Dell PowerEdge XE9780
A 2-socket, 10U air-cooled rack server built to train the most demanding ML/DL large models, pairing two 6th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with eight NVLink-connected NVIDIA HGX B300 or B200 GPUs.
Memory
- Slots
- 32 × DDR5 RDIMM (288-pin)
- Max
- 4 TB (8 TB if 256 GB DIMMs supported, post-launch)
- Speed
- Up to 6400 MT/s (1 DPC), 5200 MT/s (2 DPC)
- Minimum
- NVIDIA design guide requires >1 TB total memory with B200 GPUs, >2 TB with B300 GPUs
Storage
- Front bays
- Up to 16 × E3.S Gen5 NVMe direct SSDs, or up to 10 × U.2 Gen5 NVMe (post-launch)
- Controller
- Direct-attach PCIe only (no PERC/HBA)
Graphics
- Options
- 8 × NVIDIA HGX B300 NVL8 270 GB 1100 W SXM6, or 8 × NVIDIA HGX B200 180 GB 1000 W SXM6, fully interconnected via NVIDIA NVLink
Expansion
- PCIe (B300 config)
- Up to 4 × Gen5 x16 Full-Height Half-Length slots
- PCIe (B200 config)
- Up to 12 (8 × 75 W, 4 × up to 150 W) Gen5 x16 FHHL slots
- OSFP
- 8 × CX8 OSFP with B300 GPU configuration
- Networking
- 1 × OCP 3.0 Gen5 x8
Networking
- Embedded
- 2 × dedicated iDRAC RJ45 ports
- OCP
- 1 × OCP NIC 3.0 Gen5 x8 mezzanine
Power
- Supplies
- 12 × 3200 W AC Titanium hot-swap PSUs, 73.5 × 185 mm each, 54 V output
- Redundancy
- Full redundant 6+6 (FR)
- Cooling
- 5 standard cold-swap CPU fans (mid tray) + 15 standard hot-swap GPU fans (rear cooling sled); air cooling
Ports
- Front
- 1 × iDRAC Direct (USB-C), 2 × RJ45 dedicated iDRAC, 1 × USB-A, 1 × Mini-DisplayPort
- Internal
- 1 × USB 2.0
Physical
- Dimensions
- 439.5 mm × 448.0 mm × 1023 mm (H×W×D, without bezel); 1044.7 mm deep with bezel
- Weight
- 159.65-163.20 kg (351-359 lb) depending on GPU configuration
- Form factor
- 10U rack server
Management
- Embedded
- iDRAC10, iDRAC Direct, iDRAC RESTful with Redfish, iDRAC Service Module
- Software
- CloudIQ for PowerEdge, OpenManage Enterprise, OpenManage Power Manager/Service/Update Manager plug-ins
- Security
- Cryptographically signed firmware, Silicon Root of Trust, Secure Boot, Secure Erase, System Lockdown (requires iDRAC10 Enterprise/Datacenter), soldered-down TPM, Secured Component Verification
Operating systems
- Supported
- Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS (B300, B200), Red Hat Enterprise Linux (B300)
Processors
- Intel Xeon 6787P
- Intel Xeon 6776P
- Intel Xeon 6767P
- Intel Xeon 6747P