Intel VCA 2 Installation instructions

Intel® Server Products and Solutions
Intel® Visual Compute Accelerator 2
(Intel® VCA 2)
Product Specification and Hardware Guide
A reference document for server OEMs providing an overview of product features,
integration requirements, and validation guidelines.
Rev 1.3
November 2017

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Document Revision History
Date
Revision
Changes
July 2017
1.0
Initial release.
October 2017
1.1
Edited for clarity. Removed sections on validation and operating systems.
November 2017
1.2
Updated supported memory to include non-ECC memory.
November 2017
1.3
Added section and appendix on validation.

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Table of Contents
1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................................................7
1.1 Document Outline.............................................................................................................................................................7
2. Product Overview........................................................................................................................................................8
2.1 Order Information.............................................................................................................................................................8
2.2 Feature Set...........................................................................................................................................................................8
2.3 Host System Required BIOS Features......................................................................................................................9
2.4 Host System Minimum Memory Requirements....................................................................................................9
2.5 Architecture Block Diagram.......................................................................................................................................10
3. Board Specifications and Support Requirements............................................................................................. 11
3.1 Mechanical Specification ............................................................................................................................................11
3.2 Card Assembly.................................................................................................................................................................12
3.3 Thermal and Airflow Specification.......................................................................................................................... 13
3.4 Power Specification.......................................................................................................................................................14
3.4.1 12 V AUX Power Connector Specification and Pinout ...................................................................................14
4. Host Server Validation Guidelines ....................................................................................................................... 16
4.1 Quick Validation Guide for OEMs............................................................................................................................16
4.1.1 PCIe* Device Discovery and Enumeration ........................................................................................................... 16
4.1.2 Node Availability............................................................................................................................................................. 18
4.1.3 Ethernet Over PCIe* Network Performance........................................................................................................ 19
4.1.4 Transcoding Benchmark for Simultaneous AVC-AVC Transcodes...........................................................20
4.1.5 Temperature Profile......................................................................................................................................................20
4.2 Validating Hardware Compatibility.........................................................................................................................21
4.3 Host Server BIOS Guidelines.....................................................................................................................................21
4.4 Host Server PCIe* Reset Guidelines .......................................................................................................................21
5. Memory Support....................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.1 Memory Population Rules ..........................................................................................................................................22
5.2 Supported Memory ....................................................................................................................................................... 22
5.3 Memory Compatibility List .........................................................................................................................................23
6. Operating System Support..................................................................................................................................... 24
6.1 Supported Hypervisors................................................................................................................................................ 24
6.2 Guest Operating System .............................................................................................................................................24
Appendix A. Full PCIe* Dump ................................................................................................................................... 25
Appendix B. Glossary ................................................................................................................................................. 45
Appendix C. Additional Collateral........................................................................................................................... 46

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List of Figures
Figure 1. Product architectural block diagram .............................................................................................................................10
Figure 2. Intel® VCA 2 dimensions...................................................................................................................................................... 11
Figure 3. Intel® VCA 2 detachable components ...........................................................................................................................12
Figure 4. Standard airflow pattern.....................................................................................................................................................13
Figure 5. Non-standard airflow pattern...........................................................................................................................................13
Figure 6. Intel® VCA 2 card power connectors.............................................................................................................................. 14
Figure 7. 2x3 pin 12 V AUX power connector pin diagram ..................................................................................................... 14
Figure 8. 2x4 pin 12 V AUX power connector pin diagram ..................................................................................................... 15
Figure 9. PCIe* device discovery......................................................................................................................................................... 16
Figure 10. Node PCIe* link health....................................................................................................................................................... 17
Figure 11. PLX PCIe* link health ......................................................................................................................................................... 18
Figure 12. CPU status after host reset.............................................................................................................................................. 18
Figure 13. CPU status after booting operating system .............................................................................................................19
Figure 14. Temperature profile while transcoding .....................................................................................................................20
Figure 15. Intel® VCA 2 card DIMM slots..........................................................................................................................................22
List of Tables
Table 1. Order information ......................................................................................................................................................................8
Table 2. Board feature set ........................................................................................................................................................................8
Table 3. Processor feature set................................................................................................................................................................8
Table 4. Requirements for standard airflow pattern..................................................................................................................13
Table 5. Requirements for non-standard airflow pattern........................................................................................................13
Table 6. 2x3 pin 12 V AUX power connector pinout..................................................................................................................14
Table 7. 2x4 pin 12 V AUX power connector pinout..................................................................................................................15
Table 8. Bidirectional bandwidth measurement results...........................................................................................................19
Table 9. Transcoding benchmark results........................................................................................................................................ 20
Table 10. Supported memory types .................................................................................................................................................22
Table 11. ECC memory compatibility list........................................................................................................................................ 23
Table 12. Non-ECC memory compatibility list ............................................................................................................................. 23

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1. Introduction
This document provides a high-level overview of the product features, functions, and support requirements
of the Intel® Visual Compute Accelerator 2 (Intel® VCA 2) (VCA1585LMV).
1.1 Document Outline
This document is divided into the following chapters:
Chapter 1 –Introduction
Chapter 2 –Product Overview
Chapter 3 –Board Specifications and Support Requirements
Chapter 4 –Host Server Validation Guidelines
Chapter 5 –Memory Support
Chapter 6 –Operating System Support

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2. Product Overview
The Intel®Visual Compute Accelerator 2 (Intel®VCA 2) equips Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor and Intel®
Xeon® processor E5-based platforms with Iris® Pro Graphics and Intel® Quick Sync Video media transcode
capabilities. Comprised of three Intel Xeon processors E3 1585L v5, this PCIe* add-in card delivers
outstanding total cost of ownership and is supported by a rich ecosystem of server OEMs, ISVs, and
solutions. Applications include:
Broadcast –Ultra-high channel density with high visual quality.
Remotely rendered graphics –High video quality, low latency graphics for enterprise productivity and
anytime anywhere gaming.
Multi-party communication –Video-enabled B2B, B2C, and C2C communication with massive scaling
2.1 Order Information
Table 1. Order information
Product Image
Details
Description
Intel® Visual Compute Accelerator 2
(Intel® VCA 2) VCA1585LMV
iPC
VCA1585LMV
MM#
954907
UPC
7 35858 33453 2
EAN
5 0320370 99127
MOQ
1
Product type
PCIe* Add-in Card
Includes:
(1) –PCIe* add-in-card with
(3) Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1500 v5
product family
(6) DIMM slots –(2) DIMMs/CPU
(1) –Quick Start Guide
2.2 Feature Set
Table 2. Board feature set
Feature
Description
Form factor
Full-length, full-height, double-width PCIe* card
CPU
(3) Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1585L v5
Max TDP
235 W
Memory
DDR4 ECC SODIMMs, 2 channels per CPU, up to 64 GB per CPU, up to 192 GB per card
PCIe* configuration
Gen3, x16, 8 lanes per CPU
BIOS
(1) 16 MB SPI flash per CPU
Operating system support
CentOS* 7.2 , Windows Server* 2016, Windows* 10, Xen or KVM support if using hypervisor
Table 3. Processor feature set
Feature
Description
Processor Type
Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1585L v5
Cache
8 MB
Instruction set
64-bit
Instruction set extensions
SSE4.1/4.2 AVX 2.0
# of cores
4
# of threads
8
Processor base frequency
3.0 GHz

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Feature
Description
Max turbo frequency
3.7 GHz
TDP
45 W
Max memory size (dependent on memory type)
64 GB
Max # of memory channels
2
ECC memory supported
Yes
Processor graphics
Iris® Pro graphics P580
Graphics base frequency
350 MHz
Graphics max dynamic frequency
1.0 GHz (capped in BIOS)
Graphics video max memory
32 GB
Execution units
72
Intel® Quick Sync Video
Yes
2.3 Host System Required BIOS Features
The host system BIOS must be configured to enable large memory-mapped input/output (MMIO), and allow
for large per-device base address register (BAR) allocations. BAR must have 64-bit address enabled.
The minimum requirements for BAR and MMIO are:
MMIO mapping above 4 GB is enabled
Minimum MMIO size is 4 GB/CPU (node)
For example, on Intel® Server Board S2600WT based systems, this can be enabled in BIOS setup by
configuring the following two options on the PCI Configuration screen.
Set Memory Mapped Above 4 GB to Enabled
Set Memory Mapped IO size to 256 GB
2.4 Host System Minimum Memory Requirements
The host system must have sufficient free RAM (after accounting for operating system, running services, and
applications) to load the bootable image for each node to be simultaneously booted. (For example, if a 2 GB
bootable image would be booted simultaneously on four cards (12 nodes), there must be at least 24 GB (2
GB x 12 nodes) of free RAM when the boot command is issued.)

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2.5 Architecture Block Diagram
Figure 1. Product architectural block diagram