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Features and Design
Scale incrementally with powerful blocks of computing resources
The FX compute sleds, powered by the latest Intel® Xeon® processors, deliver an exceptional amount of computing power in compact, scalable packages. They include:
- FC830: 4S 1U server sled for mission-critical applications at midsize and enterprise data centers
- FC640: 2S 1U server sled for private cloud/on-premises and dense XaaS in midsize and enterprise environments, powered by Intel 2nd Generation Xeon® Scalable processors
- FC430: 2S 1U quarter-width server sled, ideal for solutions such as dense compute, HPC & light virtualization.
Boost performance with highly flexible, scale-out storage blocks
Rapidly scale dense direct attached storage (DAS) in your FX infrastructures with the 1U FD332 storage module. Create a storage environment that supports balanced data growth on an as-needed basis. Tailor your storage needs to the workloads you are running and avoid overprovisioning. Because it supports SAS and SATA HDD/SSDs you can readily adapt to the performance needs of your applications. When appropriate, you can create software defined storage environments with a combination of hard drives and solid state drives.
Sustain your business and grow with intelligent automation
Make IT operations more efficient, your FX infrastructure more productive and reliable with Dell EMC’s system management. Take advantage of OpenManage systems management portfolio, used across other PowerEdge servers, with the FX2, or leverage the embedded chassis management.
- Perform automated deployments, updates and configurations with agent-free iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller.
- Simplify with the new OpenManage Enterprise console, with custom reports and automatic discovery.
- Enable easy collective or individual server management with the embedded Chassis Management Controller (CMC).
PowerEdge FC830
The FC830 is a powerful 1U 4S server sled with dense compute and memory scalability, a highly expandable storage subsystem. It excels at running a wide range of applications and virtualization environments for both mid-size and large enterprise data centers. It features:
- Full-width, up to 2 sleds per FX2 chassis
- Up to 4 22-core Intel® Xeon® E5-4600 v4 processors, up to 176 cores per chassis
- 48 DDR4 DIMMs slots, 3TB max memory; up to 96 DIMMs per chassis, 6TB max memory
- Up to 8 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) ; support for NVMe PCIe SSDs
- Dual port 10Gb/1Gb Select Network Adapter (SNA)
PowerEdge FC640
The FC640 is a flexible 1U 2S server with powerful processors, large memory capacity and highly scalable I/O. It is a perfect candidate for virtualization, server consolidation, scale-out, private and hybrid clouds. It features:
- Half-width, up to 4 sleds per FX2 chassis
- Up to 2 28-core Intel® 2nd Generation Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 224 cores per chassis
- Up to 16 DDR4 DIMMs slots, 2TB max memory; up to 64 DIMMs per chassis, 8TB max memory
- Up to two 2.5”SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD); support for NVMe PCIe SSDs
- Up to 8 PCIe 3.0 expansion slots available via chassis
PowerEdge FC630
The FC630 is a 1U 2S server sled with powerful processors and a large memory footprint ideal for hosting virtualization environments or running business intelligence applications, databases and private clouds. It features:
- Half-width, up to 4 sleds per FX2 chassis
- Up to 2 22-core Intel® Xeon® E5-2600 v4 processors, up to 144 cores per chassis
- Up to 24 DDR4 DIMMs slots, 1.5TB max memory; up to 96 DIMMs per chassis, 6TB max memory
- Up to two 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SDD),
- Optional support for up to 2 NVMe PCIe SSDs
- Dual- and quad-port 10Gb and quad-port 1Gb Select Network Adapter (SNA)
PowerEdge FC430
Quarter-width, 1U, 2-socket high-density server sled with the right balance of performance, memory and I/O, which is an excellent choice for data centers that need to run mid-tier applications as well as dense, small form-factor compute applications.
PowerEdge FD332
The FD332 storage block provides massive direct attached storage (DAS) capacity in scalable1U blocks. With FX servers, it drives flexible, scale out computing and software-defined storage (SDS) solutions and is an excellent option for dense vSAN environments. It features:
- Half-width, support up to 3 modules per FX2 chassis (with 1 for processing)
- Up to 16 hot-plug SFF 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD); up to 48 SFF devices in a chassis
- Optional dual RAID controller for split access and attach to 8 devices separately
- 12Gbps SAS 3.0 and 6Gbps SATA 3.0
- Single or dual controllers, RAID or HBA modes, or mix and match modes with dual controllers
Dell PowerEdge FN IO Module
The FN IO Module (FN IOM) is designed specifically for the FX2 chassis, simplifies cabling while optimizing server performance and instant plug-and-play connectivity. Supporting up to 2 FN IOMs per chassis, it includes up to 8 x 10GbE internal ports, plus redundant cooling fans and power supplies. There are 3 models:
- FN410s 4-port SFP+ IO Module: 4 ports of SFP+ 10GbE connectivity, supports optical and DAC cable media
- FN410t 4-port 10GBASE-T IO Module: 4 ports of 10GBASE-T connectivity, supports cost-effective copper media up to 100 meters
- FN2210s 4-port Combination Fibre Channel/Ethernet IO Module: up to 2 ports of 2/4/8Gbps Fibre Channel2 plus 2 ports of SFP+ 10GbE; up to 4 ports SFP+ 10GbE (with reboot); NPG fibre
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Awards & Reviews
2017 CRN Annual Report Card: Industry Standard Servers Winner
"Dell EMC’s win included an especially strong product innovation performance, support and partnership." — CRN®
PowerEdge FC830 Blade Server
“ Amazing performance in an incredibly small 1U footprint .” — StorageReview
PowerEdge FX2 with FD332 & FC830
“Flexibility to scale and change as needed.”
Dell PowerEdge FX2: 5*/5*
"Takes the concept of modular servers to the next level." — StorageReview
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