In my last entry I talked about the wild and wacky world of GPGPUs and provided an overview of the PowerEdge C410x expansion chassis that we announced today. For those of you who want to go deeper and see how to set up and install this 3U wonder you’ll want to take a look at the three videos below.
- Card installation: How to install/replace a NVIDIA Tesla M1060 GPU card in the PowerEdge C410x taco.
- Setting up the system: How to set up the PowerEdge C410x PCIe expansion chassis in a rack, power it up and pull out cards. Also addresses port numbering.
- BMC card mapping: How to map the PCIe cards in the PowerEdge C410x via the BMC web interface. Also covered are how to monitor power usage, fans and more.
Happy viewing! (BTW, the C410x’s code name was “titanium” so when you hear Chris refer to it as that don’t be thrown)
Extra-credit reading:
- Blog: Say hello to my little friend — packing up to 16 GPGPUs
- Blog: PowerEdge C410x — Whiteboard topology
- Blog from our GM about today’s announcement: Paving the way for powerful thinkers
Pau for now…
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have trouble finding out how deep the c410x is. Something like this could be extremely useful for me if it would come in a 40cm deep version. I think I understood that there is room for modules in the back, so I suppose that this c410x is too deep for me. Do you have sizes?
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Hi Denis,
I’m on the product marketing team for the PowerEdge C team, and appreciate you checking out our new C410x. The C410x is only availabe in a 3U form factor, with the dimensions being 75cm x 44cm x 13.05cm (L x W x H).
What about the C410x would be extremely useful for you? And, just curious, why are you limited to a depth of 40cm?
-Deania
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I would prefer to explain our application and needs on email, could you send me a mail at driedijkgmailcom ?
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that did not come over good, username is d.riedijk at gmail
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Hi Denis,
I just chatted with Deania and she’ll ping you directly at your gmail above.
thanks,
Barton
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thanks!
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Hi,
I am interested in this box but cards that i wan to install have 2x 6pin connectors and those are on the top. I wonder if that will work at all?
Cheers
Tomek
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Tomek,
Let me check with the product manager and he or I will reply.
thanks!
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Tomek,
It all depends on the card’s dimensions and the placement of the connectors, but in general the top of the sled doesn’t leave space for a power connector off of a full height card.
Steve
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thank you for the answer
i think ill buy one box to play with 🙂
just dell have small problem with coming back to me with the price 🙂
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How much does the c410x cost? Any ideas?
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Will the C410X take radeon 6990 cards
If there are PSU issues, how would I resolve them
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Hello procashrdon,
Thanks for your post. At this time the C410x does not support Radeon cards.
If you are having PSU issues, please reach out to our technical support team. These should be covered under your standard warranty and they can help you root cause the issue. There are a couple of different ways to reach them, so I am attaching a URL that spells out the various options.
http://support.dell.com/support/topics/global.aspx/support/dellcare/contact_technical_support?c=us&cs=555&l=en&s=biz&~ck=anavml
Regards,
Drew Schulke
PowerEdge-C
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apart from tesla M2050, what other cards can it support, what is the highest grade gpu it could support?
Gordon
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The C410x supports the full spectrum of Tesla GPGPU’s — M2050, M2070, M2070Q, M2075, and (soon) the M2090.
Regards,
Drew Schulke
Dell PowerEdge-C Team
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Any date when the c410x will support M2090?
Is’t possible to use a GTX 580 card in the c410x?
John
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Very timely question! We’ll actually be launching M2090 this week. The M2090 product will go live in our ordering systems over the next few days depending on your location.
As Drew mentions above, we currently offer the NVIDIA Tesla M-series GPUs. We do not support the GTX line of GPUs.
Regards,
Steve Croce
Dell PowerEdge-C Team
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Still no info about the price, looks like if I want to bay two of those I am not a customer 😦
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Hello Tomek,
I will gladly have someone from Dell provide you with pricing information. I will contact you via email with some questions so I can connect you with the right individual.
Regards,
Drew Schulke
Dell PowerEdge-C Team
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What I was told is that the C410x is about the price of 1 tesla M card
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is support for ATI/Radeon GPus availible yet?
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