCIE_G3_X16 riser	Slot 1	low-profile	half-length	x16
	Slot 2	low-profile	half-length	x16
PCIE_G3_X8 riser	Slot 1	full-height	half-length	x8
	Slot 2	low-profile	half-length	x8