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June 23rd, 2023 05:00

Hello, 

Yes, it is doable. I am currently running 4x K80 in my server, which is essentially an 8x GPU setup. Runs great. You just need to note some parts as you set them up.

  • Power breakout board: I think it is called a "power distribution" board, but check the parts for them. That board is located at the bottom of the motherboard. Lift up the MOBO, insert the power board in the extended slot (pretty easy), and insert the MOBO back.

  • Power cable: Pin layout of this power board and the cable is basically an 8x PCIe power layout. PCIe in, PCIe out. (3 yellow power and black ground pairs, with 1 pair of ground). The problem is that, K80 uses a CPU power layout (4 yellow power and black ground pairs). You need an adapter or appropriate cable (Search for PCIe male to CPU or ATX male). We rewired the cables ourselves.
    https://i.stack.imgur.com/Spsgx.png

  • From the specification of the board, each slot of the power breakout board can carry 300W (standard design is supposed to be 150W instead of 300W, so this is special for the T630), so it has no problem supporting 1 K80 each. So, one PCIe power slot would split into 2 CPU power slots. We have been running it fine for 2 years now, no problem. Be careful to pick a good power cable though. Thing is, you will read online that standard PCIe slots can only support 150W, and when running it, the T630 will give a notification of "power overloading". If you want to be safe, you can just do 2x K80.


  • Install a stronger power supply. There are two slots for the PSU, dont care about the 2nd, they dont add to your system. You need a single strong PSU. The second is the spare PSU, which is there to ensure power redundancy.

  • Fan array : With the GPU installed, the server won't run without the fan array (4-fan array in the middle of the chassis). Problem is, these fans are completely useless in cooling down the K80s. Therefore, you can just buy some jumpers or something to bypass it. Or just install the fan array per the requirement.

  • Fan mod: K80s need a fan directly attached on one end of it, being a passive cooling solution. We just attach two server fans at the backend of the chassis, they cool the K80s down fine. Cover the slots where there are no GPU, leave only the ones with the GPU opened to increase pressure into them.

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May 11th, 2020 03:00

Hello,

 

It will be something to find out from the engineering from my side, I may need to open a case up to check if it's limited speed to 6GB. Could you private message me the server's service tag. 

 

There is a list of tested verified GPU working on the server, but K80 is listed. There is K2A, K20A, M60 and K40C, but on the speed limitation, I may need to clarify that. 

 

It does support fully 4 GPU, it is mentioned that slot priority that needed to be populated first. 

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June 22nd, 2023 22:00

Any updates?  I myself mistakenly purchase the Tesla K80 and I have a dell poweredge T630. Can I quickly know if it is something that is doable or I should definitely return it back? 
Thank you.

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June 22nd, 2023 23:00

Hi, I've checked spec sheet for T630 https://dell.to/3JsQ9PS and GPU card installation guidelines https://dell.to/3Jvgi0p but they don't mention Tesla K80 so it may not be compatible. I've also checked spare part system for T630 and there is no Tesla K80. Sometimes our community users share that they can run cards that are not showing compatible. But I couldn't see a post with this card with the T630

I found recent GPU matrix but it does not include T630 https://dell.to/3NmznDc

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June 23rd, 2023 05:00

Thank you robin979797 for your contributed

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May 12th, 2025 03:33

@robin979797​   thank you very much. I did attempt to install it but I failed at the wirering. The server would not start when the GPU is connected and the error was not about the fan. surly because of the wirering that wasn't done right. by any change do you have a amazon or a ebay link I could use to get the adaptors? 

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May 12th, 2025 04:46

Hello, Louisls, could you please DM us with your system's service tag so that we can help you better? https://www.dell.com/community/en/direct-messaging

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