PCIe slot priority
Table 33. Supported expansion options
Riser Form factor Slot CPU mapping Slot width Maximum power
consumption
PCIe Slot (slot 4) Low prole 1 CPU1 Skylake or
Skylake-Fabric
PCIe Gen3 x16 (x16
connector)
75 W
Mezzanine slot (slot
1)
Mezzanine 1 CPU1 Skylake or
Skylake-Fabric
PCIe Gen3 x8
(through Bridge
Board)
25 W
Open Computing
Project (OCP)
mezzanine slot (slot
3)
or
OCP mezzanine slot
(slot 3)
Mezzanine 1 CPU1 Skylake or
Skylake-Fabric
PCIe Gen3 x16 25 W
Mezzanine 1 CPU1 Skylake-Fabric OCP MEZZ will be
occupied by SKL-F
QSFP carrier card
25 W
Riser slot (SATA M.2)
(slot 5)
Low prole 1 CPU2 Skylake or
Skylake-Fabric
PCIe connector data
lanes not used for M.
2 SATA Riser
25 W
NOTE: For the expansion bus specication see the Expansion bus specications.
Table 34. Supported expansion cards
Location Card type Form factor Link width Slot priority Maximum number of
cards
OCP (slot 3) Intel CNA X710 -
Dual Port Adapter
Mezzanine x8 2 1
Mezzanine (slot 1) Dell PERC9 H730
Adapter
Mezzanine x8 1 1
Mezzanine (slot 1) Dell PERC9 H330
Adapter
Mezzanine x8 1 1
Mezzanine (slot 1) Dell HBA H330 mini
Adapter
Mezzanine x8 1 1
Slot 4 Dell SAS 12 GB HBA
external Adapter
Low prole x8 4 1
Slot 5 SATA M.2 Low prole x16 4 1
Slot 4 Mellanox
ConnectX-4 Dual
Port VPI EDR QSFP+
Adapter
Low prole x16 4 1
Slot 4 Mellanox
ConnectX-3 Dual
Low prole x16 4 1
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