Dell EMC E68S, Installation And Service Manual

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GPU kit
The GPU FL kit and HL kit are two different kits available for the Customer. Depending on the kit ordered, the respective
components will be available.
Table 32. GPU kit components
Components GPU FL kit GPU HL kit
Quantity Quantity
Risers Configuration 3 3 x FL riser (R1A, R3A,
R4A) +1 x HL riser
(R2A) OR 4 HL risers
(R1A, R2A, R3A, R4A) Configuration 6 6 x HL risers (R1A/R1C,
R2A, R3A, R4A/R4C)
Shroud GPU shroud 1 GPU shroud 1
Fans High performance
(silver grade) fans or
high-performance (gold
grade) fans 6 High performance
(silver grade) fans or
very high-performance
(gold grade) fans 6
Heat sinks L-type: heat sink
(DFR7M) for processor
1 and heat sink
(C0GMT) for processor
2 2 L-type: heat sink
(DFR7M) for processor
1 and heat sink
(C0GMT) for processor
2 2
Cables Power and XGMI cable 3 x (6+2)-pin power
cables, 3 x 8-pin power
cables, 1 x XGMI cable XGMI cable 1 x XGMI cable
Foam Mylar foam 1 Mylar foam 1
FL - Full Length, HL - Half Length
You may not need all the components in the kit for GPU installation. For information on riser configurations, see the expansion
card installation guidelines section.
NOTE: XGMI cable might be installed in the system, if not available install the XGMI cable from the kit for better
performance of the system with GPUs installed. Refer to the connect the XGMI cable section to know how to connect the
XGMI cable.
Before you begin, follow the safefy guidelines and before working inside the system instructions.
1. Remove the standard cooling fans and install the High performance (silver grade) fan or high-performance (gold grade) fan
cooling fans .
Refer to the cooling fan and foam requirement matrix for the cooling fan and foam requirement for different configurations.
You can refer to
www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals topic to identify the fans types.
Table 33. Cooling fan and foam requirement matrix
System configuration Cooling fan Foam requirement
No backplane High performance (silver grade) fan Not required
8 x 2.5-inch NVMe High performance (silver grade) fan Not required
16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA High performance (silver grade) fan Not required
16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA + 8 NVMe High-performance (gold grade) fan Required
16 x 2.5-inch NVMe High-performance (gold grade) fan Required
8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA High performance (silver grade) fan Required
NOTE: 12 x 3.5-inch and 24 x 2.5-inch NVMe system do not support GPU/FPGA card.
2. Remove the heat sink and install the required L-type heat sink .
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