Dell PowerEdge VRTX Enclosure Owner's Manual

Installing an optional double-wide GPGPU card

1. If installed, remove the front bezel.
2. Turn off the server modules using the operating system commands or the CMC.
3. Turn off the enclosure, including any attached peripherals, and disconnect the enclosure from the electrical outlet.
4. To reduce the chassis weight, remove the following (if required):
   1. hard drives
   2. server modules
   3. power supplies
5. If applicable, rotate the system feet inward and lay the system on its side on a flat stable surface, with the cover release latch side on top.
6. Open the system.
7. Open the PCIe cage door.
8. Remove the single-wide PCIe cage. See Removing The PCIe Cage.
9. Holding the double-wide GPGPU card by its edges, position the card so that the card bracket aligns with the tab on the double-wide PCIe cage.
10. Align the double-wide GPGPU card-edge connector with the expansion card connector on the expansion card riser in the double wide PCIe cage.
11. Lower the double-wide GPGPU card into the double-wide PCIe cage and insert the card-edge connector firmly into the expansion card connector on the riser, until the card is fully seated.
    The double-wide GPGPU card bracket aligns with the tab on the double-wide PCIe cage.

    

    1. tab on the double-wide PCIe cage
    2. double-wide GPGPU card bracket
    3. double-wide GPGPU card
    4. double-wide PCIe cage

12. Install the double-wide PCIe cage. See Installing The PCIe Cage.
13. Route the power cable from the double-wide GPGPU card into the double-wide PCIe cage.
14. Connect the 8-pin connector on one end of the auxiliary power cable to the power cable connector of the double-wide GPGPU card.
15. Connect the two 6-pin connectors on the other end of the auxiliary power cable to the power cable connectors on the double-wide PCIe cage.

    

    1. 6-pin connector of the auxiliary power cable (2)
    2. power cable connectors on the double-wide PCIe cage
    3. auxiliary power cable
    4. 8-pin connector of the auxiliary power cable
    5. power cable of the double-wide GPGPU card

16. Close the PCIe cage door.
    NOTE: Route the auxiliary power cables properly inside the double-wide PCIe cage to prevent them from being pinched or crimped.
17. Close the system.
18. If applicable, place the system upright on a flat, stable surface and rotate the system feet outward.
19. If removed, reinstall the hard drives, server modules, and power supplies.
20. Reconnect the enclosure to its electrical outlet and turn the enclosure on, including any attached peripherals.
21. Turn on the server modules using the operating system commands or the CMC.
22. If applicable, install the front bezel.
23. Map the double-wide GPGPU card to the server module using the CMC (if not already mapped).