Dell PowerEdge R430 Owner's Manual

Expansion card installation guidelines

Your system supports Generation 1, Generation 2, and Generation 3 cards. The following table provides riser configurations for R430 systems:

NOTE Full-height: 312mm, Half-height: 175.26mm, Low-profile: 119.91mm.

Table 1. Expansion card slots available on the expansion-card riserThis table describes about the Expansion card slots available on the expansion-card riser.
PCIe slot on the expansion card riser		Processor	Link width	Slot width	Height	Length
PCIE_G3_x8 / Butterfly riser	Right - Slot 1	1	x8	x16	Full height	Half length
PCIE_G3_x8 / Butterfly riser	Left - Slot 2	1	x8	x16	Half height	Half length
PCIE_G3_x16 / Left or right riser	Right riser - Slot 1	1	x16	x16	Half height	Half length
PCIE_G3_x16 / Left or right riser	Left riser - Slot 2	1	x16	x16	Half height	Half length
PCIE_BTB_x16		2	Not supported		Not supported

NOTE The PCIE_G3_X8 and PCIE_G3_X16 are the two different types of risers supported on R430 systems. You can install an expansion card on the system board only using expansion-card riser.

NOTE The expansion cards are not hot-swappable.

The following table provides 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. All other expansion cards must be installed in card priority and slot priority order.

Table 2. Expansion card installation order (Low Profile + Low Profile configuration)This table describes about the Expansion card installation order (Low Profile + Low Profile configuration)
Card priority	Card type	Slot priority	Maximum allowed
1	RAID Integrated Storage	Integrated Slot	1
1	RAID External Storage	2, 1	1
2	Infiniband single Port/Dual (Mellanox)	2, 1	2
3	40 Gb NICs	2, 1	2
4	10 Gb NICs	2, 1	2
5	FC8 HBA	2, 1	2
6	1 Gb NICs	2, 1	2
7	12 GB SAS HBA	2, 1	2
7	HBA330	Integrated Slot	1

Table 3. Expansion card installation order (Full Height +Low Profile configuration)This table describes about the Expansion card installation order (Full Height +Low Profile configuration)
Card priority	Card type	Slot priority	Maximum allowed
1	RAID Integrated Storage	Integrated Slot	1
	RAID External Storage Low Profile	2	1
	RAID External Storage Full Height	1	1
2	Infiniband Single Port/Dual Port (Mellanox)	2	1
3	40 Gb NICs (Low profile)	2	1
3	40 Gb NICs (Full height)	1	1
4	10 Gb NICs (Low profile)	2	1
4	10 Gb NICs (Full height)	1	1
5	FC8 HBA (Low profile)	2	1
5	FC8 HBA (Full height)	1	1
6	1 Gb NICs (Low profile)	2	1
6	1 Gb NICs (Full height)	1	1
7	12 GB-SAS-HBA (Low profile)	2	1
7	12 GB-SAS-HBA (Full height)	1	1
8	Non-RAID HBA330	Integrated Slot	1

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