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Dell Precision Tower 5810/7810/7910/1700MT/1700SFF/3620MT and Rack 7910 Thunderbolt Add-In-Cards Setup Guide

Setting up the Thunderbolt Add-In-Card

This section describes in brief on how to install the thunderbolt add-in-cards on a Dell Precision Tower 5810, 7810, 7910, Rack 7910, T1700 MT, T1700 SFF and 3620 MT.

Pre-requisite actions before setting up a Thunderbolt card:

  1. To utilize a Thunderbolt Add-In-Card (AIC) make sure you have a compatible Thunderbolt system board. Figure displaying connecting display port to DisplayPort cable.
  2. Install Thunderbolt software before installing the Add-In-Card (AIC).
NOTE: Thunderbolt card supports windows operating system only. Linux operating system is not supported.

To setup a Thunderbolt Add-In-Card

  1. Connect the GPIO cable to the GPIO header on the system board.
    NOTE: There is a 5-Pin keyed GPIO cable, one end goes to the card, and the other end goes to the GPIO header on the system board.
    • For Precision Tower 7910: the Thunderbolt AIC is placed in CPU1 slot 3
    • For Precision Tower 5810/T7810: the Thunderbolt AIC is placed in CPU1 slot 5
    • For Precision Rack 7910: the Thunderbolt AIC NOT supported
    • For Precision T1700 MT: the Thunderbolt AIC is placed in slot 4
    • For Precision T1700 SFF: the Thunderbolt AIC is placed in slot 1
    • For Precision T3620 MT: the Thunderbolt add in card (AIC) is placed in slot 3
    Figure displaying GPIO cable to the GPIO header
  2. Connect the display port to DisplayPort cable. Figure displaying connecting display port to DisplayPort cable.

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