Install a GPU adapter
Use this information to install a GPU adapter.
About this task
Attention:
• Read “Installation Guidelines” on page 185 to ensure that you work safely.
• Power off the server and disconnect all power cords for this task.
• Prevent exposure to static electricity, which might lead to system halt and loss of data, by keeping static-
sensitive components in their static-protective packages until installation, and handling these devices with
an electrostatic-discharge wrist strap or other grounding system.
• GPU adapters are supported on some server models with requirements. See “Thermal rules” on page 192.
• All GPU adapters to be installed must be identical.
A video for this task is available at:
• Youtube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLYV5R7hVcs-DqVplE36HIvdM_sq_Auw3U
• Youku: https://list.youku.com/albumlist/show/id_59643657.html
Procedure
Step 1. Locate the appropriate PCIe slot for the GPU adapter. See “PCIe slots and PCIe adapters” on page
189
Step 2. (Optional) If you are installing a full length, full height, single-wide GPU adapter, install an add-on air
baffle on the GPU air baffle.
Figure 166. Installing the add-on air baffle
Step 3. Install the GPU adapter into the PCIe slot on the riser card.
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