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Technical rules for PCIe slots

PCIe adapters must be installed in a specific order in your server.

Note

  • Performance may degrade when a x16 PCIe card is installed in PCIe slot 1.

Installation priorityComponentPCIe slot priorities
1

  • ThinkSystem NVIDIA Quadro RTX T1000 8GB PCIe Active GPU

  • ThinkSystem NVIDIA Quadro RTX T400 2GB PCIe Active GPU

Slot 2
2Dummy PCIe card + M.2 SATA 2-Bay RAID Enablement KitSlot 2, then slot 3
3

  • ThinkSystem RAID 9350-16i 4GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter

  • ThinkSystem RAID 9350-8i 2GB Flash PCIe 12Gb Adapter

  • ThinkSystem RAID 940-8i 4GB Flash PCIe Gen4 12Gb Adapter

  • ThinkSystem RAID 5350-8i PCIe 12Gb Adapter

  • ThinkSystem 4350-8i SAS/SATA 12Gb HBA

Slot 2, then slot 3
4ThinkSystem 430-8e SAS/SATA 12Gb HBASlot 2, then slot 1
5Intel X710-DA4 4x10Gb SFP+ AdapterSlot 2
6

  • Broadcom 57416 10GBASE-T 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • Broadcom 57414 10/25GbE SFP28 2-port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

  • ThinkSystem Intel E810-DA2 10/25GbE SFP28 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

Slot 1, then slot 2
7

  • ThinkSystem Intel X710-T4L 10GBASE-T 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

Slot 2
8

  • ThinkSystem Intel I350-T2 PCIe 1Gb 2-Port RJ45 Ethernet Adapter

Slot 1, then slot 2
9

  • ThinkSystem Intel I350-T4 PCIe 1Gb 4-Port RJ45 Ethernet Adapter

  • Broadcom 5719 1GbE RJ45 4-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

Slot 2
10

  • Intel X550-T2 Dual Port 10G Base-T Adapter

  • Broadcom 5720 1GbE RJ45 2-Port PCIe Ethernet Adapter

Slot 1, then slot 2