Viz Engine Administrator Guide
Version 3.13 | Published March 28, 2019 ©
Supermicro SuperServer 7048 GR-TR
The dual-processor SuperServer 7048 GR-TR have excellent expansion capabilities and can be configured with up to four graphic cards. The chassis can be configured with tower top cover and feet as a desktop server, or as a 4U rack mountable chassis.
This section covers the following details:
GPU Installation
The NVIDIA graphic cards must be installed with the first one at the bottom, furthest away from the CPU:
|
Slot |
Card |
|
CPU1 Slot2 PCI-E 3.0 x16 |
Graphic Card 1 |
|
CPU1 Slot4 PCI-E 3.0 x16 |
Graphic Card 2 |
|
CPU2 Slot6 PCI-E 3.0 x16 |
Graphic Card 3 |
|
CPU2 Slot8 PCI-E 3.0 x16 |
Graphic Card 4 |
|
CPU1 Slot10 PCI-E 3.0 x8 (in x16) |
Matrox card |
Also, make sure that the onboard GPU is disabled by setting the JPG1 jumper to pins 2 and 3:
BIOS Settings
|
Setting |
Value |
|
Advanced > CPU Configuration Hyper-Threading (All) |
Disabled |
|
Advanced > Chipset Configuration > North Bridge > QPI Configuration > QPI General Configuration > Early Snoop |
Disabled |
|
Advanced > CPU Configuration > Advanced Power Management Configuration: |
|
|
Power Technology |
Disabled |
|
Energy Performance Tuning |
Disabled |
|
Energy BIAS Setting |
Performance |
|
Energy Efficient Turbo |
Disabled |