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Dell PowerEdge R750xa

Dell's 2U dual-socket GPU-accelerated rack server built on 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, supporting up to four double-width 300 W GPUs for AI/ML training and inferencing, HPC and virtualization.

Memory

Slots
32 DIMM (16 per CPU)
Max
2 TB RDIMM / 4 TB LRDIMM, up to 10 TB with Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series
Type
DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM (DDP/3DS), ECC
Speed
Up to 3200 MT/s (2 DPC)
Persistent memory
Up to 16 x Intel Optane Persistent Memory 200 Series (8 per CPU), 512 GB max per module

Storage

Front bays
Up to 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe (max 122.88 TB), or up to 6 x 2.5" NVMe direct-attach (max 92.1 TB), or 4 x SAS/SATA + 4 x NVMe direct-attach
Internal boot
BOSS-S2: 2 x M.2 SATA SSD, 240 GB or 480 GB, hardware RAID 1
Controllers (internal)
PERC H345, H355, H745, H755, H755N; HBA355i; software RAID S150
Controllers (external)
PERC H840, HBA355e
Drive capacities
SAS SSD: 400 GB–30.72 TB; U.2 NVMe SSD: 960 GB–15.36 TB; M.2 SATA: 240/480 GB
External storage
USB tape, NAS/IDM appliance software, 12 Gb MD14xx and ME484 JBOD

Graphics

GPU options
Up to 4 double-width 300 W or 4 single-width 150 W GPUs in front risers, plus 2 single-width 75 W at rear
Supported GPUs (at launch)
NVIDIA A100 (with NVLink bridges), A40, A30, A10, T4; AMD MI100
GPU interconnect
NVLink bridges, 600 GB/s, for paired A100 or A40 cards

Expansion

PCIe slots
Up to 8 x PCIe Gen4 (up to 6 x16 + 2 x8), varies by riser configuration
OCP
1 x OCP NIC 3.0 (x8 PCIe Gen4 lanes)

Networking

Embedded NIC (LOM)
2 x 1 GbE (Broadcom BCM5720)
Network options
1 x OCP NIC 3.0 mezzanine (x8 PCIe lanes)

Power

Power supplies
Redundant (1+1) hot-plug: 1400 W Platinum, 1800 W Titanium (86 mm form factor: 2400 W Platinum, 2800 W Titanium)
Cooling
Air cooling standard; optional processor liquid cooling
Fans
Up to 6 high-performance hot-plug fans

Ports

Front
1 x dedicated iDRAC Direct micro-USB, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x VGA
Rear
1 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x RJ-45 (1 GbE LOM), 1 x optional serial, 1 x optional VGA (liquid-cooled configs)
Internal
1 x USB 3.0
Management
1 x dedicated iDRAC9 network port

Physical

Height
86.8 mm (3.41 in)
Width
482.0 mm (18.97 in)
Depth
894.8 mm (35.22 in) without bezel; 908.64 mm (35.77 in) with bezel
Weight
up to 34.9 kg (8 x 2.5" SSD); 29.0 kg (6 x 2.5" SSD)
Rack height
2U

Management

Embedded management
iDRAC9, iDRAC Service Module, iDRAC Direct, Quick Sync 2 wireless module
Software
OpenManage Enterprise, Power Manager, SupportAssist and Update Manager plugins, OpenManage Mobile
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, Secure Erase, Silicon Root of Trust, System Lockdown (iDRAC9 Enterprise/Datacenter), TPM 1.2/2.0 (FIPS, CC-TCG, China NationZ)

Operating systems

Supported
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8380
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8368
  • Intel Xeon Gold 8362
  • Intel Xeon Gold 8358
  • Intel Xeon Gold 8358P
  • Intel Xeon Gold 8352S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 8352M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6342
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6334
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6330
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6326
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5320
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5317
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4316
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4314
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4310
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y