Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers
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Expansion Cards and Expansion-Card Risers
The appliance supports up to four PCI Express (PCIe) expansion cards on two
expansion-card risers.
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Not all expansion cards are approved, nor supported. Contact your Mirapoint
representative before installing any new expansion cards.
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Expansion-card riser 1 provides two PCIe x4-link Gen 2 expansion slots.
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Expansion-card riser 2 provides two PCIe x8-link Gen 2 expansion slots.
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Expansion cards can only be plugged into the slots on the expansion-card risers. Do
not plug any expansion cards into the riser connectors on the system-board.
To identify expansion slots, see
Expansion Card Installation Guidelines
Observe the following notes and guidelines regarding the expansion-card slots:
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The expansion-card slots support full-height, half-length cards.
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The expansion-card slots are hot-swappable.
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PCI Express Generation 2 expansion cards are supported in all the slots.
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All the slots are x8 connectors.
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To ensure proper cooling, only one of the two expansion cards can have a power
consumption of greater than 15 W (up to 25 W maximum), not including the
integrated storage controller.
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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.
Table 5
Expansion-Card Installation Priority for Riser 1
Card
Priority
Card Type
Slot
Priority
Max
Allowed
25-W
Card
1
PERC S300/S100
1, 2
2
Y
2
PERC H800
3, 2
2
Y
3
PERC 6/E controller
3, 2
2
Y
4
SAS 5/E
3, 2
2
Y
5
SCSI controllers
3, 2
2
Y
6
HPCC
2, 1
2
Y
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