Intel VCA setup issue

[MUgol]

Hi,

Unfortunately, I could not find the appropriate section for VCA on these forums, and since the main aspect of VCA is Intel graphics, I am posting my question here.

I am trying to explore Intel VCA capabilities and set up it according to QuickStart guide http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/server-products/server-accessories/Visual_Compute_QSG.pdf http://www.intel.com/content/dam/support/us/en/documents/server-products/server-accessories/Visual_Compute_QSG.pdf . For this purpose I set up a Supermicro SM 2028GR-TR server with 64GB RAM and dual Xeon E5 v3, made sure BIOS memory settings are good to go, downloaded the latest (and the only available) version of QuickStart package (IntelVisualComputeAccelerator_QuickStart_1.2.81.zip) and installed CentOS 7.2.1511.

After the SW setup according to the guide, I got stuck at "vcactl boot" and "vcactl status" commands - both throw

"ERROR: Command vcactl boot FAILED due to modprobe timeout for some of nodes!"

exception after several seconds of waiting.

Try as I might, I could not bring the VCA board online, although its hosts are visible via lspci. Would you help me to debug this issue?

Thanks,

Mikhail.

[idata]

Hi Drugol,

Thanks for contacting Intel® Communities.I've moved this thread to server support team. Regards,Hellen.

[idata]

Hello,

Please keep in mind that the validated hardware for the Intel® Visual Compute Accelerator is listed here:http://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/support/server-products/server-accessories/000016707.html Compatible Hardware and Operating SystemsWe will also investigate further and get back to you shortly.