Installing a cooling fanCAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should onlyperform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or asdirected by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that isnot authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructionsthat came with the product.1. Open the system.2. Align the plug at the base of the cooling fan with the connector on the system board.3. Slide the cooling fan into the securing slots until the tabs lock into place.4. Close the system.Expansion cards and expansion-card risersNOTE: A missing or an unsupported expansion-card riser logs an SEL event. It does not preventyour system from powering on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.Expansion card installation guidelinesYour system supports PCI Express Generation 3 expansion cards.NOTE: A missing or an unsupported riser logs an SEL event. It does not prevent your system frompowering on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause is displayed.Riser PCIe Slot ProcessorConnection Height Length LinkWidth Slot Width1 1 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x8 x161 2 Processor 2 Low Profile Half Length x16 x163 3 Processor 1 Low Profile Half Length x16 x16NOTE: Both the processors must be installed to use riser 1 slots.Table 2. Expansion-card installation priorityCard Priority Card Type Slot Priority Max Allowed1 PERC H810/Qlogic 2562/Emulex LPE120021 12 PERC H710P internal slot 13 Quad-port 1GbE 3 142
