Expansion cards and expansion card riserNOTE: A System Event Log (SEL) is logged if an expansion card riser is unsupported or missing. Itdoes not prevent your system from turning on and no BIOS POST message or F1/F2 pause isdisplayed.Expansion card installation guidelinesYour system supports Generation 3 cards. The following table provides riser configurations.Table 14. Expansion card slots available on the expansion card riserPCIe slot on theexpansion card riser Height Length Link width Slot width1 Half height Half length x4 x82 Full height Half length x8 x16NOTE: The expansion cards are not hot swappable.The following table is 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. Allother expansion cards must be installed in card priority and slot priority order.Table 15. Expansion card installation orderCard priority Card type Slot priority Maximum allowed1 PowerEdge RAIDController (PERC)H730 (full height)2 12 PERC H730P (lowprofile)1 13 PERC H330 (fullheight)2 14 PERC H330 (lowprofile)1 15 PERC H830 (fullheight)2 16 PERC H830 (lowprofile)1 17 1 Gb NIC (fullheight)2 18 1 Gb NIC (lowprofile)1 182
