R2000GZ and R2000GL

Intel
®
Server System R2000GZ/GL Product Family TPS
5. Intel
®
Xeon Phi
™
Coprocessor and GPGPU Add-in Card
Support
Some (not all) system configurations of the Intel
®
Server System R2000GZ/GL product family have thermal
and mechanical support for Intel
®
Xeon Phi
™
Coprocessor cards and non-Intel GPGPU add-in cards. Which
card and system configurations can be supported is dependent on power and thermal limits of the system, and
power and thermal requirements of the add-in card. This chapter will provide an overview of the system
configuration criteria needed to support these high power cards.
The following sections will define support criteria based on the cooling solutions utilized on the add-in card;
Passive Cooling (heat sink only) vs. Active Cooling (heat sink with fan attached).
Advisory Note: Shipping a fully configured system that includes the Intel
®
Xeon Phi™ card or other high end
PCI graphics card is NOT supported using the original Intel packaging that the system came in. If the original
Intel packaging is re-used, Intel recommends installing the Intel
®
Xeon Phi™ card or other high end PCI
graphics card into the system after it reaches its final destination. Shipping a fully integrated system that
includes the Intel
®
Xeon Phi™ card or other high end PCI graphics card using Intel’s original system packaging
may result in system or component damage.
5.1 Using High Power Add-in Cards with Active Cooling Solutions
• Due to air flow and thermal limitations, high power add-in cards with active cooling solutions will only
be supported in the following base system SKUs: R2308GZ/GL#####, R2208GZ/GL#####, and
R2216GZ/GL#####. See Appendix D at the end of this document for additional configuration
information.
NOTE: Only high power add-in cards with active cooling (heat sink with mounted fan) will be supported in
system configurations installed with the standard (default) air duct. Due to thermal and air flow limitations, High
power add-in cards (≥ 75W) with passive heat sinks cannot be supported in systems configured with the
standard (default) air duct. See section 5.2 for support requirements needed to use high power add-in cards
with passive cooling solutions.
• High power add-in cards with active cooling solutions can only be supported when installed in a 2-slot
riser card (Intel Accessory Kit Part Number - A2UL16RISER).
Slot #
Description
PCIe Lane Routing
Riser Slot #1
PCIe Lane Routing
Riser Slot #2
Slot-1 (Top)
PCIe x16 lanes, x16 slot
CPU1
CPU2
Slot-2 (Bottom)
PCIe x8 lanes, x8 slot
CPU2
CPU2
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