Hello guys,
I've buyed an HP 1.28TB Multi Level Cell PCIe ioDrive Duo for my Proliant DL 380 G6.
This board absorb 25W from the PCI-E bus, but require an external power to reach the best performace (it will never exceed 55W anyway).
Unfortunately, I've not found any cable into the package so I discovered that I can force the driver to absorb the required power via the PCI-E bus, using the FIO_EXTERNAL_POWER_OVERRIDE parameter.
From the server specs I see that the mainboard PCI-E x16 riser slots can provide up to 75W each. My server is equipped with the standard x16 riser card that have 2x PCI-E x4 and 1x PCI-E x8 slots. The board is connected to the x8 slot, while the other slots is empty.
The question is: can the x8 slot provide more than 25W ?
Thank you for your attention,
Pasquale