Installing PCIe adapters in the 8335-GCA or 8335-GTA

Learn how to install Peripheral Component Interconnect (PCI) Express (PCIe) adapters in the IBM® Power® System S822LC (8335-GCA and 8335-GTA) system.

The 8335-GCA system has three open PCIe slots on the system board. The 8335-GTA system has those slots as well as two open slots in the PCIe risers.

You can install half-height, half-length (HHLH) PCIe adapters in the system board. You can install full-height, full-length (FHFL) PCIe adapters in a PCIe riser. The PCIe riser also supports double-wide PCIe adapters. One of the system board PCIe slots supports double-wide PCIe adapters.

If you need to change the tailstock of the PCIe adapter from one size to another, so that the adapter fits properly in the socket, see Removing and replacing the tailstock on a PCIe adapter.