Dell PowerEdge FX2 & FX2s Architecture - ECS

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Overview

The Dell FX2 is a new 2U rack-based hybrid computing platform that provides a greater dimension of functional flexibility along with a higher density of processing power. It combines the density of blades with the advantages of rack- based systems.

Benefits

Its modular design lets it hold varying sized building blocks of resources that can be any combination of compute nodes and storage nodes configured in a number of variations, depending on the intended use of the platform and the amount of resource needed.

Configurability

4 half width or 8 quarter width configurations
Optional IO aggregator, 8:1 cabling simplification
Choice of chassis or rack based management
Choice of entry-level or switched configuration

Availability

Redundant hot-plug PSUs (1100 or 1600W)
Redundant hot-plug cooling fans
Redundant out-of-band management fabric
iDRAC on every node
Entry “Express” and advanced “Enterprise” levels of chassis-level management
Front KVM access; USB;

Expandability, I/O, Storage

Up to 2 pass-thru modules. 1Gb and 10Gb capable
Up to 8 PCIe Gen 3 I/O expansion slots (low profile/half length) | FX2s Only

The Dell PowerEdge FM120x4 Node Server

FM120x4

The Dell PowerEdge FD332 Storage Sled Server

FD332

The Dell PowerEdge FC430 Node Server

FC430

The Dell PowerEdge FC630 Node Server

FC630

The Dell PowerEdge FC640 Node Server

FC640

The Dell PowerEdge FC830 Node Server

FC830

The Dell PowerEdge FM120x4 Node Server

FM120x4

The Dell PowerEdge FD332 Storage Sled Server

FD332

The Dell PowerEdge FC430 Node Server

FC430

The Dell PowerEdge FC630 Node Server

FC630

The Dell PowerEdge FC640 Node Server

FC640

The Dell PowerEdge FC830 Node Server

FC830

Dell PowerEdge FM120x4 Microserver Half-Width (FX2 Only)

Configure an FM120x4

Overview

The PowerEdge FM120 microserver runs the low power Intel® Atom™ C2000 processors . Its System on a Chip (SoC) design allows it to pack 4 processors in each half width sled, providing a high density, low cost solution that is ideal for web serving and dedicated hosting.

View of the FM120x4 Dell Blade Server

Targeted Workloads

Web services
Dedicated hosting
Light analytics

Benefits

Get quick response for web services even in spiky demand periods
Save cost on real-time scheduling services with impressive performance per dollar and great performance per watt.
Host more clients in less space with the FM120’s higher density
Provide higher availability (smaller failure domains) for Xaas infrastructure services
Off load non-time-critical analysis to cost saving, low power solution

Performance

4 microservers/FM120x4 1S Intel® Atom™ C2000 processor (SoC) 2/4/8 core options
2DIMMs of memory per microserver
2.5” HDD or 1.8” SSD

Availability

Choice of chassis or server level management
High availability via small domain

Expandability, I/O, Storage

Up to 4 half width FM120s/2U
16 processors/2U
128 cores/2U
32 DIMMs/2U
16x 2.5” HDDs/2U

Dell PowerEdge FD332 Storage Sled Half-Width (FX2s Only)

Configure an FD332

Overview

An FX architecture storage block that can add up to 16 direct attach SFF storage devices to an FX2 chassis, the FD332 can be combined with the FC630 and FC430 servers to build highly flexible, scale out computing solutions.

View of the FD332 Storage Sled Dell Blade Server

Features

It can flexibly provide up to 48 SFF storage devices in an FX2 - resulting in a 2U 2S rack server with massive direct attach capacity, enabling a pay-as-you-grow model.
Alternatively, two servers can access the non-shared storage devices with full I/O flexibility using RAID and/or HBA modes.

Benefits

A tremendous option for dense vSAN environments, with SSD caching drives in the server block(s) and low cost, high capacity HDDs in the FD332 storage block
Great for consolidation of performance hungry high performing computing machines (Hadoop) that require high performance, low cost scale-out storage.
Excellent for database-driven centralized software, scale-up, and scale-out solutions
Spans customer environments with flexibility and scalability from Traditional IT to Service Providers

Performance

12Gb/s SAS 3.0 and 6Gb/s SATA 3.0

Availability

Hot plug HDD
PERC9 RAID, Pass-thru I/O, Single or Dual SAS controllers, mix and match for dual controllers – RAID/non-RAID

Expandability, I/O, Storage

Up to 16 Small Form Factor SSDs/HDDs , both SATA and SAS

Dell PowerEdge FC430 Compute Sled Quarter-Width

Configure an FC430

Overview

Innovative ¼ width form factor with mainstream features enables lower cost/node, higher performance/watt, and lower connectivity cost/node. Its exceptionally small deployment domain makes it a great choice for distributed environments that require higher reliability.

View of the FC430 Compute Sled Dell Blade Server

Targeted Workloads

Highly available web services (memory and processing power.
Dedicated hosting (more clients per square foot)
Virtualization of lightweight applications
Light analytics

Benefits

Industry leading compute density – more VMs, FLOPs per U than any other server on the market
Cutting Edge I/O capabilities: Ideal companion to the simple & cost effective aggregation w/ IOA.
iDRAC8 & CMC deliver automation and simplicity to mainstream IT

Performance

2S Intel Xeon E5-2600v3 (up to 14 cores)
1/4 Width
Dual SD cards for redundant hypervisor

Availability

Up to 8 DIMMs memory
2 x 1.8” direct attach SATA / 1 x 1.8” SATA w/ front IB mezz
PERC9/SAS HBA/Chipset SATA
Management- iDRAC8 Enterprise w/LC
Hot-plug, redundant power/cooling (chassis)

Expandability, I/O, Storage

Access to 1 PCIe expansion slot
Dual-ported 10Gb or 1Gb LOM
Managed Persistent Storage Options
Up to 224 cores per 2U
Up to 64 DIMMs per 2U
Up to 16 1.8” SSDs per 2U

Dell PowerEdge FC630 Compute Sled Half-Width

Configure an FC630

Overview

No compromise Compute & memory density, with new high performance storage subsystem
Most Efficient platforms on the market (space, energy, fabric, chassis leverage)
Enabling modular computing from ROBO to Datacenter

View of the FC630 Compute Sled Dell Blade Server

Targeted Workloads

Common shared infrastructure block: Spans customer environments from ROBO to Datacenter, DAS to SAN
Best for XaaS, Private Cloud, HPC

Benefits

Leading storage performance & flexibility: 1U- like drive density SAN/DAS caching/in-box tiering & vSAN, scale out DAS w/ FS332x16
Cutting Edge I/O capabilities: Flexible SNAs, Simple & cost effective aggregation w/ IOA, & IO virtualization
iDRAC8 bringing System Management automation to mainstream IT

Performance

2xCPU (to 18Cores), full server proc stack
Up to 2xPCIe slots
Half Height Dual Slot Blade
Dual SD cards for redundant hypervisor

Availability

24xDIMMs (1.5TB)
Up to 8 x1.8” SSD or 2 x 2x2.5”
PERC9/SAS HBA/Chipset SATA
Management- iDRAC8 Enterprise w/LC
Hot-plug, redundant power/cooling (chassis)

Expandability, I/O, Storage

4x1GbE, 2x10GbE, 4x10GbE SNAs
Managed Persistent Storage Options - 2x Express Flash PCIe Flash SSD

Dell PowerEdge FC640 Compute Sled Half-Width

Configure an FC640

Overview

No compromise Compute & memory density, with new high performance storage subsystem
Most Efficient platforms on the market (space, energy, fabric, chassis leverage)
Enabling modular computing from ROBO to Datacenter

View of the FC640 Compute Sled Dell Blade Server

Targeted Workloads

Common shared infrastructure block: Spans customer environments from ROBO to Datacenter, DAS to SAN
Best for XaaS, Private Cloud, HPC

Benefits

Leading storage performance & flexibility: 1U- like drive density SAN/DAS caching/in-box tiering & vSAN, scale out DAS w/ FS332x16
Cutting Edge I/O capabilities: Flexible SNAs, Simple & cost effective aggregation w/ IOA, & IO virtualization
iDRAC9 bringing System Management automation to mainstream IT

Performance

2xCPU (to 18Cores), full server proc stack
Up to 2xPCIe slots
Half Height Dual Slot Blade
Dual SD cards for redundant hypervisor

Availability

16xDIMMs
Up to 2 x 2x2.5”
PERC9/SAS HBA/Chipset SATA
Management- iDRAC9 Enterprise w/LC
Hot-plug, redundant power/cooling (chassis)

Expandability, I/O, Storage

4x1GbE, 2x10GbE, 4x10GbE SNAs
Managed Persistent Storage Options - 2x Express Flash PCIe Flash SSD
BOSS Boot Option

Dell PowerEdge FC830 Compute Sled Full-Width

Configure an FC830

Overview

A powerful, full-width 4-socket server with dense compute and memory scalability and a highly expandable storage subsystem, the FC830 excels at running a wide range of applications and virtualization environments for both mid-size and large enterprises.

View of the FC830 Compute Sled Dell Blade Server

Targeted Workloads

Flexible virtualization using SAN or virtual storage with a mix of SSDs and HDDs, great VM density and highly scalable resources for the consolidation of large or performance hungry virtual machines
Very demanding, mission critical workloads, like database driven, centralized business applications - customer relationship management (CRM) and enterprise resource planning (ERP) - as well as the database tier of WebTech and HPC

Features

Combines highly dense compute and memory resources with extremely flexible storage and IO options.
Dedicated hosting
Light analytics

Performance

4S Intel Xeon E5-4600 v3 ( up to 18 cores = 72 cores total)
48xDIMMs (3TB)
From 4-8 PCIe expansion slots depending on chassis configuration

Availability

PERC9/SAS HBA/Chipset SATA
Hot-plug, redundant power/cooling (chassis)
Dual SD cards for redundant hypervisor
iDRAC8 Enterprise w/ Lifecycle Controller

Expandability, I/O, Storage

Dual quad port 10Gb/1Gb SNA
Up to 8 x 2.5 HDD/SSD or 16 x 1.8” SSD
Supports up to 4 Express Flash PCIe Flash SSDs
Up to 144 cores per 2U

The PowerEdge FN-series IO Aggregators

Dell PowerEdge 1 Gb x8 RJ45 pass-through module | HYJ81

Dell PowerEdge 1 Gb x8 RJ45 pass-through module | HYJ81

Dell PowerEdge 10 Gb x8 SFP+ pass-through module | 1KC9R

Dell PowerEdge 10 Gb x8 SFP+ pass-through module | 1KC9R

Dell PowerEdge FN410s 4-ports SFP+ | T6W0J

Dell PowerEdge FN410s 4-ports SFP+ | T6W0J

Dell PowerEdge FN410t 4-port 10Gb Base-T | DPC82

Dell PowerEdge FN410t 4-port 10Gb Base-T | DPC82

Dell PowerEdge FN2210s 4-port Combination Fibre Channel/Ethernet | HWGX7

Dell PowerEdge FN2210s 4-port Combination Fibre Channel/Ethernet | HWGX7

Dell PowerEdge FX2 Documents

Dell PowerEdge FX2 Spec Sheet

Dell PowerEdge Fx2 Owners Manual

Dell PowerEdge FX Architecture

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