PCIe3 x16 GPU Adapter (FC EC4B; CCIN 2CE9)
Learn about the specifications and operating system requirements for the feature code (FC) EC4B adapter.
Overview
The PCIe gen3 x16 GPU Adapter is a
double-wide, full-height, PCI express (PCIe) generation 3 (Gen3) graphics processing unit, compute
intensive accelerator adapter. The adapter offers 12 GB of on-board memory and is optimized for
compute-intensive applications. I uses power from the PCIe connector and auxiliary power source from
the system it is placed in. For the graphic of the adapter, see Figure 1.
Important: Graphics processing units
(GPUs) and Coherent Accelerator Processor Interface (CAPI) adapters cannot be replaced with the
power turned on.
For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
Figure 1. PCIe gen3 x16 GPU Adapter
Specifications
- Item
- Description
- Adapter FRU number
- 00RR999 (Designed to comply with RoHS requirement)
- I/O bus architecture
- PCIe3 x16
- Slot requirement
- For details about slot priorities and placement rules, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
- Cables
- Auxiliary power cable part number 00RR588 connects from the 8-pin cable connector on the PCIe gen3 x16 GPU Adapter to the power distribution board connector on the system backplane.
- Voltage
- 12 V
- Form factor
- Regular-height, full-length form factor
- Maximum number
- For details about the maximum number of adapters that are supported, see PCIe adapter placement rules and slot priorities and select the system you are working on.
Operating system or partition requirements
If you are installing a new feature, ensure that you have the software that is required to support the new feature and that you determine whether any prerequisites must be met for this feature and attaching devices. To check for the prerequisites, see IBM® Prerequisite website.
The adapter is supported on the following
versions of the operating system, depending on the system you are
using:
- Linux
- Linux Ubuntu 14.04.2, or later, with CUDA 7.5, or later
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.2, little endian, or later, with CUDA 7.5, or later
- Nvidia driver support can be downloaded directly from Nvidia Driver Downloads
- For support details, see the Linux Alert website.
Parent topic: PCIe adapters
