The 4U Dell PowerEdge XE8640 server supports two 5th generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors each with up to 64 cores, plus DDR5 and PCIe Gen5 compatibility. It supports a maximum of 4TB of memory with speeds of up to 4800MT/s when all 32x DDR5 memory module slots are populated. 4x NVIDIA HGX H100 80GB 700W SXM5 GPUs can also be installed, which are interconnected via NVIDIA’s NVLink technology. These GPUs improve training performance with up to 900GB/s bandwidth for GPU-GPU communication, 1.5x more than the previous generation.
Dell PowerEdge XE8640 Server - System Overview
The 8-bay Dell PowerEdge XE8640 server is a high-performance system optimized for artificial intelligence, machine learning, HPC modeling and simulation, and deep learning training. It can be outfitted with up to 8x 2.5” NVMe SSD drives for a maximum of 122.88TB of storage to help businesses develop, train, and deploy machine learning models. With a 2-processor configuration, up to 4x PCIe x16 Gen5 slots and 1x OCP 3.0 x8 slot are active providing options for HD controllers or NICs. 2x 1GbE ports in back provide integrated network communications. 2x 2800W Titanium, hot swap power supplies offer redundancy in the event one of them fails. To boot the operating system, this machine supports Dell’s Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem or BOSS. The Boss hosts dual M.2 SSDs that can be placed in a RAID1 configuration for redundancy and accessed at the rear of the chassis. The system is compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux or Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, and offers air cooling for both CPUs and liquid assisted air cooling for the 4x GPUs.
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