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- The installation and configuration of the NVIDIA T4 GPU cards was relatively straightforward and uncomplicated. It should be noted that these cards are rated at 70 watts, but they do get relatively hot and it is important to have proper cooling configured for the cards.
- The system is GPU Ready and uses six high-performance fans and a cooling shroud which is standard for GPU installation on the R740xd.
- The cards we tested were passively cooled and were rated to perform at temperatures up to 50° C though thermal throttling engages at about 70° C.
- The NVIDIA GRID vGPU drivers are installed on the ESXi host using esxcli commands, and the VM Windows drivers are easily installed through the Windows UI.
- An NVIDIA license server was also installed on a separate server to enable the proper administration of the licensed software.