
Best Server Hardware: Gold Winner
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Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
Deliver scalability and high density with a 2-socket, half-height modular blade server ideal for HPC, XaaS and virtualization.
Up to two Intel® 2nd Generation Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per processor
Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor ®
Microsoft® Windows Server®
Microsoft® Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
VMware® vSphere®
DIMM Speed
Up to 2933MT/s
Memory Type
DIMM
RDIMM
LRDIMM
Memory Module Slots
16 DIMM slots (6 channels with 2 DPC / 1DPC / 1DPC)
Maximum RAM
DIMM 1TB
RDIMM 1TB
LRDIMM 2TB
Front Bays
Up to 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 12.8TB
Internal controllers:
PERC9 H330, H730p, H740p, H840
Internal Dual SD Module (optional)
Software RAID
S140
Internal Boot
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480GB
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
Embedded / At-the-Server
Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
iDRAC9
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Power Center
Mobility
OpenManage Mobile
Tools
Dell EMC Repository Manager
Dell EMC System Update
Dell EMC Server Update Utility
Dell EMC Update Catalogs
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
iDRAC Service Module
OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
Microsoft® System Center
VMware® vCenter
OpenManage Connections
Micro Focus® Operations Manager I
Nagios® Core &
Nagios® XI
M640 (M1000e chassis)
2700W Platinum
3000W Titanium
6 Hot Plug fans with redundancy
See PowerEdge M1000e chassis specification
M640 (VRTX chassis)
1100W Platinum
1600W Platinum
4 Hot plug fans with N+1 redundancy
See PowerEdge VRTX chassis specification
Network Options
2 x 10GE + 4 X 1GE
4 x 10GE
Front Ports
1 x Power button
1 x System ID / Status LED
1 x USB 2.0 MicroAB port with iDRAC management function
1 x USB 3.0 port
PCIe
See PowerEdge M1000e chassis specification
See PowerEdge VRTX chassis specification
8 x Gen3 low-profile cards for VRTX
5 x Low profile, half-length x8 PCIe Gen2 cards for VRTX
3 x Standard height, full-length x8 PCIe Gen2 cards for VRTX
Video Card
1 x VGA controller integrated with iDRAC
See PowerEdge M1000e chassis specification
See PowerEdge VRTX chassis specification
2-socket Modular Blade Server
Height
198mm (7.79")
Width
50mm (1.98")
Depth
565mm (22.24")
Weight
6.4 kg (14.11 lbs.)
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Best Server Hardware: Gold Winner
Channel Pro Reader's Choice Awards 2019
Dell EMC Infrastructure: Server Design Language Award
iF Design Award 2018 in the Product Discipline category — iF World Design Guide
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Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
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