Dell PowerEdge R720 and R720xd Owner's Manual

GPU Card Installation Guidelines

NOTE: Internal GPU cards are supported on the PowerEdge R720 and not on the PowerEdge R720xd.

NOTE: Due to the high power consumption of GPUs, the ambient system inlet temperature is restricted to 30 °C to ensure adequate system cooling when one or more GPU cards are installed in PowerEdge R720. Note that this is less than the standard environmental specification of 35 °C.

The PowerEdge R720 must be installed with two processors.
The processor must be of 115 W or less.
The processor must use a GPU kit low-profile heat sink.
Ensure the GPU enablement kit is available.
GPU enablement kit includes:
- Low-profile heat sinks
- System board support brackets
- Power cables for the GPU cards
- Filler brackets with closeout EMI shield for unoccupied PCI-e slots
All GPU cards must be of the same type and model.
Ensure that your system uses the redundant 1100 W power supplies.
You can install up to two double-wide GPU cards.
- NOTE: Two double-wide GPU cards configuration requires optional riser 3.
You can install up to four single-wide GPU cards.