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Question posted by KenDriver on July 22nd, 2011

What Version Level Are The Pcie Slots On The R5500?

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Answer #1: Posted by kcmjr on July 25th, 2011 2:36 PM

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Slots: Five full-length, full-height slots; one PCIe x8 (wired x4) half-height, half-length slot
• Outer riser: two PCIe x16 (one double wide), one PCIe x16 (wired x8)
• Center riser: choose one of the following options:
— one PCIe x16, one PCIe x16 (wired x8), (default riser option)
— one PCIe x16, one legacy 32-bit PCI

There is no specfic version level beyond that. The spec sheet ican be viewed here: http://www.dell.com/downloads/global/products/precn/en/dell-precn-r5500-spec-sheet.pdf

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Answer #2: Posted by oldrobp on October 10th, 2012 10:35 AM

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The R5500 PCIe slots are built to PCI-SIG PCI Express Base Specification Rev 2.0, which specs a per-lane data rate of 500MB/sec, double that of PCIe 1.0/1.0a.

Dell specs the slot capabilities as follows:

x4-slot bidirectional speed - 2 GB/s
x8-slots bidirectional speed - 4 GB/s
x16-slots bidirectional speed - 8 GB/s

Be aware when populating the expansion slots in the R5500 that for slots designated with 2 multipliers (PCIe x8/x16) the first multiplier is the actual PCIe capability of the slot and the second is the type of connector used for the slot. An x8/x16 slot has x8 speed and lane capability but the motherboard connector is a full PCIe x16 connector.

Cheers!

Robert Poulk

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