GPU card installation guidelines
Observe the following guidelines while installing a GPU card:
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GPU are supported only in the Rack mode configuration.
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GPU can be installed only on systems that have 1100 W or higher power supply units.
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Each GPU card supports up to 32 GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory.
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Two double-width GPU cards on a single processor configuration and four double width GPU cards on a dual processor configuration
do not support any other add-on cards.
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The GPU cards must be installed:
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On GPU enabled system (two processor and also contains the main air shroud and GPU air shrouds).
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Specific GPU cards will need the use of the dongle power cable.
GPU card installation restrictions
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Supports only single slot GPU card.
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Supports only active (embedded fan) GPU card.
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High power (>75W) GPU cards that use GPU AUX cable should have dual system fans without redundancy.
Removing a expansion card
Prerequisites
1
Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2
Follow the procedure listed in
Before working inside your system
.
3
Remove the air shroud.
4
Remove the expansion card holder.
Steps
1
If installed, disconnect the data cables from the PERC card and/or the power cables from the GPU card.
2
Press the expansion card latch and push down the latch to open it.
3
Hold the expansion card by its edge, and pull the card up to remove it from the expansion card connector and the system.
4
Install the filler brackets by performing the following steps:
a Align the slot on the filler bracket with the tab on the expansion card slot.
b Press the expansion card latch till the filler bracket locks into place.
NOTE:
Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion-card slots to maintain FCC certification of the system. The
brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airflow inside the system.
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Installing and removing system components
