Table 10. Expansion card slots supported on the system board
Expansion card riser PCIe slot
Processor
Connection
PCIe slot
height
PCIe slot length PCIe slot width
Riser 1A (R1A) for Intel
GPU configurations
1 Processor 1 Full height Half length x16
2 Processor 1 Low Profile Half length x16
Riser 4A (R4A) for Intel
GPU configurations
3 Processor 2 Low Profile Half length x16
4 Processor 2 Full height Half length x16
Riser 1B (R1B)
for NVIDIA GPU
configurations
1 Processor 1 Full height Half length x16
2 Processor 1 Low Profile Half length x16
Riser 4B (R4B)
for NVIDIA GPU
configurations
3 Processor 2 Low Profile Half length x16
4 Processor 2 Full height Half length x16
Memory specifications
The PowerEdge XE9640 system supports the following memory specifications for optimized operation.
Table 11. Total System Memory Capacity Requirement for Intel GPUs
DIMM capacity 64 GB
16 x DIMM sockets population Total memory: 1 TB
Table 12. Total System Memory Capacity Requirement for NVIDIA GPUs
DIMM
capaci
ty
16 GB 32 GB 64 GB
Total
memory
80 GB GPU 94 GB GPU Total
memor
y
80 GB GPU 94 GB GPU Total
memor
y
80 GB GPU 94 GB GPU
8 x
DIMM
sockets
populat
ion
64 GB Not
supported
Not
supported
256 GB Not
supported
Not
supported
512 TB Support Support
16 x
DIMM
sockets
populat
ion
256 GB Not
supported
Not
supported
512GB Support Support 1 TB Support Support
32 x
DIMM
sockets
populat
ion
512 GB Support Support 1 TB Support Support 2 TB Support Support
Table 13. Memory module sockets
Memory module sockets Speed
● Only 16 DIMM slots (288-pin) are supported out of
32 DIMMs (with 8 DIMMs per processor) for XE9640
Intel GPU supported systems
● 8 DIMMS, 16 DIMMs and 32 DIMMs (288-pin) for
XE9640 NVIDIA GPU supported systems
4800 MT/s (1 DIMM Per Channel), 4400 MT/s (2 DIMMs Per
Channel)
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