I have purchased a Dell Poweredge R930 Server with the following hardware configuration:
Four Intel® Xeon® E7-4820 v3 1.9GHz,25M Cache,6.4GT/s QPI,No Turbo,HT,10C/20T (115W)
2+2 Power Supply, Redundant Configuration, 1100W
3.2T FusionIO SX300 PCIe Solid State Storage Card
Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card
Additional Intel Ethernet I350 QP 1Gb Server Adapter 2x QLogic 2562, Dual Port 8Gb Optical Fibre Channel HBA No Graphics card
The latest generation of FusionIO cards need to draw more than 25W from the PCIe slot (Up to 75W) to reach their full performance. By default the card is set to draw only 25 Watts as a safety measure which limits the performance of the card. The safety feature can be disabled but comes with a warning that it needs to be connected to a PCIe slot that can provide 75w of power and if the PCIe slot can not provide 75w it could potentially damage the card.
My question Is can a Dell R930 with the above configuration supply 75w on its PCIe slots and if only certain slots, which ones?
My question Is can a Dell R930 with the above configuration supply 75w on its PCIe slots and if only certain slots, which ones?
All of the PCIe slots in the R930 are 25w maximum slots. None of them will support a card that needs more than 25w. If the FusionIO card is supported in the R930 then it will require a cable directly connected to the card to supply the additional power required.
Thank you for getting back to me. The FusionIO SX300 is an option on the Dell website when configuring R930 servers and was purchased with the server. The latest generation of FusionIO cards including the SX300, no longer have the auxiliary power connector that previous generations had. If the Dell R930 can not supply more than 25w on any of its PCIe slots, the FusionIO SX300 should be removed as an option on the R930 configuration page as it is a very expensive card that is not 100% compatible, can only function in a degraded state and can be damaged if taken out of the 25w low power safety mode.
Thank you again for your time and for getting back to me.
Stephen Cameron
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January 30th, 2016 02:00
Hi,
I have purchased a Dell Poweredge R930 Server with the following hardware configuration:
Four Intel® Xeon® E7-4820 v3 1.9GHz,25M Cache,6.4GT/s QPI,No Turbo,HT,10C/20T (115W)
2+2 Power Supply, Redundant Configuration, 1100W
3.2T FusionIO SX300 PCIe Solid State Storage Card
Broadcom 5720 QP 1Gb Network Daughter Card
Additional Intel Ethernet I350 QP 1Gb Server Adapter
2x QLogic 2562, Dual Port 8Gb Optical Fibre Channel HBA
No Graphics card
The latest generation of FusionIO cards need to draw more than 25W from the PCIe slot (Up to 75W) to reach their full performance. By default the card is set to draw only 25 Watts as a safety measure which limits the performance of the card. The safety feature can be disabled but comes with a warning that it needs to be connected to a PCIe slot that can provide 75w of power and if the PCIe slot can not provide 75w it could potentially damage the card.
My question Is can a Dell R930 with the above configuration supply 75w on its PCIe slots and if only certain slots, which ones?
Regards
Stephen
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January 30th, 2016 11:00
Hello
All of the PCIe slots in the R930 are 25w maximum slots. None of them will support a card that needs more than 25w. If the FusionIO card is supported in the R930 then it will require a cable directly connected to the card to supply the additional power required.
Thanks
Stephen Cameron
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January 30th, 2016 13:00
Daniel,
Thank you for getting back to me. The FusionIO SX300 is an option on the Dell website when configuring R930 servers and was purchased with the server. The latest generation of FusionIO cards including the SX300, no longer have the auxiliary power connector that previous generations had. If the Dell R930 can not supply more than 25w on any of its PCIe slots, the FusionIO SX300 should be removed as an option on the R930 configuration page as it is a very expensive card that is not 100% compatible, can only function in a degraded state and can be damaged if taken out of the 25w low power safety mode.
Thank you again for your time and for getting back to me.
Regards
Stephen