Installing a GPU card

WARNING:

To reduce the risk of personal injury, electric shock, or damage to the equipment, remove the power cord to remove power from the server. The front panel Power On/Standby button does not shut off system power. Portions of the power supply and some internal circuitry remain active until AC power is removed.

CAUTION:

To prevent improper cooling and thermal damage, do not operate the server unless all PCIe slots have either an expansion slot cover or an expansion board installed.

Prerequisites

Before you perform this procedure, make sure that you have the following items available:

  • The components included with the hardware option kit

  • T-10 Torx screwdriver

Procedure
  1. Power down the server.
  2. Remove all power:
    1. Disconnect each power cord from the power source.
    2. Disconnect each power cord from the server.
  3. Do one of the following:
  4. Remove the access panel (Removing the access panel).
    CAUTION: Do not operate the server for long periods with the access panel open or removed. Operating the server in this manner results in improper airflow and improper cooling that can lead to thermal damage.

  5. Remove the riser cage (Removing the PCIe riser cages).
  6. Remove the blank from the riser cage.

    The primary PCIe riser cage is shown.

  7. Install the GPU card into the riser.

    Installing a GPU into the GPU-enabled riser cage
  8. Install the riser cage.
  9. Install the access panel (Installing the access panel).
  10. Install the server into the rack (Installing the server into the rack).
  11. Connect each power cord to the server.
  12. Connect each power cord to the power source.
  13. Power up the server.