Dell PowerEdge MX7000 Modular Infrastructure
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PowerEdge MX7000 Modular Chassis
Overview
Rack-based modular chassis for PowerEdge MX kinetic infrastructure. PowerEdge MX7000, uniquely designed to support new processor technologies, new storage types and fabric advances well into the future, provides the foundation for software-defined environments.
Benefits
- Modular chassis for PowerEdge MX, ideal for software-defined data center
- Extensible architecture accommodates scalable multi-chassis networking and future microprocessor, storage and fabric technologies
- Comprehensive OpenManage Enterprise – Modular Edition systems management
Configurability
- Flexible 7U modular enclosure, with eight front-accessible slots, holds 2-socket single-width or 4-socket double-width compute sled and 12Gbps single-width storage sled combinations
- Up to 6 3000W; PSU and grid redundancy support
- Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC)9 with Lifecycle Controller (LC)
- Up to 25GbE, 32Gbps Fibre Channel, 12Gbps SAS
Availability
- The MX7000 supports up to eight standard size or up to four double wide compute sleds.
- The MX7000 supports 14G Next-Generation Modular (NGM) compute sleds but does not support 13G, FX2 or M1000e form-factor sleds.
- The MX7000 Power Supplies(PSUs) utilize a new front-loading form factor. Up to six PSUs plug into the front of the chassis.
- There are two different types of fan module used in the MX7000 chassis, 60mm fans in the front and 80mm fans in the rear.
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- The storage sled shall use the Fab-C interconnect within the chassis to communicate with the IOMs.
- The Management Module (MM) internal network switch supports dual 1000BASE-T uplink ports to the chassis management network.
- Support for at least three server processor microarchitecture generations and ready for 400Gb Ethernet and beyond
- Storage Networking, 32G Fibre Channel or 12G SAS storage fabric
M420
M520
M620
M630
M640
M710
M710HD
M820
M830
M420
M520
M620
M630
M640
M710
M710HD
M820
M830
Dell PowerEdge M420 Quarter-Width
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M420 quarter-height blade server delivers unprecedented computational density, allowing up to 32 individually serviceable blade servers per chassis, with no compromise on enterprise-class features.
Targeted Workloads
- High node-count virtual environments
- Cloud
- High-performance computing (HPC) environments
Benefits
- Ultra-dense, quarter-height blade
- Individually serviceable
- Hot-plug solid-state drives and hardware RAID
- Impressive systems management capabilities
- Leverages M1000e enclosure
Performance
- Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400v2 product family
- Up to 6 DIMM slots and 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MHz
- Hot-plug hard drive options: Up to two 1.8” SATA SSD (50GB or 200GB)
Availability
- Ethernet
- 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet and Converged Network Adapters (CEE/DCB/FCoE)
- Infiniband
- Fibre channel
- PERC H310
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- Up to 4 M420 in 1 M420 Sleeve, 8 Sleeves/10U
- 64 processors/10U
- 640 cores/10U
- 192 DIMMs/10U
- 64x 1.8” SAT SSD/10U
Dell PowerEdge M520 Blade Server Half-Width
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M520 2-socket, half-height blade server delivers an extraordinary balance of value and performance for mainstream business applications, with no compromise on enterprise-class features.
Features
- Up to 12 DIMMs
- Mainstream performance
- Hot-pluggable hard drives and hardware RAID
- Impressive systems management capabilities
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
- Databases
- Mid-tier virtual environments
Availability
- Two front-accessible, hot-plug, 2.5-inch hard drives
- E5-2400 v2 product family is designed specifically for servers and workstation applications
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- Up to 16 Blades in 1 PowerEdge M1000E
- 32 Drives
- 192 DIMM's
- 320 Processor Cores
Dell PowerEdge M620 Blade Server Half-Width
An exceptionally feature-rich, two-socket blade server, the Dell PowerEdge M620 is designed for maximum performance combined with extreme density and power efficiency.
Targeted Workloads
- Databases
- Virtual environments
Benefits
- Scalable I/O capabilities
- Supports load reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs)
- Flexible LAN on motherboard (LOM) card options for Dell PowerEdge 12th generation
Performance
- 2 Intel Xeon processor E5-2600v2 (8 cores)
- 32 DIMM's up to 768GB Memory
- Supports SATA, SAS, and PCIe SSD
Availability
- Two PCIe 3.0 mezzanine connectors for add-in cards
- Two front-accessible USB connectors
- Intel Turbo Boost Technology 2.0
- iDRAC7 Enterprise
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- Supports up to 80 lanes of PCIe 3.0
- Up to 256 cores per 10U
- Up to 768 DIMMs per 10U
- Up to 32 2.5” Drives per 10U
Dell PowerEdge M630 Blade Server Half-Width
An ultra-efficient blade server with up to 44 cores of Intel processing power and 24 DIMMs of DDR4 memory in a dense, easy-to-manage platform ideal for data center workloads.
Targeted Workloads
- IT as a service (XaaS) providers
- Private clouds
- Branch offices
Benefits
- Up to 44 cores with the latest Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family
- 24 DIMMs of DDR4 memory
- iDRAC8 bringing System Management automation to mainstream IT
Performance
- 16 nodes in a 10U M1000e Chassis
- Up to 44 cores with the latest Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family
- 24 DIMMs of DDR4 memory
- Up to four 1.8” SSDs with double the storage bandwidth
Availability
- Up to 4 x1.8” SSD or 2 x 2x2.5”
- Supports DDR4 registered DIMMs (RDIMMs) and load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs).
- supports PERC H330, PERC H730P, and PERC H730
- Dual port 10 Gb Ethernet, quad port 1 Gb, FC8 Fibre Channel, FC16 Fibre Channel, or Infiniband mezzanine cards
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- Up to two 2.5-inch, hot-swappable SAS, SATA hard drives or SAS or SATA or PCIe SSDs
- Up to four 1.8-inch, hot-swappable SATA SSDs
- Supports internal optional USB, internal optional SD card and optional vFlash card (with integrated iDRAC8 Enterprise)
Dell PowerEdge M640 Blade Server Half-Width
The PowerEdge M640 is a density optimized, half-height blade server designed for performance and efficiency. It is ideal for XaaS, private cloud, and HPC applications.
Targeted Workloads
- High-performance computing (HPC)
- Anything as a service (Xaas)
- Virtualization
- Private cloud / On-premises
Benefits
- M.2 available for Boot Optimized Storage System (BOSS)
- iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
- The hard drives or SSDs are supplied in a hot-swappable drive carriers
- Supports two internal micro SD cards dedicated for the hypervisor
Performance
- Up to two Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor
- 16 DDR4 DIMMs RDIMM /LRDIMM speeds up to 2666MT/s
- Software RAID S140, PERC9 H330, H730P
- TPM 1.2/2.0 optional
Availability
- Network daughter card options, 2 x 10GE + 4 X 1GE, 4 x 10GE
- Two 2.5-inch HDDs/SSDs
- 3 slots mezzanine card
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- FC8 Fibre Channel, FC16 Fibre Channel, or Infiniband mezzanine cards
- Internal Dual SD Module optional, supports one dedicated micro SD card for vFlash support.
- PCIe Slots support dual port 10 Gb Ethernet or quad port 1 Gb
Dell PowerEdge M710 Blade Server Full-Width
Dell’s innovative full-height M710 provides 18 DIMM slots and up to 192GB of total RAM, coupled with double the I/O capabilities of half-height blades and full-fabric redundancy on all three fabrics. The M710 blade server allows quick virtualization with software from leading industry vendors using an SD card or internal USB for embedded hypervisors.
Targeted Workloads
- To keep pace with changing requirements, you can effectively scale I/O application bandwidth with end-to-end 10Gbe or Fibre Channel solutions.
- FlexAddress™ technology simplifies efforts and interactions between server and networking teams by providing slotassigned, persistent WWN/iSCSI/MAC addresses for maintenance, without additional management tools or proprietary hardware
Features
- A future-ready, passive midplane capable of supporting multiple generations of blade servers and a full array of upcoming I/O technologies
- FlexIO eliminates “rip and replace” blade switch upgrades; modularity is built into the switches
- Energy Smart Technologies, including ultra-efficient fans and power supplies for outstanding energy efficiency
Performance
- Quad-core or six-core Intel® Xeon® processors 5500 and 5600 series
- Up to 192GB (18 DIMM slots) ECC DDR3 up to 1333MHz
- 2.5” SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K)
Availability
- 1Gb & 10Gb Ethernet, 10Gb Enhanced Ethernet & Converged Network Adapters (CEE/DCB), Fibre Channel, and Infiniband I/O Mezzanine Card
- Hot-plug Hard Drive Options
- RAID ControllersPERC H200, PERC H700, CERC 6/i
- iDRAC6 Enterprise
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- 32 drives 32TB /10u
- 144 DIMM's 1536GB /10u
- 16 CPUs up to 96 cores /10u
Dell PowerEdge M710HD Blade Server Half-Width
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M710HD blade server helps you run business applications efficiently, reduce your data center footprint, ease data management and trim system maintenance time.
Targeted Workloads
- Designed for enterprise database and virtualization deployments, the PowerEdge M710HD features tremendous I/O throughput, maximized memory density and robust processing power.
- An optimized blade solution for customers looking for large capacity memory capabilities and I/O scalability in a dense, easy-to-deploy, half-height blade form factor.
Features
- The M710HD is the first Dell M-Series server with a flexible network daughtercard (NDC) designed to allow for future integrated connectivity options.
- The PowerEdge M710HD allows you to utilize more virtual machines from your existing hypervisor licensing
- Virtual File Share simplifies the update process for BIOS
Performance
- Quad-core or six-core Intel® Xeon® processor 5500 and 5600 series
- Up to 288GB (18 DIMM slots) ECC DDR3 up to 1333MT/s
- Three redundant I/O fabrics per blade
Availability
- PERC H200 Integrated SAS Controller (6Gb/s)
- 2 x8 PCIe Mezzanine
- Dual SD cards for redundant hypervisor
- iDRAC6 Enterprise
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- 16 blades in one M1000e chassis
- 18 DIMMs Per Blade = 288 DIMM's /10u
- 288GB Per Blade = 4.6TB /10u
- 2 Drives per Blade = 32 Drives / 10u
- 6 Cores per Blade = 96 Cores
Dell PowerEdge M820 Blade Server Full-Width
The Dell™ PowerEdge™ M820 blade server delivers exceptional performance and scalability for core business applications or consolidated environments with no compromise on enterprise-class features.
Targeted Workloads
- Virtual environments supporting large numbers of sizeable virtual machines
- With Dell’s Select Network Adapter, you can fully customize the I/O capabilities of the M820 to match the networking technology that’s right for your applications.
- M820 takes advantage of the capabilities of the PowerEdge M1000e’s Chassis Management Controller (CMC).
Features
- Combines highly dense compute and memory resources with extremely flexible storage and IO options.
- Dedicated hosting
- Light analytics
Performance
- 4x Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 product family
- Up to 1.5TB (48 DIMM slots) DDR3 up to 1600MT/s
- Up to 4x2.5” SAS, SSD, or Up to (2) PCIe SSD.
- PERC H310, PERC H710, PERC H710P
Availability
- 2 USB Ports in front
- Three redundant I/O fabrics per blade
- Dual SD cards for redundant hypervisor
- iDRAC7 Express for Blades with Lifecycle Controller
Expandability, I/O, Storage
- 8 Blades per M1000E
- 48 DIMM's up to 1.5TB Per Blade = 12TB/10u
- 4x 2.5" up to 4.8TB = 32 Drives up to 38.4TB/10u
- 4 CPU's up to 8 Cores = 32 CPU's up to 64 Cores/10u
Dell PowerEdge M830 Blade Server Full-Width
The PowerEdge M830 is a 4-socket converged platform designed to boost application performance, consolidation, and time-to-value in data center or remote office applications by delivering vast amounts of compute, memory and storage resources that are easy to deploy and manage.
Targeted Workloads
- Technical computing
- Virtualized environments
- Exceptionally demanding database
- Memory-intensive workloads with DDR4 DIMMs offering 28 percent higher MT/s than DDR3
Features
- Supports DDR4 R-DIMMs & LR-DIMMs at 2400 MT/s, 2133 MT/s, and 1866 MT/s.
- 2 x PCIe 3.0 (x8) Dell Select Network Adapters
- 4 x PCIe 3.0 (x8) mezzanine cards
Performance
- Up to 88 cores with the latest Intel Xeon E5-4600 v4 processors
- Up to 3TB (48 DIMM slots) DDR4 up to 2400MT/s
- 12 x 1.8" SSD, 4 x 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD or SAS HDD/SSD
OR... 2 x 2.5" PCIe SSD and 2 x 2.5" SATA HDD/SSD or SAS HDD/SSD
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
- 8 M830 Full-Height Blades per M1000E
- 12 or 4 drives per blade = 86x1.8" or 32x2.5" drives/10u
- 48 DIMM's (3TB) Per blade = 384 DIMM's (24TB)/10u
- 4 CPU's up to 88 cores = 32 CPU's up to 704 cores/10u
