APPENDIX C
GPU Card Installation
This appendix contains configuration rules for the supported GPU cards.
• Server Firmware Requirements, on page 115
• GPU Card Configuration Rules, on page 115
• Requirement For All GPUs: Memory-Mapped I/O Greater Than 4 GB, on page 115
• Replacing a Single-Wide GPU Card, on page 116
• Installing Drivers to Support the GPU Cards, on page 118
Server Firmware Requirements
The following table lists the minimum server firmware versions for the supported GPU cards.
Cisco IMC/BIOS Minimum Version RequiredGPU Card
3.1(3)NVIDIA Tesla
P4
GPU Card Configuration Rules
Note the following rules when populating a server with GPU cards.
• You can install up to two NVIDIA Tesla P4 GPU cards in the server, in PCIe slots 1 and 2.
• Use the UCS power calculator at the following link to determine the power needed based on your server
configuration: http://ucspowercalc.cisco.com
• Do not mix different brands or models of GPU cards in the server.
Requirement For All GPUs: Memory-Mapped I/O Greater Than
4 GB
All supported GPU cards require enablement of the BIOS setting that allows greater than 4 GB of
memory-mapped I/O (MMIO).
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