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FX Modular Architecture Components

Modular solutions for any workload

Build the infrastructure your workloads need with customizable PowerEdge FX server, storage and networking resources.

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Processor

FC640:
Up to two Intel® 2nd Generation Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per processor

FC830:
Up to four Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 v4 product family processor with up to 22 cores per processor

FC430:
Up to two Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 v4 product family processor with up to 18 cores per processor

FD332:
N/A

Memory

FC640:
DIMM Speed
Up to 2933MT/s
 
Memory Type
DIMM
RDIMM
LRDIMM
 
Memory Module Slots
16 DDR4 DIMM slots
 
Maximum RAM
DIMM 1TB
RDIMM 1TB
LRDIMM 2TB

FC830:
DIMM Speed
Up to 2933MT/s

Memory Type
DIMM
RDIMM
LRDIMM

Memory Module Slots
48 DDR4 DIMM slots

Maximum RAM
DIMM 1.5TB
RDIMM 1.5TB
LRDIMM 3TB

FC430:
DIMM Speed:
Up to 2933MT/s

Memory Type:
DIMM

Memory Module Slots:
8 DDR4 DIMM slots

Maximum RAM:
DIMM 256GB

FD332:
N/A

Storage

FC640
Front Bays
Up to 2 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), NVMe SSD 12.8TB max capacity

FC830
Front Bays
Up to 8 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), NVMe SSD
51.2TB max capacity

FC430
Front Bays
Up to 2 x 1.8” uSATA (HDD/SSD)
1.6TB max capacity

FD332
Up to 16 x SFF storage devices per FD332 SATA HDD/SSD or SAS HDD/SSD
102.4TB max capacity

Storage Controllers

FC640
Internal Controllers
PERC H330, H730p, HBA330
Internal Dual SD Module

Software RAID
S140

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB or 480GB

FC830
Internal Controllers
PERC H330, H730, H730p, HBA330

Software RAID
S130

FC430
Internal Controllers
PERC H330, H730, H730p, HBA330

Software RAID
S130

FD332
Internal Controllers
PERC FD33xS (single PERC), FD33xD (dual PERC)



Management

FC640, FC830, FC430, FD332:
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 Repository Manager
Dell System Update
Dell Server Update Utility
Dell Update Catalogs
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
iDRAC Service Module

OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
Microsoft® System Center
RedHat® Ansible® Modules
VMware® vCenter

OpenManage Connections
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus
IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition
Micro Focus® Operations Manager I
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI

Power Supplies

FC830, FC640, FC430, FD332 (PowerEdge FX2 chassis):
1600W Platinum
2000W Platinum
2400W Platinum
1+1 redundant, redundancy alerting only (RAO), & 2+0 non-redundant configurations
8 Hot plug fans with full redundancy

Slots

FC640:
PCie
See PowerEdge FX2 chassis specification

Video Card
1 x VGA controller integrated with iDRAC

FC830:
PCie
See PowerEdge FX2 chassis specification

Video Card
1 x VGA controller integrated with iDRAC
 
FC430:
Video Card
1 x VGA controller integrated with iDRAC

FD332:
N/A

Form Factor

FC640:
1U full-width Modular Compute Sled

FC830:
1U full-width Modular Compute Sled

FC430:
1U quarter-width Modular Compute Sled

FD332:
Half-width Storage Devices
Up to 16 x 2.5" storage devices

FX
2U chassis in height
PowerEdge FC830: 4-socket, full-width 1U server sled, up to 2 FC830 per FX2 chassis
PowerEdge FC640: 2-socket, half-width 1U server sled, up to 4 FC640 per FX2 chassis
PowerEdge FC430: 2-socket, quarter-with 1U server sled, up to 8 FC430 per FX2 chassis
PowerEdge FD332: storage block: Half-width: up to 3 FD332 per FX2 chassis for support of up to 16 x SFF 2.5" storage devices, up to 48 SFF devices in an FX2 chassis (configuration dependent)

Dimensions & Weight

FC640:
Height
211.0mm (8.3")

Width
40.3mm (1.6")

Depth
535.8mm (21.1")
 
Weight
5.8kg (12.79lbs.)

FC830:
Height
427.6mm (16.8")

Width
40.3mm (1.6")

Depth
538.1mm (21.6")

Weight
13.0kg (28.66lbs)

FC430:
Height
102.7mm (4.0")

Width
40.3mm (1.6")

Depth
535.8mm (21.1")

Weight
3.0kg (6.61lbs)

FD332:
Height
210.9mm (8.3")

Width
40.1mm (1.6")

Depth
523.6mm (20.6")

Weight
7.93kg (17.48lbs)

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