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Dell PowerEdge XE9640 CTO Rack Server

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Select Processor

Supports up to 2 Processors

4th Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors

Memory Intel (Optional)

Supports up to 16 DIMMs, 8 Per Processors

Memory Nvidia (Optional)

Supports up to 32 DIMMs, 16 DIMMs per Processor

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1): (Optional)

Internal Boot holds up to 2 M.2 Drives

SSF NVMe Drives (Optional)

Supports up to 4 SFF Drives

Risers Intel (Optional)

Risers NVIDIA (Optional)

There is only 1 riser config for each server.

OCP 3.0 (Optional)

By installing the OCP you save a PCIe slot.

Rail Kit (Optional)

TPM (Optional)

iDRAC9 Management (Optional)

Default iDARC9 Express

Power Supply Units (PSU)

Supports up to 4 Power Supply Units
Different brand PSU cannot be mixed in the same chassis
Mix PSU source is not recommended.

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Quick Specs

Form Factor:

2U Rack Server

Processor | Max: 56 Cores (PP)

2x 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

Memory | Max: 2TB

Intel Config - 16 DIMM DDR5 RDIMM | Max: 1TB
NVIDIA Config - 32 DIMM DDR5 RDIMM | Max: 2TB

Storage | Max: 61.44TB

Up to 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD

Boot Options

BOSS-N1

RAID Controller:

S160 (SW RAID)

NIC/OCP

2 x 1GbE (optional)
1 x OCP 3.0 (x8 PCIe lanes)

Remote Management:

iDRAC9

PCIe Slots:

4 PCIe slots (4 x16 Gen5)

GPU:

4x NVIDIA H100 SXM 700W NVLINK GPUs
4x Intel Data Center Max GPU Series 1550 OAM 600W Xelink GPUs

Ideal for:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Data Analytics
  • Deep Learning (DL)
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Machine Learning (ML)
Density optimized AI acceleration

Deliver real-time insights with Dell’s first liquid-cooled 4-way GPU platform in the XE9640 2U server, designed to drive the latest cutting-edge AI, Machine Learning and Deep Learning Neural Network applications.

  • Combined with high core count of up to 56 cores in the new generation of Intel® Xeon® processors and the most GPU memory and bandwidth available today to break through the bounds of today’s and tomorrow’s AI computing.
  • The offer is either four NVIDIA H100 700W SXM GPUs fully interconnected with NVlink, or four Intel Data Center Max GPU series 1550 600W OAM GPUs, fully interconnected with XeLink.
  • Ideal 2U form factor building block for dense Supercomputer and HPC acceleration workloads and applications
  • Supports Rack Liquid Cooling Infrastructure: Cool IT with 42U XE9640 rack manifold and 48U XE9640 rack manifold
Accelerate your performance

Rapidly develop, train and deploy large machine learning models. Accelerate complex HPC applications and drive a wide range of complex processing needs. XE9640 delivers outstanding performance using Intel® CPUs and new Intel® Data Center Max Series GPUs.

  • Break through boundaries with two 4th generation Intel® Xeon® processors and four Intel® Max Series 1550 GPUs interconnected with Xe Link or four NVIDIA® H100 GPUs interconnected with NVLink
  • Increase performance and speed with liquid-cooled CPUs and GPUs
  • Be more efficient with a slim 2U form factor and rack installation for high-density deployments

Deploy and enable HPC applications and AI workloads across your business.

  • Efficiently cool data center and HPC cluster operations with Dell Smart Cooling technology with Direct Liquid Cooling on all CPUs and GPUs
  • Scale effectively with up to 32 DDR5 memory DIMM slots, up to four drives and up to 4 PCIe Gen5 expansion slots
  • Deploy AI operations with confidence thanks to built-in security features including Secured Component Verification and Silicon Root of Trust

Accelerated I/O Throughput

Deploy latest generation technologies including DDR5, NVLink, PCIe Gen 5.0, and NVMe SSDs to push the boundaries of data flow and computing possibilities.

  • Deploy latest generation technologies including DDR5, XeLink, NVLink, PCIe Gen 5.0, and NVMe SSDs to push the boundaries of data flow and computing possibilities.
  • Up to four PCIe Gen 5 slots and up to 8 drives enable optimal expansion for high-performance real-time AI operations.
  • Direct liquid-cooled Processors and GPUs enable efficient cooling for highest performance, efficient power-utilization and lower TCO
  • Dell Multi-vector cooling manages components to operate optimally

Cyber Resilient Architecture for Zero Trust IT environment & operations

Security is integrated into every phase of the PowerEdge lifecycle, including protected supply chain and factory-to-site integrity assurance. Silicon-based root of trust anchors end-to-end boot resilience while Multi-Factor Authentication (MFA) and role-based access controls ensure trusted operations.

Chassis Options

Inside the Dell PowerEdge XE9640 Rack Server the top 1U is split up by 2x 1U trays. One tray holds the system board with DIMMS and CPU while the second tray holds the drives and fans. The bottom of the system is where the differences come in between the servers. The Intel and Nividia layouts have different Power Distribution Boards. While the Nvidia Configuration also has a PCIe switchboard (PSB) that holds two cold plates and provides more communication between all the PCIe components in the server.


Heatsink & Fans

The XE9640 has CPUs and GPUs (and a few other minor components) directly liquid cooled 100% of the time while other components like DDR5 DIMMs, PCIe cards, PSUs and storage are air-cooled with a max inlet air temperature of 35C.

Liquid cooling components in a data center include facility water, cooling distribution units (CDU) and rack manifolds (looks like a PDU but for water). The XE9640 has a higher flow-rate requirement than the rest of PowerEdge 16G platforms. As such, the rack manifold is not shared with the other platforms.

Image of an example of Liquid Cooling in a Rack Server
Memory

The memory is a bit different than most servers. Each of the two chassis options has different DIMM supports. The Intel GPU XE9640 Rack server supports up to 16 DIMM slots (with 8 DIMMs per processor). The Max memory is 1TB RDIMM. While the Nvidia GPU Chassis can support 8 DIMMS, 16 DIMMs, and 32 DIMMs with a max RDIMM of 2TB.


Intel GPU Configuration
DIMM Speed (MT/s) DIMM Type DIMM Capacity (GB) Ranks per DIMM Data Width DIMM Volts (V)
4800 RDIMM 64 2 x4 1.1
Nvidia GPU Configuration
DIMM Speed (MT/s) DIMM Type DIMM Capacity (GB) Ranks per DIMM Data Width DIMM Volts (V)
4800 RDIMM 16 1 x8 1.1
4800 RDIMM 32 2 x8 1.1
4800 RDIMM 64 2 x4 1.1
Expansion Slots

The XE9640 supports up to 4 PCIe slots (4 x16 Gen5) when one of the two risers configs is installed. Both processors must be installed for all 4 PCIe slots to be enabled. Each Chassis has its own Riser Config. You are not able to install the Nvidia Riser config in the Intel XE9640 Rack Server and vice versa.

Config No. Riser configuration No. of Processors PERC type supported Rear storage possible
Config 2 Intel R1A+R4A 2 NA No
Config 3 Nvidia R1B+R4B 2 NA No
GPU Support

The XE9640 supports two types of GPUs. The First is an NVIDIA H100 SXM 700W NVLINK GPU and the second id an Intel Data Center Max GPU Series 1550 OAM 600W Xelink GPU are the only supported SXM GPUs.

The GPUs have special Liquid Cooling, please refer to the installation manual for more details. The GPUS sits on the bottom tray of this 2U sysem. The top tray holds the CPUs and drives.

Image of the GPU Boards being installed.

Image of the Intel GPU Board on the Dell XE9640 Rack Server. Intel GPU Board

This Intel Board holds 4x Intel Data Center Max GPU Series 1550 OAM 600W Xelink GPU. When installed, an L-shaped power distribution board (PDB) provides each Intel GPU Power and PCI lanes.

Image of the NVIDIA GPU Board on the Dell XE9640 Rack Server. NVIDIA GPU Board

This NVIDIA Board holds 4x NVIDIA H100 SXM 700W NVLINK. This configuration has two Power Distribution Boards (PDB & PDB2) and a PCIe Switch Board (PSB). These three boards provide the Power and PCIe lanes to each GPU.

Networking

Like most Gen 16 Dell Severs this rack server has an optional 2x 1GbE LOM and an OCP 3.0 slots. The OCP slot can support up to 4 Ports with the max port speed being 25GbE.

Image of the OCP Network card being installed.
Storage Controllers

The XE9640 only has 4 drives so there is only the PERC 12 Internal SW RAID S160 controller for supporting the drives. You can also install the optional BOSS-N1 Boot Device which holds up to 2x M.2 NVMe SSD Drives.


Boot Optimised Storage System (BOSS) Features
BOSS card Drive Size RAID levels Stripe size Virtual disk cache function Max number of virtual disks Max number of drives supported Drive types PCIe support Disk cache policy Support for NonRAID disks Crypto graphic digital signature to verify firmware payload Hot Plug
BOSS-N1 Monolithic M.2 devices are readintensive with 480 GB capacity RAID1 and RAID0 Supports default 64K stripe size only None 1 2 M.2 NVMe SSDs Gen3 Drive default No Yes Yes
Power & Dimensions
Power Supply Units (PSU)

Up to 4x 2800W Titanium 200-240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot-swap redundant

Note: Mixed vendor PSUs in the same chassis are not recommended.

Dimensions & Weight:
  • Width: 482 mm (18.97 inches)
  • Height: 86.8 mm (3.41 inches)
  • Length: 926.5 mm (36.47 inches) with bezel
  • Length: 912.8 mm (35.93 inches) without bezel
  • Weight: 43.2 kg (95.23 pounds) for XE9640 Intel GPU supported systems
  • Weight:46.3 kg (102.07 pounds) for XE9640 NVIDIA GPU supported systems
 

Current Configuration

Select Chassis

Select Processor

Memory Intel (Optional)

Memory Nvidia (Optional)

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1): (Optional)

SSF NVMe Drives (Optional)

Risers Intel (Optional)

Risers NVIDIA (Optional)

OCP 3.0 (Optional)

Rail Kit (Optional)

TPM (Optional)

iDRAC9 Management (Optional)

Power Supply Units (PSU)

ECS Warranty

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Product Specs

Base Standard Capabilities

FeatureTechnical Specifications** (NOTE: ** indicates Additional features Coming Soon.)
ProcessorTwo 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 56 cores per processor
Memory• Only 16 DIMM slots are supported out of 32 DIMMs (with 8 DIMMs per processor) for XE9640 Intel GPU supported systems. RDIMM max 1TB.
• 8 DIMMS, 16 DIMMs and 32 DIMMs for XE9640 NVIDIA GPU supported systems. RDIMM max 2TB.
• Supports DDR5 RDIMM (registered DIMM) only.
GPU• NVIDIA H100 SXM 700W NVLINK GPUs
• Intel Data Center Max GPU Series 1550 OAM 600W Xelink GPUs
Storage controllers• Internal boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (NVMe BOSS-N1): HWRAID 1, 2 x M.2 SSDs
• Software RAID: S160
Drive baysFront Bays
• Up to 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives, 61.44 TB max
Power Supplies2800W Titanium 200-240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant Note: Mixed vendor PSUs in the same chassis is not recommended
Cooling Options• Liquid Cooling with internal Manifold for GPUs and processors
• Four sets (dual fan module) High performance (HPR) gold grade fans for Processors. All are hot swap fans
ChipsetIntel ® C741 chipset
PCIe2 CPU configuration: Up to 4 PCIe slots (4 x16 Gen5)
Embedded NIC2 x 1 GbE (optional)
Network Options1 x OCP 3.0 (x8 PCIe lanes)
Dimensions and weight• Height — 86.8 mm (3.41 inches)
• Width — 482 mm (18.97 inches)
• Depth — 926.5 mm (36.47 inches) with bezel — 912.8 mm (35.93 inches) without bezel
• Weight — 43.2 kg (95.23 pounds) for XE9640 Intel GPU supported systems — 46.3 kg (102.07 pounds) for XE9640 NVIDIA GPU supported systems
Form Factor2U rack server
Embedded Management• iDRAC9
• iDRAC Direct
• iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
• iDRAC Service Module
Bezel/th>Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
OpenManage Software• 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
OpenManage Integrations• BMC Truesight
• Microsoft System Center
• OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow
• Red Hat Ansible Modules
• Terraform Providers
• VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manager
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
PortsFront 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 RJ45 iDRAC9 ethernet port
Operating Systems and Hypervisors• Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux

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