TX300 S7 / RX350 S7 Upgrade and Maintenance Manual 489
Expansion cards and backup units
9.5.1 Installing a GPGPU / coprocessor card
9.5.1.1 Required tools
● Preliminary and concluding steps: tool-less
● Installing a GPGPU card / coprocessor card:
– GPGPU card Intel Xeon Phi:
– Phillips PH1 / (+) No. 1 screw driver
– Flat nose pliers
– Coprocessor card Nvidia TESLA K20 / K20X:
– Phillips PH2 / (+) No. 2 screw driver
– Flat nose pliers
9.5.1.2 Preliminary software tasks
I iRMC firmware and system board BIOS updates as well as modifications
to BIOS settings may be necessary for your GPGPU or coprocessor card
to operate properly.
V CAUTION!
Failing to do so may permanently damage your system or result in
unstable operation.
All required information on firmware / BIOS versions and BIOS settings can be
found in the following Quick Installation Guides:
– "Getting started with accelerator cards - Nvidia Tesla K20/K20X GPGPU"
– "Getting started with accelerator cards - Intel Xeon Phi Coprocessor Card"
Both documents are available online at http://manuals.ts.fujitsu.com
(http://jp.fujitsu.com/platform/server/ primergy/manual/ for the Japanese market) or
from the ServerView Suite DVD 2 supplied with your PRIMERGY server.
Field Replaceable Units (FRU)
Average hardware task duration: 10 minutes
Average hardware task duration including GPGPU power cable
installation: 40 minutes