Dell E30S002 - GPU Card Installation Guidelines; Removing a Expansion Card

GPU card installation guidelines
Observe the following guidelines while installing a GPU card:
• GPU are supported only in the Rack mode conguration.
• 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 conguration and four double width GPU cards on a dual processor conguration
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).
• Specic GPU cards will need the use of the dongle power cable.
GPU card installation restrictions
• Supports only single slot GPU card.
• Supports only active (embedded fan) GPU card.
• 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 Safety instructions.
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 ller brackets by performing the following steps:
a Align the slot on the ller bracket with the tab on the expansion card slot.
b Press the expansion card latch till the ller bracket locks into place.
NOTE
: Filler brackets must be installed in empty expansion-card slots to maintain FCC certication of the system. The
brackets also keep dust and dirt out of the system and aid in proper cooling and airow inside the system.
110 Installation and Service Manual
Installing and removing system components