Intel VCA Quick Start Manual

QUICK START GUIDE

VCA

Intel — VISUAL COMPUTE ACCELERATOR

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Overview

The Intel® Visual Compute Accelerator
(Inte® VCA) PCIe* add-in card is designed to
accelerate media and graphics workloads. The
card is a full-length, full-height, double-width
x16 card, which generally fits into 2U rack­mount servers and some custom 1U rack­mount servers. Contact the OEM to ensure the
card is supported for the given server system.

The card contains three discrete single-socket
Intel® Xeon® processors E3 family, each of
which supports up to 32 GB of DDR3 memory ­96 GB total memory per card.

All information provided here is subject to change without notice.
Contact your Intel representative to obtain the latest Intel product
specifications and roadmaps.

No license (express or implied, by estoppel or otherwise) to any
intellectual property rights is granted by this document.

Copies of documents that have an order number and are referenced in
this document may be obtained by calling 1-800-548-4725 or by
visiting Intel’s website at http://www.intel.com/design/literature.htm.

Intel, Intel logo, and Xeon are trademarks or registered trademarks of
Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the United States and other
countries.
*Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Copyright © Intel Corporation. All Rights Reserved.

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Regulatory information

This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC
Rules. Operation is subject to the following
conditions:

• This device may not cause harmful
interference.

• This device must accept any interference
received including interference that may
cause undesired operation.

Safety information

EN Important safety instructions

Read all caution and safety statements in this
document before performing any of the
instructions. See Intel® Server Boards and
Server Chassis Safety Information at:

http://www.intel.com/support/motherboards/
server/sb/cs-010770.htm.

DE Wichtige Sicherheitshinweise

Lesen Sie zunächst sämtliche Warn- und
Sicherheitshinweise in diesem Dokument,
bevor Sie eine der Anweisungen ausführen.
Beachten Sie hierzu auch die
Sicherheitshinweise zu Intel®-Serverplatinen
und -Servergehäusen unter:

http://www.intel.com/support/de/
motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770.htm.

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ES Instrucciones de seguridad importantes

Lea todas las declaraciones de seguridad y
precaución de este documento antes de
realizar cualquiera de las instrucciones. Vea
Intel® Server Boards and Server Chassis Safety
Information en: http://www.intel.com/support/

sp/motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770.htm.

FR Consignes de sécurité

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sécurité et les mises en garde indiquées dans
ce document avant de suivre toute instruction.
Consultez Intel® Server Boards and Server
Chassis Safety Information rendez-vous sur le
site: http://www.intel.com/support/fr/

motherboards/server/sb/cs-010770.htm.

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Certification marks

Warning

Electrostatic discharge (ESD) protection: ESD

can damage disk drives, boards, and other
parts. We recommend that you perform all of
these procedures at an ESD workstation. If an
ESD workstation is not available, provide some
ESD protection by wearing an antistatic wrist
strap attached to any unpainted metal surface
on your server’s chassis ground whenever
handling parts.

Kit contents

• Inte® VCA card

• Cosmetic cover

• This Quick Start Guide

Note: No cables are included in the kit. You

will need to order cabling separately.

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