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PowerEdge XE8640 Rack Server

Purpose-built performance

Drive AI, HPC and analytics workloads with superior performance.

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Processor

Two 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor with up to 56 cores per processor

Cooling options
Air cooling for Processors
Liquid Assisted Air Cooling for GPU. Note: No facility water to rack required.

Operating System

Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux

Chipset

Intel® C741 chipset

Accelerators

4 NVIDIA® HGX H100 80GB 700W SXM5 GPUs, fully interconnected with NVIDIA® NVLink technology

Memory

DIMM Speed
Up to 4800 MT/s

Memory Type
RDIMM

Memory Module Slots
32 DDR5 DIMM slots

Maximum RAM
RDIMM 4 TB max

Storage

Front Bays
Up to 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives max 122.88 TB

Storage Controllers

Internal Boot
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (NVMe BOSS-N1): HWRAID 1, 2 x M.2 SSDs or USB

Software RAID
S160

Security

Cryptographically signed firmware
Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt)
Secure Boot
Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check)
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ

Management

Embedded / At-the-Server
iDRAC9
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish®
iDRAC Service Module

Consoles
CloudIQ for PowerEdge plug in
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware® vCenter® 
OpenManage Integration for Microsoft® System Center
OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center
OpenManage Power Manager plugin
OpenManage Service plugin
OpenManage Update Manager plugin

Tools
Dell System Update
Dell Repository Manager
Enterprise Catalogs
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
IPMI
RACADM CLI

OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
Microsoft System Center
OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow
RedHat Ansible Modules
Terraform Providers
VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manager

Power Supplies

2800W Titanium 200-240 VAC or 240 HVDC redundant, hot swap

Fans
Up to 6 Standard (STD) fans installed in mid tray
Up to 5 High performance (HPR) gold grade fans installed on the front of the system
All are hot swap fans

Ports

Network Options
1 x OCP 3.0 (optional)
2 x 1GbE LOM (optional)

Front Ports
1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
1 x USB 2.0
1 x VGA

Rear Ports
1 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA
1 x RJ45 iDRAC9 ethernet port

Slots

PCIe
2 CPU configuration: Up to 4 PCIe slots (4 x16 Gen5)

Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel

Form Factor

4U rack server

Dimensions & Weight

Height
174.3 mm (6.86 inches)

Width
481.91 mm (18.97 inches)

Depth
901.4 mm (35.48 inches) with bezel
865.54 mm (34.07 inches) inch without bezel

Weight
61.4 kg (135.36 pounds)

Recommended Support

Choose Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more information. Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region

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Drivers, Manuals & Support

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