Dell PowerEdge XE8545
Dell's 2-socket, 4U AMD EPYC "Milan" GPU server with 4 NVLink-connected NVIDIA A100 GPUs, built for machine-learning training, HPC and accelerated virtualization at standard rack depth with air cooling.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 x DDR4 DIMM (288-pin)
- Max
- 4 TB
- Speed
- Up to 3200 MT/s (1 socket) / 2933 MT/s (2 sockets) with dual-rank RDIMMs; 2666 MT/s also supported
- Type
- RDIMM, dual rank, 32 GB or 64 GB, 1.2 V
Storage
- Bays
- 10 x 2.5" hot-swap SAS/SATA (up to 8 of 10 can be NVMe)
- Controllers
- PERC H745, H755; internal boot BOSS-S1.5
Graphics
- Options
- 4 x NVIDIA A100 Tensor Core GPUs with NVIDIA NVLink (600 GB/s GPU-GPU bandwidth), 40 GB/400 W or 80 GB/500 W; supports NVIDIA vGPU and Multi-Instance GPU (MIG)
Expansion
- Slots
- Up to 4 PCIe Gen4 expansion slots: Slot 2 (Riser 1A, x16 FH/HL), Slot 6 (Riser 2C, x16 LP/HL), Slot 7 (Riser 4A/4B, x16 or x8 FH/HL), Slot 8 (Riser 4B, x8 FH/HL, config-dependent)
Networking
- Embedded NIC
- 2 x 1 GbE LOM
- OCP
- 1 x OCP 3.0 x16 mezzanine slot (optional)
Power
- Supplies
- Up to 4 x hot-swap redundant 2400 W Mixed Mode AC/HVDC Platinum PSUs (100-240 V AC autoranging or 240 V DC; derated to 1400 W at 100-120 V AC), or 2800 W AC/DC PSUs
- Cooling
- Air-cooled; up to 6 high-performance Gold-grade (HPR Gold) fans on the system board plus up to 12 very-high-performance fans in front for GPU cooling; rated up to 35 degC ambient with 400 W GPUs or 25 degC with 500 W GPUs
Ports
- Front
- 1 x USB 2.0 Type-A, 1 x Micro-USB 2.0 (iDRAC Direct)
- Rear
- 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x VGA, 1 x dedicated iDRAC Ethernet port
- Video
- Integrated Matrox G200 controller, 16 MB frame buffer; VGA front and rear, up to 1920x1200
Physical
- Dimensions
- 174.8 mm H (6.88 in) x 482.0 mm W (18.97 in) x 810 mm D (31.88 in, ear to rear wall); 845.59 mm (33.29 in) ear to PSU handle
- Weight
- Max 48.61 kg (107.17 lb), 10 x 2.5" configuration with all drives/SSDs
- Form factor
- 4U rack server
Management
- Embedded
- iDRAC9, iDRAC Direct, Quick Sync 2.0
- Console
- iDRAC9 Enterprise, OpenManage Power Manager, OpenManage SupportAssist, OpenManage Update Manager
- Security
- Cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, Secure Erase, Silicon Root of Trust, System Lockdown, TPM 1.2/2.0 (TCM 2.0 optional), AMD Secure Memory Encryption (SME), AMD Secure Encrypted Virtualization (SEV)
Operating systems
- Supported
- Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, VMware ESXi, CentOS
Processors
- AMD EPYC 7713
- AMD EPYC 7763
- AMD EPYC 7663
- AMD EPYC 7643
- AMD EPYC 7543
- AMD EPYC 75F3
- AMD EPYC 7513
- AMD EPYC 74F3
- AMD EPYC 7413