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RemoteFX card for a HP DL 380 G7
Howdy,
We have a RDS server running on top of Server 2008 R2 SP1. We are interested in using RemoteFX for graphics acceleration on the RDS. We run this off of a HP DL380 G7.
We have not been able to find anything definitive about what cards, if any, will work in our model server. We found confirmed support for a G6, but not our specific model.
Has anyone else looked into this possibly? If you were able to get it to work on a DL380 G7 which card did you end up using?
Thanks!
We have a RDS server running on top of Server 2008 R2 SP1. We are interested in using RemoteFX for graphics acceleration on the RDS. We run this off of a HP DL380 G7.
We have not been able to find anything definitive about what cards, if any, will work in our model server. We found confirmed support for a G6, but not our specific model.
Has anyone else looked into this possibly? If you were able to get it to work on a DL380 G7 which card did you end up using?
Thanks!
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Awesome!
Looking at the specs of it, it looks like we would need to go for the next step up of a V5900 w/2GB ram. From what I can tell its still single width and power is the same.
Out of curiosity would you know if this card supports DirectX 11.1 and wddm 1.2 drivers? We dont need it now, but it looks like those are RemoteFX requirements when running Server 2012.
Looking at the specs of it, it looks like we would need to go for the next step up of a V5900 w/2GB ram. From what I can tell its still single width and power is the same.
Out of curiosity would you know if this card supports DirectX 11.1 and wddm 1.2 drivers? We dont need it now, but it looks like those are RemoteFX requirements when running Server 2012.
cannot comment on the v5900 not tested or used it.
Haven't checked your power requirement but if you use the PCIe x16 riser it has auxilliary power connector, supports 150W.
That's just wierd, you accept two conflicting statements by the same bloke? One says you're limited to 75W and the other that you can have 150W.
ASKER
The port provides 75W. I am assuming the other 75W comes from an additional power cable that I have to purchase separately (537721- B21 I believe). Is that correct?
Correct! 75Watts through the bus, and 75 watts from the PSU!
depends on your requirements.
depends on your requirements.
Not right (except in the trivial sense that all power comes from the PSU) but I can't be bothered to take a photo for nul points.
Got your card working in the default riser that has 1 off x8 slot (physically x16 length) and 2 off x4 slots (physically x8 length) yet?
ASKER
Not yet. We have the standard riser card with our raid card already installed and the video card would not fit into the available spots on the riser.
I am thinking I have to get a second riser card (maybe this one 500579-B21?) and then the cable (537721- B21) but I am still not 100% sure on that. Do you know? The raid card is the only card we currently have and the video card we install is rated for 75W and we do not plan to install anything else physically.
I am thinking I have to get a second riser card (maybe this one 500579-B21?) and then the cable (537721- B21) but I am still not 100% sure on that. Do you know? The raid card is the only card we currently have and the video card we install is rated for 75W and we do not plan to install anything else physically.
That is not a x16 riser, however if you only want 75W you could move the cards about and run it in the x8 (physically x16) slot. The cable is for a different machine.
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Andyalder: I only have the single riser currently that has our raid card installed. The available slots on that riser arent the right physical size for the video card.
Are you saying that I could not get a second riser card, but move the raid card to a different position on the existing riser card (assuming it will fit too) and then install the video card in its place?
So no cable needed?
Are you saying that I could not get a second riser card, but move the raid card to a different position on the existing riser card (assuming it will fit too) and then install the video card in its place?
So no cable needed?
The default riser is 1 * x8 and 2 * x4 with double-sized sockets. Reason for double sized sockets is that something like a QLogic PCIe x8 fibre channel cards only use 4 lanes when in PCIe 2.x bus. I don't know what RAID card you have but if it's onlt x4 you could move it to an x4 socket and spare up the x8 one. Your graphics card will negotiate down to run on 8 lanes.
Still better to buy x16 riser 494323-B21 though, 95% sure cable is included with it. (not the one you list which is for a different server)
Dunno why I'm bothering to tell you this being as you gave someone else the points.
Still better to buy x16 riser 494323-B21 though, 95% sure cable is included with it. (not the one you list which is for a different server)
Dunno why I'm bothering to tell you this being as you gave someone else the points.
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andyalder: I appreciate the details and the time you took.
The riser and the card worked perfectly. The only problem now is that supposedly our processors (X5660) don't support SLATE (extended page tables)! I read alot of material that the 5500+ series all supported it so this sucks. Also from what I can tell the DL380 G7 only supports the 5600 series of processors (at least according to the QuickSpecs), so I am thinking a proc upgrade is out of the question. :(
The riser and the card worked perfectly. The only problem now is that supposedly our processors (X5660) don't support SLATE (extended page tables)! I read alot of material that the 5500+ series all supported it so this sucks. Also from what I can tell the DL380 G7 only supports the 5600 series of processors (at least according to the QuickSpecs), so I am thinking a proc upgrade is out of the question. :(
SLAT (Intel EPT) turned off in BIOS by default I think, under advanced - CPU options. Can look tomorrow but busy racking servers today.
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All the needed options were turned on within the bios.
I determined that even though Intel says the X5660 does not support it (http://ark.intel.com/products/47921/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5660-12M-Cache-2_80-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI) it is working. My hangup was that I was implementing this within a RDSH instead of VDI. From what I can tell within RDSH it does not load the vgpu but instead the Standard VGA Adapter which still uses RemoteFX so I never thought it was working.
I confirmed through testing and the event logs that RemoteFX is working as needed! :)
Thanks!
I determined that even though Intel says the X5660 does not support it (http://ark.intel.com/products/47921/Intel-Xeon-Processor-X5660-12M-Cache-2_80-GHz-6_40-GTs-Intel-QPI) it is working. My hangup was that I was implementing this within a RDSH instead of VDI. From what I can tell within RDSH it does not load the vgpu but instead the Standard VGA Adapter which still uses RemoteFX so I never thought it was working.
I confirmed through testing and the event logs that RemoteFX is working as needed! :)
Thanks!
ASKER
Have you used that card on a DL380 G7 before?