PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities for the 8348-21C
Find information about the placement rules and slot priorities for the Peripheral Component Interconnect
(PCI) Express (PCIe) adapters that are supported for the 8348-21C system.
PCIe slot descriptions for the 8348-21C
The 8348-21C system provides PCIe generation 3 slots. Figure 21 shows the rear view of the system with
the PCIe adapter slots. Table 5 lists the PCIe adapter slot locations and details for the 8348-21C system.
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The half-height, half-length or short (low-profile) adapters can be installed in slots 1, 2, and 4.
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The half-height, full-length adapters can be installed only in slot 3.
Table 5. PCIe slot locations and descriptions for the 8348-21C system
Slot
Description
PCI host bridge
(PHB)
Adapter
size
Coherent Accelerator
Processor Interface
(CAPI)
1
1
PCIe3, x8
Processor Module 1,
S2P17
Half-height,
half-length
No
2
1
PCIe3, x8
Processor Module 1,
S2P16
Half-height,
half-length
No
3
PCIe3, x16
Processor Module 1,
PHB0
Half-height,
full-length
Yes
4
1
PCIe3, x8
Processor Module 2,
PHB2
Half-height,
half-length
Yes
1
Slots 1, 2, and 4 are x8 slots. The adapter priority for these slots is for the high-performance adapters followed by
any other adapter.
PCIe adapter placement rules
Use this information to select slots for installing PCIe adapters in the 8348-21C system. Table 6 on page 24
provides information about the adapters, the slot priorities in the system they are supported on, and the
maximum number of adapters that can be installed in the supported system. You can click the link that
appears in the feature code column for more technical information specific to the PCIe adapter.
Figure 21. Rear view of an 8348-21C system with PCIe slots indicated
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