This server has eight PCI Express 3.0 slots that accommodate low-profile PCIe cards. All slots support x8 PCIe cards. Two slots are also capable of supporting x16 PCIe cards:
Slots 1, 2, 3, 6, 7, and 8 – x8 electrical interface
Slots 4 and 5 – x8 electrical interface (x16 connector)
To determine the slot in which to install a PCIe card, follow these guidelines:
Install cards that require a specific slot. Refer to the SPARC T5-2 Server Product Notes and the documentation for each card to determine if there are slot requirements.
The following cards have certain requirements:
Sun Flash Accelerator F80 PCIe card: You can install six of these cards. If the maximum of six are installed, the remaining two slots cannot contain a Sun Flash Accelerator F40 PCIe card.
Oracle Dual Port QDR Infiniband Adapter M3: You can install four of these cards. On a 1-processor server, no more than two cards can be in slots 1 to 4, and no more than two cards can be in slots 5 to 8.
Install the remaining cards so that the load on the server is balanced.
Fill the PCIe slots in this sequence: 1, 8, 2, 7, 3, 6, 4, 5.
Place the cards in this order: Expansion cards, storage cards, network cards, other cards.