PowerEdge R940xa Rack Server
Extreme acceleration for business insights
Accelerate compute-intensive, high-performance workloads with a four-socket server. Designed for large datasets, AI/ML, and VDI environment expansion.
Extreme acceleration for business insights
Accelerate compute-intensive, high-performance workloads with a four-socket server. Designed for large datasets, AI/ML, and VDI environment expansion.
Tech Specs & Customization
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Processor
Up to four 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per processor
Operating System
Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor ®
Microsoft® Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
Accelerators
Up to four doublewidth GPUs
Up to four double-width or 8 single-width FPGAs
Memory
DIMM Speed
Up to 2933MT/s
Memory Type
RDIMM
LRDIMM
NVDIMM
DCPMM (Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory)
Memory Module Slots
48 DDR4 DIMM slots (12 NVDIMM or 24 DCPMM slots only)
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
Maximum RAM
RDIMM 3TB
LRDIMM 6TB
NVDIMM 384GB
DCPMM 12.28TB (15.36TB with LRDIMM)
Storage
Front Bays
Up to 8 2.5” SAS SATA (HDD/SSD) max 61.44TB
Up to 24 x 2.5” SAS SATA (HDD/SSD) max 184.32TB
Up to 32 x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) with up to 4 NVME PCIe SSD max 245.76TB
Storage Controllers
Internal Controllers
PERC H730P, H740P, H330, HBA330
External Controllers
H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA
Software RAID
S140
Internal Boot
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480GB
Internal Dual SD Module
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional
Management
Embedded / At-the-Server
iDRAC9
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
iDRAC Direct
Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module
Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Power Center
Mobility
OpenManage Mobile
Tools
Dell RACADM CLI
Dell Repository Manager
Dell System Update
Dell Server Update Utility
Dell Update Catalogs
iDRAC Service Module
IPMI Tool
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
Microsoft® System Center
Red Hat® 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
1100W Platinum
1100W 240VDC Platinum
1600W Platinum
2000W Platinum
2400W Platinum
1100W -48VDC
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
Up to 6 hot plug fans with N +1 redundancy
Ports
Network Options
4 x 1GbE
4 x 10GbE
2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
2 x 25GbE
Front Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC Direct Micro-USB
2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0 (optional offered only on the 8-drive configuration)
1 x VGA
Rear Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC port
1 x Serial
2 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA
Internal Ports
1 x USB 3.0
Slots
PCle
12 x Gen3 slots (6 x 16 or 2 x 16 + 10 x 8)
Video Card
1 x VGA
Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
Form Factor
4U Rack Server
Dimensions & Weight
Height
174.3 mm (6.87 inches)
Width
441.16 mm (17.4”)
Depth
835.9mm (32.9”)
Weight
56.0kg (123.5lbs.)
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.
Drivers, Manuals & Support
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Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors
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