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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