18 PowerEdge T420 Technical Guide
Table 7. Supported processors
For information on processor installation and configuration, see the
Dell PowerEdge T420 Systems
Owner’s Manual
on Dell.com/Support/Manuals.
GPU support
The T420 supports GPU technology, providing accelerated performance for a variety of applications
such as VDI and medical imaging.
GPU cards
The T420 supports two nVidia
®
Q4000 full-length, single-width or one nVidia Q6000 full-length,
double-width GPU. GPU cards are available through certified factory installation (CFI) or field
upgrade only.
Each GPU supports up to 6GB of dedicated GDDR5 memory and is actively cooled. Each GPU has
one or two power connectors to meet the high demand for power delivery. The power connectors
are located on the back of the card.
GPU configuration options
The GPUs from nVidia have PCIe 2.0 that can be installed in the T420 PCIe x16 3.0 slots 3 and 5 (slot
5 requires a two-processor configuration). The interface for the next-generation GPU cards will be
PCIe 3.0.
The following system configuration restrictions apply when a GPU is installed:
Comments to this Manuals