Dell PowerEdge XE9640 - System Configurations - Rear View for Poweredge XE9640

Table 1. Features available on the front of the 4 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives for XE9640 Intel and NVIDIA
GPU configuration
Item Ports, panels, and
slots
Icon Description
1 Left control panel N/A Contains the system health, system ID, and the status LED indicator.
2 Drives N/A Enables you to install drives that are supported on your system.
3 BOSS-N1 N/A There are two M.2 connectors populated on the board and support
two NVMe drives for boot.
4 Right control panel N/A Contains the power button, USB port, iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB)
port.
5 Express service tag N/A The Express Service Tag is a slide-out label panel that contains
system information such as Service Tag, NIC, MAC address, and so
on. If you have opted for the secure default access to iDRAC, the
Information tag will also contain the iDRAC secure default password.
System configurations - rear view for PowerEdge
XE9640
Figure 2. XE9640 chassis rear view
Table 2. Rear view of the system
Item Ports, panels, or slots Icon Description
1 PCIe expansion card riser 1
(slot 1)
NA The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards.
2 NIC Ports The NIC ports are embedded on the LOM card that is connected to
the system board.
3 PCIe expansion card riser 1
(slot 2)
NA The expansion card riser enables you to connect PCI Express
expansion cards.
4 OCP NIC card N/A The OCP NIC card supports OCP 3.0. The NIC ports are integrated
on the OCP card which is connected to the system board.
5 System Identification (ID)
button
The System Identification (ID) button is available on the front and
back of the system. Press the button to identify a system in a rack
by turning on the system ID button. You can also use the system ID
button to reset iDRAC and to access BIOS using the step through
mode. When pressed, the system ID LED in the back panel blinks until
either the front or rear button is pressed again. Press the button to
toggle between on or off mode.
NOTE: If the server stops responding during POST, press and
hold the System ID button for more than five seconds to enter
the BIOS progress mode
10 Dell PowerEdge XE9640 system configurations and features