Dell PowerEdge XE8640 - default chapter; Table of Contents

Chapter 1: About this document.................................................................................................... 8
Chapter 2: Dell PowerEdge XE8640 system overview.................................................................... 9
System configurations - Front view for PowerEdge XE8640.................................................................................. 9
Left Control Panel (LCP) view................................................................................................................................. 10
Right Control Panel (RCP) view............................................................................................................................... 11
System configurations - Rear view for PowerEdge XE8640.................................................................................. 12
System configurations - Inside view for PowerEdge XE8640................................................................................ 14
System information label.................................................................................................................................................. 17
Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag............................................................................................... 18
Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix.......................................................................................................................19
Product positioning............................................................................................................................................................19
Chapter 3: Technical specifications.............................................................................................20
Chassis dimensions ...........................................................................................................................................................21
System weight.................................................................................................................................................................... 21
Processor specifications..................................................................................................................................................22
PSU specifications............................................................................................................................................................ 22
Cooling fan specifications............................................................................................................................................... 22
Supported operating systems........................................................................................................................................ 23
System battery specifications........................................................................................................................................23
Expansion card riser specifications............................................................................................................................... 23
Memory specifications..................................................................................................................................................... 24
Storage controller specifications...................................................................................................................................24
Drives................................................................................................................................................................................... 24
GPU Specifications........................................................................................................................................................... 25
Ports and connectors specifications............................................................................................................................ 25
NIC port specifications.............................................................................................................................................. 25
USB ports specifications........................................................................................................................................... 25
iDRAC port specifications......................................................................................................................................... 25
VGA ports specifications........................................................................................................................................... 25
Video specifications.......................................................................................................................................................... 25
Environmental specifications..........................................................................................................................................26
Thermal air restrictions.............................................................................................................................................. 27
Thermal restriction matrix......................................................................................................................................... 27
Chapter 4: Initial system setup and configuration........................................................................29
Setting up the system......................................................................................................................................................29
iDRAC configuration......................................................................................................................................................... 29
Options to set up iDRAC IP address.......................................................................................................................29
Options to log in to iDRAC........................................................................................................................................ 30
Resources to install operating system.......................................................................................................................... 31
Options to download drivers and firmware ...........................................................................................................31
Options to download and install OS drivers .........................................................................................................32
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