topic Re: Graphics Cards in Proliants in ProLiant Servers (ML,DL,SL)

Graphics Cards in Proliants

DjOracles — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 12:43:08 GMT

A lot of noise on this topic but I'm really struggling to get some results. I want to put in Nvidia Cuda core-enabled DirectX 11 cards into 1U servers. HP have informed me through a support engineer that they don't support or recommend any cards. Does anyone have any Nvidia cards working in their 1U Proliant G5, G6, or G7 servers?

Re: Graphics Cards in Proliants

Michael A. McKenney — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 13:52:04 GMT

I would say no. 1U and HP servers are not designed for highend graphics cards. You can cool the video card properly. The power supplies would not support it. I have seen low end PCI video cards work. You need 26A @ 12V for most Nvidia cards. HP power supplies on 1U are usually 400W total.

Why not build a dedicated workstation for your project? It can run server hardware like Xeons, Supermicro server board or IBM Workstation. You can get rack mount chassis with 1000W power supplies.

Re: Graphics Cards in Proliants

Johan Guldmyr — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 15:42:24 GMT

Maybe they want to use the graphics card GPU for computing purposes or something that the GPU is better at than the CPU.

DjOracles: Have you looked into the xw-blades that fit in the c7000? Or are the 1U a requirement? Last time I checked they supported nvidia cards, unsure what types though.

Re: Graphics Cards in Proliants

David Claypool — Wed, 06 Apr 2011 16:34:39 GMT

ProLiant SL scalable systems provide a high-density solution for 1 or more GPU processors:

http://www.hp.com/go/proliant --> ProLiant SL --> HP ProLiant SL6500 Scalable System ...and check out the SL390s G7