Can you add a low profile mellanox Nic?
is the free basic idrac support remote power on/off?
I've had no problem with Connect-x 3 LP 10G adapters on these (and my experience is others should work), however Dell does have a 3rd party PCIE add in card cooling algorithm that ramps up the fans. You can adjust this as follows by SSH into the IDRAC (you may need to adjust IDRAC setting to allow SSH):
To confirm that the iDRAC detects the add-in card as a third-party card, leverage the
system.PCIeSlotLFM.x.3rdPartyCard attribute. You will need to modify "X" below with
the numerical value of your PCIe slot.
Code:
racadm>>racadm get system.PCIeSlotLFM.X.3rdPartyCard
[Key=system.Embedded.1#PCIeSlotLFM.X]
3rdPartyCard=Yes
racadm>>
If the value for this slot = yes, then you can disable the Dell EMC cooling
algorithm for that slot. You will need to modify the
sytem.PCIeSlotLFM.X.LFMMode value (X = slot numerical value - for example 3 here).
Code:
racadm>>racadm set system.PCIeSlotLFM.3.LFMMode 1
[Key=system.Embedded.1#PCIeSlotLFM.3]
Object value modified successfully
And it should now show disabled
Code:
racadm>>racadm get system.PCIeSlotLFM.3.LFMMode
[Key=system.Embedded.1#PCIeSlotLFM.3]
LFMMode=Disabled
racadm>>
As for the IDRAC, yes the basic does support remote on/off. Dell calls this power control. See here:
I would add - IDRAC licenses (Enterprise) are around $15 on E-bay. Worth it for the HTML5 remote console alone.
