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Dell EMC PowerEdge R940xa

The 4S, 4U PowerEdge R940xa accelerates applications to deliver
real-time decisions. The R940xa combines four CPUs with four
GPUs in a powerful 1:1 ratio to drive database acceleration. With up
to 6TB of memory and four-socket performance, the R940xa
delivers consistent and fast response times.

Technical Guide

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Summary of Contents for PowerEdge R940xa

Page 1: ...applications to deliver real time decisions The R940xa combines four CPUs with four GPUs in a powerful 1 1 ratio to drive database acceleration With up to 6TB of memory and four socket performance the R940xa delivers consistent and fast response times Technical Guide ...

Page 2: ...8 Dell Inc or its subsidiaries All rights reserved Dell EMC and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc or its subsidiaries Other trademarks may be trademarks of their respective owners 2018 05 Rev A01 ...

Page 3: ...information tag of your system 15 Security features 15 4 Processor 16 Processors 16 Processor features 16 Supported processors 16 Chipset 18 5 Memory 20 Supported memory 20 Memory speed 20 Memory configuration 21 Memory RAS features 21 6 Storage 23 Storage 23 Supported drives 23 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem 24 Storage Controller 26 IDSDM with vFlash card 26 External storage 26 Optical drives 2...

Page 4: ...43 Dell EMC consoles 43 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools utilities and protocols 45 Integration with third party consoles 46 OpenManage connections with third party consoles 47 12 Appendix A Additional specifications 48 System dimensions 48 Environmental specifications 49 Video specifications 49 USB peripherals 49 13 Appendix B Standards compliance 50 14 Appendix C Additional resources...

Page 5: ...Additional professional services 55 Dell Education Services 55 Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services 55 Dell managed services 55 5 ...

Page 6: ...eous Multi Threading SMT support High Reliability mode profile support Software RAID support for SATA and NVMe Ideal for compute intensive applications that require greater storage while not sacrificing I O performance New line support for 4 double wide GPUs in a 1 CPU to GPU ratio or up to 8 full height FPGAs to accelerate business critical workloads like AI and machine learning Table 1 New techn...

Page 7: ...ith improved user experience Since the introduction of iDRAC in PowerEdge Server the server management has been improved by adding different local and remote user interfaces Web GUI RACADM WSMAN BIOS F2 Setup and LCD to iDRAC The addition of Quick Sync 1 0 NFC interface in 13G server with handheld devices Mobile tablet and OMM Android application To extend this Quick Sync feature to wide variety o...

Page 8: ...ots 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 offered on 8 drive configuration Fro...

Page 9: ...32 Hard Drive Chassis up to 8 Hard Drive Chassis Accelerators Up to 4 double wide GPUs or up to 8 full height FPGAs Disk Drives 4 x 2 5 inch NVMe only 8 x 2 5 inch SAS SATA or SATA only 24 x 2 5 inch SAS SATA 32 x 2 5 inch SAS SATA or SATA only PCIe SSD Up to 4x CPU Direct Attach PCIe SSD Storage Controller S140 HBA330 H330 H730 H730P H740P 12 Gbps SAS HBA External LCD Module LCD module option in ...

Page 10: ...E wireless Integrations Microsoft System Center VMware vCenter BMC Software available from BMC Ansible by RedHat Connections Nagios Core and Nagios XI Oracle Enterprise Manager Microfocus Operations Manager i OMi IBM Tivoli Netcool OMNIbus TPM TPM China TPM1 2 TPM2 0 iDRAC Direct front port Micro USB Fan Up to 6 fans IDSDM Module Internal Dual SD Module IDSDM and vFlash BOSS Module M 2 SATA interf...

Page 11: ... panel 2 Drives 32 3 Right control panel 4 Information tag Control panels The control panels allow you to manually control the inputs to the server Left control panel view Figure 2 Left control panel view 1 Status LED indicators 2 System health and system ID indicator 3 iDRAC Quick Sync 2 wireless indicator optional 11 ...

Page 12: ...nt bezel The optional front bezel is hot pluggable The statuses and conditions of the LCD panel are outlined here The LCD backlight is white during normal operating conditions When the system needs attention the LCD backlight turns amber and displays an error code followed by descriptive text NOTE If the system is connected to a power source and an error is detected the LCD turns amber regardless ...

Page 13: ...and hold the navigation button till the up arrow is displayed b Navigate to the using the up arrow c Select the Home icon d On the Home screen press the Select button to enter the main menu Setup menu NOTE When you select an option in the Setup menu you must confirm the option before proceeding to the next action Option Description iDRAC Select DHCP or Static IP to configure the network mode If St...

Page 14: ... the temperature of the system in Celsius or Fahrenheit The display format can be configured in the Set home submenu of the Setup menu Back view of the system Figure 5 Back view of the system 1 Full height expansion riser 1 2 Full height expansion riser 2 3 Power supply units 4 4 System identification button 5 CMA power port 6 iDRAC9 dedicated port 7 USB 3 0 ports 2 8 VGA port 9 Serial port 10 Low...

Page 15: ...nk if you have not opted for secure default access to iDRAC then the default user name and password are root and calvin 5 Service Tag Security features A number of physical security features are present on the latest generation of the R940xa Additional security features non physical are included in the BIOS and iDRAC sections The following table shows the available security features for the R940xa...

Page 16: ...upported processors Table 6 Supported processors for PowerEdge R940xa Model Descript ion Cache Onboard memory Cores Speed GHz TDP Steppin g SKU type Intel SKU Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family H 0 16 5MB 768GB 4 3 6GH z 105W XCC Gold 5122 Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family H 0 19 25MB 768GB 12 2 6GH z 125W XCC Gold 6126 Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family H 0 19 25MB 768GB 14 2 6GH z 135W NA...

Page 17: ...amily H 0 35 75MB 768GB 26 2 0GH z 150W NA Platinum 8164 Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family H 0 1 5TB NA 24 2 1GHz 150W NA Platinum 8160M Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family H 0 33MB 768GB 24 2 1GHz 150W XCC Platinum 8160 Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family H 0 NA 768GB 12 3 0GH z 150W XCC Platinum 8158 Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family H 0 16 5MB 768GB 4 3 6GH z 105W NA Platinum 8156 Intel...

Page 18: ... PCI Express Base Specification Revision 3 0 Integrated Serial ATA host controller supports data transfer rates of up to 6 Gb s on all ports xHCI USB controller with SuperSpeed USB 3 0 ports Direct Media Interface Serial Peripheral Interface Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface Flexible I O Allows some high speed I O signals to be configured as PCIe root ports PCIe uplink for use with certain PCH ...

Page 19: ... Intel Trace Hub for debug For more information visit Intel com 19 ...

Page 20: ... DIMMs NVDIMMs can be mixed with RDIMMS NVDIMMs cannot be mixed with LR DIMMs Supported memory The table below shows the supported memory technologies for the PowerEdge R940xa Table 7 Supported memory technologies Feature Description DIMM type RDIMM LRDIMM NVDIMM Transfer speed 2666MT s 2400MT s 1866MT s Voltage 1 2V DDR4 Memory speed The R940xa support memory speeds of 2666MT s 2400MT s 2133MT s ...

Page 21: ...ules require the largest capacity DIMM be placed first slot A1 populated first then A2 and so on The second CPU mirrors the first CPU population Maximum of two different capacity DIMMs allowed in a system Can mix DIMMs with different ranks Maximum of two different rank DIMMs allowed in a system Table 9 Two different rank DIMMS configuration DIMM type RDIMM LRDIMM NVDIMM RDIMM Allowed Not Allowed A...

Page 22: ...mirrored copy of the contents of memory as a redundant backup for use if the primary intra socket memory fails The mirrored copy of the memory is stored in memory of the same processor socket Memory address parity protection This feature provides the ability to detect transient errors on the address lines of the DDR channel Memory sparing rank Memory sparing allocates one rank per channel as a spa...

Page 23: ...in slots 0 to 23 of upper drives bay and up to eight 2 5 inch SAS SATA or Nearline SAS front accessible drives in slots 24 to 31 of lower drives bay Supported drives Table 11 Supported Drives SAS and SATA or SSD Form Factor Type Speed Rotational Speed Capacities 2 5 inch SATA SSD 6 Gb N A 240GB 400GB 480GB 800GB 960GB 1600GB 1920GB 3200GB 3840GB SATA 6 Gb 7 2K 1 TB 2 TB SAS 12 Gb 7 2K 1 TB 2 TB 2 ...

Page 24: ...atures This RAID controller presents the M 2 SATA SSDs as either a non RAID volume or as a single RAID volume Figure 7 Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem BOSS Table 12 BOSS features Function or feature Supported Stripe size supported 64K Configuration HII Yes Full initialization No Fast initialization Yes NOTE By default fast initialization is performed when you create a virtual disk Background init...

Page 25: ...the SMART information from the drives Physical disk hot swap No Virtual disk expansion No Virtual disk slicing No Virtual disk migration Yes NOTE On new controller virtual disk must be Imported from HII before presented to OS Split mirror No NOTE System required to shutdown and migrate one physical disk to another system and continue rebuild Non RAID migration Yes BIOS configuration utility Ctrl M...

Page 26: ...Internal Dual microSD Module IDSDM and vFlash card are combined into a single card module in the latest PowerEdge systems The following are SKUs available for PowerEdge R940xa systems vFlash only IDSDM only vFlash and IDSDM NOTE The IDSDM only option come with vFlash hardware but required iDRAC Enterprise license to enable it The IDSDM with vFlash module sits in the back of the chassis in a Dell p...

Page 27: ...es 114X rack mount chassis with LTO 5 LTO 6 and LTO 7 6 Gb SAS tape drives TL1000 with LTO 5 LTO 6 and LTO 7 6 Gb SAS tape drives TL2000 with LTO 5 LTO 6 and LTO 7 6 Gb SAS tape drives TL2000 with LTO 5 LTO 6 and LTO 7 8Gb FC tape drives TL4000 with LTO 5 LTO 6 and LTO 7 6 Gb SAS tape drives TL4000 with LTO 5 LTO 6 and LTO 7 8Gb FC tape drives ML6000 with LTO 5 LTO 6 6 Gb SAS tape drives ML6000 wi...

Page 28: ...Half Length x16 7 X16 PCIe Riser 2 CPU 2 Low Profile Half Length x16 7 X16 PCIe Riser 2 CPU 2 Low Profile Half Length x16 8 X8 PCIe Riser 2 CPU 3 Full Height Full Length x8 9 X16 PCIe Riser 2 CPU 3 Full Height Half Length x16 9 X8 PCIe Riser 2 CPU 3 Full Height Full Length x8 10 X8 PCIe Riser 2 CPU 2 Full Height Half Length x8 11 X16 PCIe Riser 2 CPU 2 Full Height Half Length x16 11 X8 PCIe Riser ...

Page 29: ...wer Matrix Slots Riser Riser 1 Riser 2 LP Slots 1C 1D 2C 2D Slot 3 6 Slot 4 7 Slot 1 75W Slot 2 300W 75W Slot 3 75W Slot 4 300W 75W Slot 5 75W 75W Slot 6 75W Slot 7 75W Slot 8 75W Slot 9 300W 75W Slot 10 75W Slot 11 300W 75W Slot 12 75W 75W 29 ...

Page 30: ...ll com calc Power monitoring accuracy PSU power monitoring improvements include Power monitoring accuracy of 1 whereas the industry standard is 5 More accurate reporting of power Better performance under a power cap Power capping Use Dell EMC systems management tools such as OpenManage Power Center and iDRAC9 with an Enterprise license can be used to set a power limit for your server This limits t...

Page 31: ...00 W PSUs operate at low line 100 120 Vac then the power rating per PSU is derated to 800 W NOTE If a system with AC 2000 W PSUs operate at low line 100 120 Vac then the power rating per PSU is derated to 1000 W The PowerEdge R940xa support up to 2 AC or DC power supplies with 1 1 redundancy auto sensing and auto switching capability If two PSUs are present during POST a comparison is made between...

Page 32: ...an failure in the system Environmental Specifications The optimized thermal management makes the R940xa reliable under a wide range of operating environments Expanded operating temperature restrictions The operating temperature is for a maximum altitude of 950 m for fresh air cooling No cold start ups below 5 C due to hard drive constraints Apache Pass DIMM NVDIMM PCIeSSD and NVME are not supporte...

Page 33: ...Installation of more than two PCIe cards results in an increase in overall system acoustics Using a GPU card This results in an increase in overall system acoustics PCIe controller based SSD drives Drives such as Express flash drives and Fusion IO cards require greater airflow for cooling and result in significantly higher noise levels Systems with an H330 PERC This configuration may be quieter th...

Page 34: ...ation of the chassis to the rails Supports tool less installation in 19 EIA 310 E compliant 4 post square hole racks including all generations of the Dell racks Supports tool less installation in 19 EIA 310 E compliant 4 post round hole racks and threaded hole racks Required for installing R940xa in a Dell EMC Titan or Titan D rack Support full extension of the system out of the rack to allow serv...

Page 35: ...o rails Two depth positions to accommodate various cable bundle sizes and rack depths Supports cable bundle weight and controls stresses on server connectors Cables can be segregated into discrete purpose specific bundles 35 ...

Page 36: ...s the following operating systems RedHat Enterprise Linux Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Microsoft Windows Server Ubuntu VMWare ESXi Citrix Xen Server For more information on the specific versions and additions visit Dell com OSsupport 36 ...

Page 37: ...nsoles OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination of embedded management features and software products that help you automate and simplify the entire server lifecycle deploy update monitor and maintain OpenManage solutions are innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity save time achieve efficiency control costs and empower productivity...

Page 38: ...Express for Blades iDRAC9 Express for Blades iDRAC8 Enterprise iDRAC9 Enterprise Interface Standards Redfish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes IPMI 2 0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes DCMI 1 5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Web based GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Racadm command line local remote Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SMASH CLP SSH only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Telnet Yes Yes ...

Page 39: ...es Yes PK authentication No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes FIPS 140 2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Secure UEFI boot certificate management No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Lock down mode No No No No No No Yes Unique iDRAC default password No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Customizable Security Policy Banner login page No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes Quick Sync 2 0 optional auth for read operations No Yes No Yes N...

Page 40: ...s Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Power capping No No No No No No Yes Yes Power Center integration No No No No No No Yes Yes Temperature monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Temperature graphing No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Health Monitoring Predictive failure monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SNMPv1 v2 and v3 traps and gets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Email alerting No No Yes Yes Yes Yes ...

Page 41: ...Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes AutoDiscovery No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Remote OS deployment No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Embedded driver pack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Full configuration inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Inventory export Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Remote configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Zerotouch configuration No No No No No No Yes Yes System ...

Page 42: ...deo capture No No No No No No Yes Yes Boot capture No No No No No No Yes Yes Manual reset for iDRAC LCD ID button Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Remote reset for iDRAC requires iSM Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Virtual NMI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes OS watchdog Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SupportAssist Report embedded Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes System Event Log Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes...

Page 43: ... for lifecycle management of PowerEdge servers It support Windows Linux VMware and HyperV environments OME provides a simple and easy interface for system administrators to maximize the uptime and health of Dell systems It helps to Monitor health status and events for PowerEdge servers EqualLogic or MD series storage and PowerConnect and Force 10 switches Provide hardware level control and managem...

Page 44: ...edge forward and delete alerts from your mobile device Browse through device details firmware inventory and event logs of individual systems Perform several server management functions such as power on power cycle reboot and shutdown from the mobile application Key Features of OpenManage Mobile When connected through iDRAC Connect to any 14th gen 13th gen or 12th gen server remotely Access 14th ge...

Page 45: ...uted in GUI or in CLI mode For more information see Dell EMC Update Packages User s Guide available at www delltechcenter com DSU Dell Remote Access Controller Administration RACADM CLI The RACADM command line utility provides a scriptable interface to perform inventory configuration update and health status check of PowerEdge servers RACADM operates in multiple modes Local supports running RACADM...

Page 46: ...s on their systems but can also be used to discover inventory and configure servers To assist automating system management tasks and simplify API integration Dell provides PowerShell and Python libraries and script examples utilizing the WSMan interface The iDRAC with LC pages of Dell Techcenter offer a library of technical white papers detailing the use of the embedded management APIs For more in...

Page 47: ...ections with third party consoles Dell EMC OpenManage Connections gives you an easy path to adding support for third party devices so you can continue to use your existing management tools while easily adding Dell EMC server systems to your existing IT environment Integrate new systems at your own pace Manage new Dell EMC servers and storage with your legacy management tools while extending the us...

Page 48: ...ations This section contains information about additional specifications for the PowerEdge R940xa System dimensions This section describes the physical dimensions of the system Figure 10 System dimensions of PowerEdge R940xa system 48 ...

Page 49: ...3 5 MHz Yes Yes Yes 1280 x 1024 60 Hz 8 16 32 64 0 kHz 108 0 MHz Yes TBD Yes 1360 x 768 60 Hz 8 16 32 47 71 kHz 85 5 MHz Yes Yes Yes 1440 x 900 60 Hz 8 16 32 55 9 kHz 106 5 MHz Yes TBD Yes 1600 x 900 60 Hz RB 8 16 32 55 54 kHz 97 75 MHz Yes Yes Yes 1600 x 1200 60 Hz 8 16 32 75 0 kHz 162 0 MHz TBD TBD Yes 1680 x 1050 60 Hz RB 8 16 32 64 7 kHz 119 0 MHz Yes TBD Yes 1920 x 1080 60 Hz 8 16 32 67 158 k...

Page 50: ...ry DDR4 SDRAM Specification jedec org standards documents docs jesd79 4 pdf PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev 2 0 and 3 0 pcisig com specifications pciexpress PMBus Power System Management Protocol Specification v1 2 pmbus info specs html SAS Serial Attached SCSI v1 1 t10 org SATA Serial ATA Rev 2 6 SATA II SATA 1 0a Extensions Rev 1 2 sata io org SMBIOS System Management BIOS Referen...

Page 51: ...anuals Information Update This document ships with the system is also available in PDF format online and provides information on system updates Dell com Support Manuals System Information Label The system information label documents the system board layout and system jumper settings Text is minimized due to space limitations and translation considerations The label size is standardized across plat...

Page 52: ...essfully execute demanding deployments in today s complex IT environments Certified Dell EMC experts start with extensive environmental assessments and detailed migration planning and recommendations Post deployment configuration assistance testing and product orientation help you rest easy knowing your systems have been deployed and integrated by the best ProDeploy ProDeploy provides full service...

Page 53: ...choosing the right support model Figure 12 ProSupport Enterprise Suite ProSupport Plus When you purchase your PowerEdge server we recommend ProSupport Plus our proactive and preventative support for your business critical systems ProSupport Plus provides you with all the benefits of ProSupport plus the following A designated Technology Service Manager who knows your business and your environment A...

Page 54: ...on for Dell EMC s largest customers with the most complex environments Team of designated Technology Services Managers with remote on site options Designated ProSupport One technical and field engineers who are trained on your environment and configurations On demand reporting and analytics based recommendations Flexible on site support and parts options that fit your operational model A tailored ...

Page 55: ...gned in conjunction with the server development team as well as Dell s technical support team to ensure that the training delivers the information and practical hands on skills you and your team need to confidently manage and maintain your Dell server solution To learn more or register for a class today visit LearnDell com Server Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services Dell Global Infrastru...

Page 56: ...cloud services designed to better address challenges with mobility highly distributed organizations security compliance business continuity and disaster preparedness 56 ...

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