Specifications
Item
Description
Adapter FRU number
02DE365
I/O bus architecture
PCIe3 x8.
Slot requirement
For details about slot priorities, maximums, and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules
and slot priorities (http://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/POWER9/p9eab/
p9eab_mtm_pciplacement.htm) and select the system on which you are working.
Voltage
3.3 V, 12 V.
Form factor
Short, low-profile.
Attributes provided
Supports SSDs and HDDs.
Eight lanes of PCIe3 adapters provide fast signaling for high-bandwidth applications.
Supports 3.0 Gb/s, 6.0, Gb/s and 12 Gb/s SAS data transfer rates per lane.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new
feature. You must also determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and for devices
that are attached to the adapter. For information about operating system and partition requirements, see
one of the following topics:
• The latest version of enabling libraries, firmware, and utilities can be downloaded from Fix
Central (http://www.ibm.com/support/fixcentral/).
• Power Systems Prerequisites (http://www14.software.ibm.com/support/customercare/iprt/home).
• IBM SSIC (System Storage Interoperation Center) (http://www-03.ibm.com/systems/support/storage/
ssic/interoperability.wss).
• For support details, see the Linux Alert website (http://www14.software.ibm.com/webapp/set2/sas/f/
lopdiags/info/LinuxAlerts.html).
NVIDIA T4 PCIe GPU accelerator adapter (FC EK4L and FC EK4M)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EK4L and FC
EK4M adapter.
Overview
The NVIDIA T4 PCIe GPU accelerator adapter is a single slot 6.6-inch PCI Express (PCIe) generation 3
(Gen3) universal deep learning accelerator based on the TU104 NVIDIA graphics processing unit (GPU).
The adapter can be used in either an x8 or x16 PCIe slot in the system. The NVIDIA T4 adapter has 16 GB
GDDR6 memory and a maximum power limit of 70 W. The FC EK4L is a short, low-profile adapter. The FC
EK4M is a short adapter with a full-height tail stock.
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