GPU servers

[scienceomatica]

I know that servers offer a wide range of connectivity options when it comes to video outputs. If you choose an adequate motherboard and, with that, a graphics card, you can connect the servers to one or more monitors via HDMI or DisplayPort. I'm interested in whether this is also possible when it comes to GPU servers, that is, if you choose certain graphics cards that you invest in the configuration, which have these connectors, can you use HDMI and DisplayPort without any problems, as in the case of a workstation, for example?

[Needfuldoer]

If you get a chassis where the GPU is accessible from the outside, and GPUs with display outputs (unlike Nvidia Tesla cards), then I can't think of a reason it would be any different from any regular desktop machine.

[Blue4130]

18 minutes ago, scienceomatica said:

I know that servers offer a wide range of connectivity options when it comes to video outputs. If you choose an adequate motherboard and, with that, a graphics card, you can connect the servers to one or more monitors via HDMI or DisplayPort. I'm interested in whether this is also possible when it comes to GPU servers, that is, if you choose certain graphics cards that you invest in the configuration, which have these connectors, can you use HDMI and DisplayPort without any problems, as in the case of a workstation, for example?

Sure, why not? Display output is determined by the gpu, so as long as the gpu has the ports that you need, there is nothing stopping you from using them.

[Eigenvektor]

A server is essentially just a computer sitting in a closet somewhere. The thing that makes a computer a server is primarily how it is used, not what kind of hardware it contains (Supercomputers could possibly be seen as somewhat of an exception).

 

If you connect a regular GPU (or multiple) to the motherboard and any GPU has video out, there should be nothing stopping you from using it for video output. Likewise, if you get a CPU with an iGPU, you should be able to use it as normal. Though a more typical use case for a server might be to contain multiple GPUs (that have no video ports) for compute purposes and accessed remotely over something like SSH, running some number crunching workload all day