Dell PowerEdge XE8640 Rack Server Specification and Datasheet
Processor
Two 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor with up to 56 cores per processor
Cooling options
Air cooling for Processors
Liquid Assisted Air Cooling for GPU. Note: No facility water to rack required.
Operating System
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Chipset
Intel C741 chipset
Accelerators
4 NVIDIA HGX H100 80GB 700W SXM5 GPUs, fully interconnected with NVIDIA NVLink technology
Memory
DIMM Speed
Up to 4800 MT/s
Memory Type
RDIMM
Memory Module Slots
32 DDR5 DIMM slots
Maximum RAM
RDIMM 4 TB max
Storage
Front Bays
Up to 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives max 122.88 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 Integrations
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 6 Standard (STD) fans installed in mid tray
Up to 5 High performance (HPR) gold grade fans installed on the front of the system
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
4U rack server
Dimensions & Weight
Height
174.3 mm (6.86 inches)
Width
481.91 mm (18.97 inches)
Depth
901.4 mm (35.48 inches) with bezel
865.54 mm (34.07 inches) inch without bezel
Weight
61.4 kg (135.36 pounds)
