Hp Proliant Dl380 Gen 8

[Elvina Cannizzaro]

Iwant to install a high end gaming graphics card on the server we have in our office. From what I read, the server fully supports professional grade graphics cards like Nvidia Quadro, Nvidia Tesla, Nvidia GRID, etc. Those cards are over priced and will not give me the performance I need or will give me the same performance as a high end GTX for 3-4 times the price. It didn't say anything about supporting gaming graphics cards but I saw a video on YouTube of some guy who installed GTX 960 on the exact same server and everything was working properly.

Right now I own an Nvidia GTX 980 Ti (on my desktop), so I don't mind trying it on the server before buying a 1080 Ti for it. The 980 Ti requires 2x8 pin for power, I tried placing it inside the server but it's too big, so I guess I need the secondary "riser kit" to be able to fit it inside, I know that I need the second CPU to be installed in order to add the second riser kit, we already have 2 CPUs. I think I will also need the cable from the 10 pin on the riser to 8x2 (16pin) on the card.

Hi Lezz. Would love to ask some advice around this. I also have an HP proliant DL580 gen9 which is large enough for 5 full size cards but I am uncertain about the PciE power cables and if it will work with 1080ti gtx FE gpu? How can I contact you via PM ? My email is [edited]. Thanks

I can only suggest you to check default configurations, suggested by HP - whether or not they have options with like 5 GPUs 250-300W each. If they do have such options, you should be able to create cables yourself (Soldering is the most simple part here).

But you might also run into limitations, related to GPU physical dimensions, power connector location and etc. Without trial&error it would be really difficult to tell whether or not they would actually fit.

Hi guys,

its there any sort of manual with pinout readout of the 10pin to 8 pin+ 6 pin cable ?

I have ordered gen8 cable but looking on your images of gen8 its NOT the same...

I have here even gen7 cable...

that mean my gen8 are not with same as you showcased in the link.

And cant find any details on the pinout of the HP DL 580 - daughter board component

I was originally running a very old firmware version on the Smart Array P440ar Controller (unaware of the problem with the old firmware where this version would permanently disable the cache if the smart storage battery failed to hold a charge).

The behaviour I am seeing now is, when the server is cold booted, the cache enables. Then approximately 2 hours later the cache is degraged (ilo 4 version 2.82 reports the cache is degraded). I cold boot the server and the same behaviour - cache is okay for about 2 hours (checked from ilo) and then ilo reports the cache is degraded.

One of the many HPE public forms suggested trying a newer version of the Smart Storage battery (spare part 878643-001). There is a lot of chatter on these forums about this behaviour with Smart Array P440ar Controller firmware 7.0. What is the the fix?

Thank you for posting! Since you have posted in an old topic and there is no response yet, I would recommend you create a new topic using the create "New Discussion" button, so the experts can check and guide you further.

if i understand you that if i am facing a problem of drive array controller failure and i find out its cache module failure, i can replace the battery and my hp proliant server dl380p gen 8 will work simlessly?

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