Dell PowerEdge XE8640 - Dell PowerEdge XE8640 System Overview; System Configurations - Front View

Dell PowerEdge XE8640 system overview
The Dell PowerEdge XE8640 system is Dell's latest 2-socket, 4U accelerated rack server that is designed to run complex,
compute intensive workloads using the latest industry acceleration technology, as well as highly scalable memory, I/O, and
network options.
The system features:
● Two 4
th
Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 56 cores
● Sixteen or thirty two DDR5 DIMM slots
● Four redundant AC or DC power supply units
● Up to 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives
NOTE: For more information about how to hot swap NVMe PCIe SSD U.2 device, see the Dell Express Flash NVMe
PCIe SSD User's Guide at https://www.dell.com/support > Browse all products > Infrastructure > Data Center
Infrastructure > Storage Adapters & Controllers > Dell PowerEdge Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD > Select This
Product > Documentation > Manuals and Documents.
NOTE: All instances of SAS, SATA drives are referred as drives in this document, unless specified otherwise.
CAUTION: Do not install GPUs, network cards, or other PCIe devices on your system that are not validated
and tested by Dell. Damage caused by unauthorized and invalidated hardware installation will null and void the
system warranty.
Topics:
• System configurations - Front view for PowerEdge XE8640
• System configurations - Rear view for PowerEdge XE8640
• System configurations - Inside view for PowerEdge XE8640
• System information label
• Locating the Express Service Code and Service Tag
• Rail sizing and rack compatibility matrix
• Product positioning
System configurations - Front view for PowerEdge
XE8640
Figure 1. Front view 8 x U.2 drive system
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