Dell PowerEdge XE9640: Hands-on Review
"Data centers on liquid cooling will clearly gravitate to these power-efficient boxes." — StorageReview
PowerEdge XE9640 Rack Server
With optimal density for AI
Meet the demands of AI, ML, DL and HPC with this high performance liquid-cooled server.
With optimal density for AI
Meet the demands of AI, ML, DL and HPC with this high performance liquid-cooled server.
Tech Specs & Customization
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Processor
Two 4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor with up to 56 cores per processor
Cooling options
Liquid Cooling with internal manifold
Operating System
RedHat® Enterprise Linux
Chipset
Intel® C741 chipset
Accelerators
4 Intel® Data Center Max 1550 OAM 600W with Xe Link or
4 NVIDIA® H100® SXM 700W NVLINK GPUs, fully interconnected with NVIDIA NVLink technology
Memory
DIMM Speed
Up to 4800 MT/s
Memory Type
RDIMM
Memory Module Slots
8 DIMMS, 16 DIMMs and 32 DIMMs for XE9640 NVIDIA® GPU supported systems. RDIMM max 2TB
Only 16 DIMM slots are supported out of 32 DIMMs (with 8 DIMMs per processor) for XE9640 Intel® GPU supported systems. RDIMM max 1TB
Maximum RAM
RDIMM 1 TB max
Storage
Front Bay
Up to 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives max 61.44 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
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 four sets (dual fan module) High performance (HPR) gold grade fans
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
2U rack server
Dimensions & Weight
Height
3.41 inches (86.8 mm)
Width
18.97 inches (482 mm)
Depth
36.47 inches (926.5 mm) with bezel
35.93 inches (912.8 mm) without bezel
Weight
95.23 lbs (43.2 kg)
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