Dell PowerEdge T640
Dell EMC's 14th-generation flagship two-socket tower (convertible to 5U rack): 1st/2nd Gen Xeon Scalable up to 28 cores and 205 W, 24 DIMMs (3 TB), up to 18 x 3.5" or 32 x 2.5" drives including up to 8 NVMe, eight PCIe Gen3 slots and room for four double-width GPUs in rack mode. Aimed at databases, data warehousing, HPC and VDI in offices or data centres.
Memory
- Slots
- 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, 12 per processor (6 channels × 2 DIMMs; A1-A12 and B1-B12)
- Types
- Registered ECC DDR4: RDIMM, LRDIMM, NVDIMM-N; RDIMM and LRDIMM cannot be mixed, NVDIMM-N mixes only with RDIMM
- Module sizes
- RDIMM 8, 16, 32, 64 GB; LRDIMM 64, 128 GB; NVDIMM-N 16 GB
- Speeds
- Up to 2933 MT/s with 2nd Gen processors (LRDIMM 2666 MT/s at 2 DIMMs per channel); 1st Gen processors up to 2666 MT/s
- Max
- 3 TB with 24 × 128 GB LRDIMM; RDIMM max 768 GB in Dell's tables; 1.5 TB with one processor
- NVDIMM-N
- Up to 12 × 16 GB (192 GB), one per channel, two processors required; not supported with the 32 × 2.5" or 16 × 2.5" + 8 NVMe chassis
- RAS
- SDDC, patrol/demand scrubbing, mirroring, rank sparing, address parity, failed-DIMM isolation, thermal throttling
Storage
- Chassis options
- 8 × 3.5", 18 × 3.5", 16 × 2.5", 32 × 2.5", or 16 × 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 NVMe (hot-plug)
- Max capacity
- 288 TB (18 × 3.5"), 122 TB (32 × 2.5"), 112 TB (16 × 2.5" + 8 NVMe) per spec sheet
- Drive interfaces
- 12 Gb/s SAS, 6 Gb/s SATA, NVMe (up to 8 PCIe SSDs)
- Software RAID
- S140
- Internal controllers
- PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330 (H750 and HBA350i also appear in the current slot-priority table); dedicated internal storage slot 0
- External controllers
- PERC H840, 12 Gb/s SAS HBA
- Boot (BOSS)
- BOSS PCIe card: 2 × M.2 SATA SSD (120 GB / 240 GB), hardware RAID 1; not hot-plug
- IDSDM / vFlash
- Optional rear module: vFlash (16 GB microSD) or vFlash + IDSDM (2 × 16/32/64 GB microSD)
- Optical / tape
- Optional slim SATA DVD-ROM or DVD+/-RW; 5.25" removable-media bays for optical, RD1000 or half-height tape
Graphics
- Integrated
- Matrox G200eW3, 16 MB, VGA up to 1920 × 1200 @ 60 Hz
- GPU capacity
- 4 × double-width 300 W (slots 1, 3, 6, 8) or 8 × single-width 150 W; GPU-ready rack-mode chassis ordered at purchase, 1100 W or larger PSUs, two processors
- GPU options (spec sheet)
- NVIDIA Tesla P100, K80M, M60, M10, P40; AMD S7150, S7150 X2 (up to 2 × NVIDIA M10)
Expansion
- Slot 0 (internal)
- PCIe 3.0 x8, full height, half length, processor 1 - internal PERC/HBA slot
- Slot 1
- PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 connector), full height, full length, double-wide capable, processor 1
- Slot 2
- PCIe 3.0 x4 (x8 connector), full height, full length, processor 1
- Slot 3
- PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 connector), full height, full length, double-wide capable, processor 1
- Slot 4
- PCIe 3.0 x8 (x8 connector), full height, half length, processor 2
- Slot 5
- PCIe 3.0 x4 (x8 connector), full height, full length, processor 2 (DMI lanes)
- Slot 6
- PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 connector), full height, full length, double-wide capable, processor 2
- Slot 7
- PCIe 3.0 x8 (x8 connector), full height, full length, processor 2
- Slot 8
- PCIe 3.0 x16 (x16 connector), full height, full length, double-wide capable, processor 2
- Notes
- Slots 4-8 need both processors; slots are not hot-swappable
Networking
- LOM
- 2 × 10GBASE-T RJ45 (Broadcom 57416); links at 1 GbE or 10 GbE only, no 10/100
- Management
- Dedicated iDRAC9 RJ45 port
- Add-in
- 10/25/40/100 GbE NICs, Intel OPA, FC8/16/32 HBAs in the PCIe slots
Power
- Hot-plug PSUs (1+1)
- 495 W AC Platinum; 750 W AC Platinum; 750 W AC Titanium (200-240 V); 750 W mixed-mode AC/240 V DC Platinum (China only); 1100 W AC Platinum; 1100 W -48 to -60 V DC Gold; 1600 W AC Platinum; 2000 W AC Platinum; 2400 W AC Platinum
- Low-line derating
- At 100-120 V AC: 2400 W to 1400 W, 2000 W to 1000 W, 1600 W to 800 W, 1100 W to 1050 W
- Fans
- Up to 8: 2 standard rear fans, 4 hot-swap middle fans (standard or high-performance), 2 external fans for GPU configurations
Ports
- Front
- 1 × USB 2.0, 1 × USB 3.0, iDRAC Direct (micro-AB USB); VGA on the front in rack configuration only
- Rear
- 4 × USB 3.0, 2 × USB 2.0, VGA, serial (DB-9), 2 × 10GBASE-T, iDRAC9 RJ45, system ID button
- Internal
- 1 × USB 3.0
Physical
- Form factor
- Tower, convertible to 5U rack (sliding rails, optional CMA)
- Height
- 434.5 mm; 443.5 mm with feet; 471.5 mm on casters
- Width
- 217.9 mm chassis; 304.5 mm across the feet
- Depth
- 659.9 mm to rear wall; 692.8 mm incl. PSU handles; bezel adds 15.9 mm (708.7 mm max per spec sheet)
- Weight (max)
- 18 × 3.5": 49.65 kg; 32 × 2.5": 42.36 kg; 16 × 2.5" (8 fans): 38.42 kg
- Operating temp
- 10-35 °C standard; 5-40 °C continuous expanded (with restrictions)
Management
- BMC
- iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller (Basic standard; Express or Enterprise upgrades), iDRAC Direct, optional Quick Sync 2 (BLE/Wi-Fi)
- Security
- TPM 1.2/2.0 (optional), Silicon Root of Trust, signed firmware, Secure Boot, System Lockdown (Enterprise/Datacenter), System Erase, intrusion switch, locking bezel
- Tools
- OpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Mobile, Power Manager/Power Center, Repository Manager, iDRAC REST/Redfish
Operating systems
- Supported
- Canonical Ubuntu LTS, Citrix XenServer/Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
Processors
- Intel Xeon Platinum 8180
- Intel Xeon Gold 6258R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6248
- Intel Xeon Gold 6248R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6246
- Intel Xeon Gold 6246R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6242R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6240
- Intel Xeon Gold 6240R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238L
- Intel Xeon Gold 6238R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6234
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230N
- Intel Xeon Gold 6230R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6226
- Intel Xeon Gold 6226R
- Intel Xeon Gold 6222V
- Intel Xeon Gold 6152
- Intel Xeon Gold 6148
- Intel Xeon Gold 6140
- Intel Xeon Gold 6140M
- Intel Xeon Gold 6134
- Intel Xeon Gold 6134M
- Intel Xeon Gold 6132
- Intel Xeon Gold 6128
- Intel Xeon Gold 6126
- Intel Xeon Gold 5222
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220
- Intel Xeon Gold 5220R
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218
- Intel Xeon Gold 5218R
- Intel Xeon Gold 5217
- Intel Xeon Gold 5215
- Intel Xeon Gold 5122
- Intel Xeon Gold 5120
- Intel Xeon Gold 5118
- Intel Xeon Gold 5117
- Intel Xeon Silver 4216
- Intel Xeon Silver 4215
- Intel Xeon Silver 4215R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214
- Intel Xeon Silver 4214R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210
- Intel Xeon Silver 4210R
- Intel Xeon Silver 4208
- Intel Xeon Silver 4116
- Intel Xeon Silver 4114
- Intel Xeon Silver 4112
- Intel Xeon Silver 4110
- Intel Xeon Silver 4108
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3206R
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3204
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3106
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3104