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Dell™ PowerEdge™ R710 Technical Guidebook
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SECTION 11. I/O SLOTS
A. Overview / Description
The PowerEdge R710 requires two PCI Express risers: Riser 1 and Riser 2. Each riser connects to the
planar through an x16 PCI Express connector.
•Riser1consistsoftwox4slotsandathirdx4slotdedicatedforinternalSASstoragethrough
the PERC 6i or SAS 6/iR.
•ThedefaultRiser2consistsoftwox8PCIExpressconnectors.
•Thereisalsoanoptionalx16Riser2thatsupportsonex16PCIExpresscard.
To ensure proper cooling, no more than two of the four expansion cards can have a power consumption
of greater than 15W (up to 25W maximum each), not including the integrated storage controller.
The system does not support hot-plug or hot-removal of PCI Express cards.
The table below provides a guide for installing expansion cards to ensure proper cooling and mechanical
fit. The expansion cards with the highest priority should be installed first using the slot priority indicated.
All other expansion cards should be installed in card priority and slot priority order.
CARD
PRIORITY
CARD TYPE
SLOT
PRIORITY
MAX
ALLOWED
25W
CARD?
1 PERC 5/E controller 1, 3, 4 2 Y
2 PERC 6/E 3, 4, 1 2 Y
3 10Gb NIC 3, 4, 1, 2 2 Y
4 All other Dell storage cards 3, 4, 1 2 Y
5 All other NICs 2, 1 4
a
N
b
6 Non-Dell storage cards 1, 2 4
a
N
b
a
Maximum of 2 of any card whose maximum power exceeds 15w
b
Refer to the expansion card’s documentation to determine if the maximum power exceeds 15w