Owners Manual

Installing expansion-card risers
Prerequisites
1. Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
CAUTION: Many repairs may only be done by a certified service technician. You should only
perform troubleshooting and simple repairs as authorized in your product documentation, or as
directed by the online or telephone service and support team. Damage due to servicing that is
not authorized by Dell is not covered by your warranty. Read and follow the safety instructions
that are shipped with your product.
Steps
1. Align the expansion-card riser with the connectors and the riser guides on the system board.
2. Lower the expansion-card riser into place until the expansion-card riser is fully seated in the
connector.
Next steps
1. Install the expansion cards into the expansion-card risers 2 or 3.
2. Follow the procedure listed in After working inside your system.
3. Install any device drivers required for the card as described in the documentation for the card.
GPU card
GPU card installation guidelines
• The PowerEdge XC730-16 must be installed with two processors.
• The processor must be of 120 W or less.
• The processor must use a GPU kit low-profile heat sink.
• Due to the high power consumption of GPUs, the ambient system inlet temperature is restricted to
35°C to ensure adequate system cooling when one or more GPU cards are installed.
• Ensure the GPU enablement kit is available. GPU enablement kit includes:
– Low-profile heat sinks
– Power cables for the GPU cards
– Filler brackets with closeout EMI shield for unoccupied PCIe 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.
Removing a GPU card
Prerequisites
1. Ensure that you read the Safety instructions.
2. Follow the procedure listed in Before working inside your system.
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