All 16 slots support PCIe cards with the following characteristics:
Type: hot-plug, low-profile adapters
Mode: x8 Gen1, x8 Gen2, and x8 Gen3 cards
To achieve optimal load balancing in a fully-populated server, use the following order to install PCIe cards.
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To achieve optimal load balancing in a half-populated server, use the following order to install PCIe cards.
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You might choose to populate the slots differently due to Oracle VM software or redundant failover considerations, but load balancing might not be as efficient. You should distribute the PCIe cards evenly across the available root complexes, leaving slots under root complexes 300 and 4c0 as the last to be populated.