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● If a GPU is installed in slot 1, 3, the right external fan is required. If a GPU is installed in slot 6, 8, both external fans are
required.
● Two external fans are required for GPU-ready SKUs, there is no SKU with left external fan only.
● If a GPU is installed on slot 1 or 3, only one 5.25 inch RMSD device (ODD/RD1000/half-height tape) is supported.
● Four single width GPUs cannot be supported if the second PERC with battery (H730/H730P/H830).
● 300 W GPUs only support the maximum ambient temperature of 30°C.
● GPU is not supported for 3.5 inch x 18 chassis and fresh air condition.
● GPU is only supported in rack mode.
● The left and right external fans are required when a GPU is installed in slots 6 and 8.
NOTE:
This system supports up to 2 x NVIDIA M10 GPUs.
GPU card installation guidelines
Observe the following guidelines while installing a GPU card:
● GPU are supported only in the Rack mode configuration.
● GPU can be installed only on systems that have 1100 W or higher power supply units.
● Each GPU card supports up to 32 GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory.
● 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.
● The GPU cards must be installed:
○ On GPU enabled system (two processor and also contains the main air shroud and GPU air shrouds).
○ On systems with eight fan configuration (Fan1, Fan2 are standard (STD) fans. Fan3-Fan6 are high-performance (HPR)
fans. Fan7 and Fan8 are external Left and Right fans).
● Specific GPU cards will need the use of the dongle power cable.
Removing the optional GPU card holder
Prerequisites
1. Follow the safety guidelines listed in
2. Follow the procedure listed in
3.
Remove the air
shroud.
Steps
Press the release tab and slide the graphical processing unit (GPU) card holder out of the chassis.
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Installing and removing system components
Safety instructions
Before working inside your system
on page 27.
on page 28.
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