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System features
Product comparison
The following table shows the comparison between the PowerEdge R940xa and the R930.
Table 2. Comparison table
Feature R940xa R930
CPU 4x Intel® Xeon® Processor Scalable Family gold
and platinum
4x Intel® Xeon® E5-5600 v3
CPU interconnect Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI)
Memory
• 48x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM, 12x NVDIMM
• Up to 6TB with 48x 128GB LR-DIMMs
• 96 x DDR4 RDIMM, LR-DIMM
• up to 3TB with 96x 32GB LR-DIMMs
Disk Drives 2.5inch - 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA 2.5 inch - 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA
Storage Controllers
Adapters: HBA330, H330, H730P, H740P, 12G SAS
HBA
SW RAID: S140
12 Gbps PERC-9 series
PCIe SSD Up to 4x PCIe SSD 8x PCIe SSD with dedicated slots using two
extender cards.
PCIe Slots Max 12 PCIe 3.0 Max 10 PCIe 3.0
rNDC 4x 1GB, 4x 10GB, 2x 10GB+2x 1GB, or 2x 25GB 4x 1Gb, 4x 10Gb, or 2x 10Gb+2x 1Gb
Accelerators Up to 4 double-wide GPUs or up to 8 full-height
FPGAs.
Not Available
USB Ports
Front: 2 ports (USB 2.0), 1 managed (micro-usb)
Rear: 2 ports (USB 3.0)
Internal: 1 port (USB 3.0)
Optional: 1 Front port (USB 3.0) - only oered on
8-drive conguration
Front: 2 ports (USB 2.0)
Rear: 2 ports (USB 2.0)
Internal: 1 port (USB 2.0)
Rack Height 4U 4U
Power Supplies
AC (Platinum): 1100W, 1600W, 2000W, 2400W
DC: 1100W
Mix Mode/HVDC: 1100W
• AC: 750W, 1100W
• DC: 1100W
• Mix Mode/HVDC: 750W
System Management LC 3.x, OpenManage, QuickSync2.0, OMPC3,
Digital License Key, iDRAC Direct (dedicated micro-
USB port), Easy Restore, vFlash
LC 2.x, OpenManage, Digital License Key, iDRAC
QuickSync, iDRAC Direct, Easy Restore
Availability
• Hot-plug Drives
• Hot-plug Drives
• Hot-plug Redundant Cooling
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