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Technical Guide

 

 
 

 

Dell EMC PowerEdge T640

 

 

 

The Dell EMC PowerEdge T640 is a versatile, powerhouse server 
ideal for mid-sized 

offices, 

remote sites and data centers. The 

PowerEdge T640 combines powerful performance and massive 
internal storage capacity in a rack or tower platform. The T640 
allows you to address data-heavy, diverse workloads including 
virtualization, database, analytics, imaging applications and SDS. 
Meet dynamic performance and capacity demands with 

flexible 

storage and I/O options. The following documentation is designed 
as both instructional aid and online reference material for the 
PowerEdge T640 rack-capable tower server. The material 
introduces new technologies and features 

specific 

to the 

PowerEdge T640 in an 

effort 

to better prepare technicians to 

provide outstanding support to our customers. 

Summary of Contents for PowerEdge T640

Page 1: ... data heavy diverse workloads including virtualization database analytics imaging applications and SDS Meet dynamic performance and capacity demands with flexible storage and I O options The following documentation is designed asbothinstructionalaidandonlinereferencematerialforthe PowerEdge T640 rack capable tower server The material introduces new technologies and features specific to the PowerEd...

Page 2: ...geto hardwareor lossof dataandtellsyouhow toavoidthe problem WARNING AWARNINGindicatesapotentialforpropertydamage personalinjury ordeath Copyright 2017 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 2017 01 Rev A00 ...

Page 3: ...ity features 14 4 Processor 15 Processor Features 15 Supported Processors 15 Chipset 16 5 System memory 18 Memory speed 18 Memory module installation guides 19 Memory RAS 19 6 Storage 21 Supported hard drives 21 Storage controllers 22 IDSDM vFlash card 22 Boot Optimized StorageSubsystem BOSS 22 External storage 23 7 PCIe slots 24 PCIe expansion slots 24 PCIe slot restrictions 24 8 GPU and FPGA 25 ...

Page 4: ...ix A Additional specifications 40 Power supply specifications 40 Chassis dimensions 41 Environmental specifications 44 Video specifications 44 USB peripherals 45 13 Appendix B Standards compliance 46 14 Appendix C Additional resources 47 15 Appendix D Support and deployment services 48 ProDeploy Enterprise Suite 48 ProDeploy Plus 48 ProDeploy 48 Basic Development 48 ProSupport Enterprise Suite 49 ...

Page 5: ...Table16 Power efficiency levels 40 Table17 Videomodes 44 Table18 Industrystandarddocuments 46 Table 19 Additional resources 47 Figures Figure 1 PowerEdge T640 front panel 11 Figure2 PowerEdgeT640backview 12 Figure3 Serverlifecyclemanagementoperations 30 Figure 4 Chassis base and top cover foot height 41 Figure 5 Left slam latch handle outer surface to right slam handle outer surface height 42 Figu...

Page 6: ...r in the Dell EMC portfolio The T640 is suitable for Remote Office Branch Office ROBO and Small Medium Business SMB usage in an office or data center environment that requires large amount of disk memory space I O slots and GPGPU New Technologies Table 1 New technologies IntelXeonProcessorScalablefamily 14nm process technology Virtualaddressspace 48bits Physicaladdressspace46bits Intel Hyper Threa...

Page 7: ...nage systems management section Wireless Management The Quick Sync 2 BLE WiFi module offers secure wireless access to the embedded iDRAC SupportAssistCollections remoteRACADM andVNCremoteconsoleconnectivity Technology Detailed Description ...

Page 8: ... HBA330 H330 H730 H730P H830 ext Mini Mono HBA330 H330 H730 H730PSWRAID S130 PCIe SSD Upto 8x PCIe SSD NVMe 4xPCIeSSD PCIe Slots Max8PCIe3 0 1internal Max5PCIeGen3 2PCIeGen2 1internal LOM 2x10GbE 2x 1GbE USB Ports Front 1port USB3 0 1port USB2 0 iDRACDirect Micro AB serial video 6x USB2 0 3 0 Front 1port USB3 0 1portUSB2 0 iDRAC Direct serial video 4xUSB2 0 Tower Rack 5U rack 5U rack PowerSupplies...

Page 9: ...66 2133 2400 or 2666 MHz DDR4 registered RAID controller H330 H730P H840 H740P HBA 330 12GbSASHBA Software RAID S140 HardwareRAID M 2SATAadapter BOSS Drivesbays Upto8x3 5inchSAS SATA andSSDdrives Upto18x3 5inchSAS SATA andSSDdrives Upto32x2 5inchSAS SATA andSSDdrives Upto16x2 5inchSAS SATA andSSDdrives Upto16x2 5inchSAS SATAandSSDplusupto8NVMedrives PCIe slots Slot 1 Full Length Full Height CPU1 P...

Page 10: ...solesandtools OpenManage Essentials OpenManage Mobile 2 0 with Quick Sync 2 OpenManage Power Center Repository Manager iDRAC License options iDRAC9 Basic default iDRAC9Express upgrade iDRAC9Enterprise upgrade vFlash with 16GB micro SD card upgrade Dell EMC OpenManage Integrations Dell OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center Dell OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter BMCSoftwar...

Page 11: ...11 3 Chassisviewsandfeatures Chassisviewandfeatures Front panel view and features The following components are located on the front of the PowerEdge T640 Figure 1 PowerEdge T640 front panel ...

Page 12: ...B port 7 USB port 8 Micro USB port 9 Optical drive optional 10 Hard drive slots For more information on the HDD numbering or to view other configurations see the PowerEdge T640 Hardware Owner s Manual on www dell com support Back view and features The following components are located on the back of the PowerEdge T640 Figure 2 PowerEdge T640 back view ...

Page 13: ...E Componentsthatarehotswappablearemarkedorangeandtouchpointsonthecomponentsaremarkedblue 1 release latch 2 drive cage 3 cooling fan assembly 4 GPU card holder 5 internal PERC 6 PCIe card holder 7 PCIe slots 8 left external fan 9 right external fan 10 CPU2 socket 11 CPU1 12 backplane ControlpanelsandLED For more information about the PowerEdge T640 control panels see the PowerEdge T640 s Owner s Ma...

Page 14: ...enable the BitLocker hard drive encryption feature in Windows Server2012 2016 ThreeversionsofTPMsaresupportedin14G namelyTPM1 2 TPM2 0 RestofWorld akaeverywhere excluding China and Russia and TPM 2 0 No TPMs are supported for Russia in 14G Frontbezel The front bezel of the system contains a lock A lockedbezel securesthesystemharddrives Power off security BIOS has the ability to disable the power b...

Page 15: ...ly add FMA execution units SKUs which support Advanced RAS enable a 2nd FMA execution unit SecuritywithoutCompromise Near zeroencryptionoverheadenableshigherperformanceonallsecuredatatransactions Supported Processors Table 5 Supported processors Medal Processo r Frequency GHz Cores Threads Cache M UPI GT s Turbo TDP W Max Memory Speed MHz Platinum 8180 M 2 5 28 56 38 10 4 Y 205 2666 Platinum 8180 ...

Page 16: ...8 16 5 10 4 Y 105 2666 Gold 5120 2 2 14 28 19 10 4 Y 105 2400 Gold 5118 2 3 12 24 16 10 4 Y 105 2400 Gold 5115 2 4 10 20 14 10 4 Y 85 2400 Silver 4116 2 1 12 24 16 9 6 Y 85 2400 Silver 4114 2 2 10 20 14 9 6 Y 85 2400 Silver 4112 2 6 4 24 8 25 9 6 Y 85 2400 Silver 4110 2 1 8 16 11 9 6 Y 85 2400 Silver 4109T 2 0 8 16 11 9 6 Y 70 2400 Silver 4108 1 8 8 16 11 9 6 Y 85 2400 Bronze 3106 1 7 8 8 11 9 6 N...

Page 17: ...al Purpose Input Output GPIO LowPinCountinterface interruptcontroller andtimerfunctions System Management Bus Specification Version 2 0 IntegratedClockController RealTimeClockController Intel High Definition Audio and Intel Smart Sound Technology Integrated 10 1Gb Ethernet Integrated 10 100 1000 Mbps Ethernet MAC SupportsIntelRapidStorageTechnologyEnterprise Supports Intel Active Management Techno...

Page 18: ...s installed and configured All memory on all processors and channels run at the same speed and voltage By default highest common supported speed between the CPUs and DIMMs The operating speed of the memory is also determined by the maximum speed supported by the processor the speed settings in the BIOS and the operating voltage of the system Table 7 DIMM performance details RDIMM Maximum frequency...

Page 19: ...le 8 Supported RAS features Memory Optimized Baseline RAS features for highest performance optimization Denseconfiguration optimized profile Increasedmemoryreliabilitycanbearesultfromthisselectable platform profile that adjusts parameters to reduce faults regarding refresh rates speed temperature andvoltage Memorydemandandpatrolscrubbing Demandscrubbingistheabilitytowritecorrecteddatabackto themem...

Page 20: ...allocatesonerankperchannelasaspare If excessive correctable errors occur in a rank or channel they are movedtothesparearea whiletheoperatingsystemisrunningto prevent the errors from causing an uncorrectable failure Memorythermalthrottling Thisfeaturehelpstooptimizepower performanceandcanalso be used to prevent DIMMs from overheating Feature Description ...

Page 21: ...HDD 12GbpsSAS 2 5 15K 512n 600GB EC HDD 12Gbps SAS 2 5 15K 4096n 900G EC HDD 12GbpsSAS 2 5 10K 512n FIPS 140 1 2TB EC HDD 6GbpsSATA 2 5 7 2K 512n 1TB EC SSD 12Gbps SAS 2 5 512n MU 400GB 480GB EC SSD 12Gbps SAS 2 5 512n RI 960GB EC SSD 12Gbps SAS 2 5 512n WI 400GB EC SSD 12Gbps SAS 2 5 512n FIPS 140 MU 800G EC SSD 6Gbps SATA 2 5 512n RI 480GB EC SSD 6GbpsSATA 2 5 512n MU 240GB EC SSD 6Gbps SATA 2 5...

Page 22: ...h vFlash module has a dedicated slot at the back of the system chassis This is a Dell proprietary PCIe x1 slot that usesaUSB3 0interfacetohost Inthesystem theIDSDMandvFlashcardsizechangesfromSDtomicroSDandthesupported capacity for IDSDM microSD cards are 16GB 32GB or 64GB while the vFlash capacity is 16GB only The write protect switch is built onboard the IDSDM vFlash module Boot Optimized Storage...

Page 23: ...loader ExternalHBAs 12Gb SAS HBA full height Externalstorageoptions Dell Storage PS series PowerVault RD1000 PowerVault MD3200 PowerVault MD3200i PowerVault MD1120 DellEMCAX4 5 Dell EMC CX4 120 DellEMCCX4 240 DellEMCCX4 480 DellEMCCX4 960 Dell EMC NX4 Dell EMC NS120 Dell EMC NS480 DELLEMCDD140 DELLEMCDD610 DELL EMCDD640 PowerVault NX300 PowerVault NX3000 PowerVault NX3100 Devicetype Description ...

Page 24: ...mCPU2 Slot 7 onex8PCIeGen3forFL FHcardfromCPU2 Slot 8 onex16PCIeGen3forFL FHcardfromCPU2 Slot 9 InternalPERCSlot onex8PCIeGen3forHL FHcardfromCPU1 NOTE Slots 4 5 6 7 and 8 will only work with CPU2 populated PCIe slot restrictions The list below are restrictions and population rules on the PCIe slots Dual widthcardsinslot3 6 and8obstructsslot2 5 and7respectively 2 PCIe bridge cards consume slot 1 3...

Page 25: ... dedicated memory and is either actively cooled or passively cooled The GPUs are installed on the PCIe x16 Gen 3 interfaces available on Slot 1 3 6 and 8 Slot 6 and 8 will only work with CPU2 populated If a GPU is on slot 1 3 only 1x 5 25 RMSD device ODD RD1000 half height tape is supported 300W GPUs only support the maximum ambient 30 degree Ccondition Requires a GPU ready chassis in a rack form ...

Page 26: ...nfrastructure Planning Tool EIPT is a tool that helps you plan and tune your computer and infrastructure equipment for maximum efficiency by calculating hardware power consumption power infrastructure and storage Learn more at Dell com calc Power monitoring accuracy PSU power monitoring improvements include Power monitoring accuracy of 1 whereas the industry standard is 5 More accuratereportingofp...

Page 27: ...A 1100 W AC Platinum 4100 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging 12 A 6 5 A 1100 W DC Gold 4416 BTU hr 48 60 V DC autoranging 32 A 1600 W AC Platinum 6000 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging 10 A 2000 W AC Platinum 7500 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging 11 5 A 2400 W AC Platinum 9000 BTU hr 50 60 Hz 100 240 V AC autoranging 16 A NOTE Heat dissipationis calculated using the PSU wattag...

Page 28: ... limited to about half of full speed Noiseleveldependencies Ifacousticsisimportanttoyou severalconfigurationchoicesandsettingsareimportanttoconsider For lower acoustical output use a small number of lower rotational speed SATAhard drives nearline SAS hard drives or non rotational devices like SSDs 15k hard drives generate more acoustic noise than that of lower rotational speed hard drives andnoise...

Page 29: ...t of the rack without having to detach the cables Some key features of the T640 CMA include LargeU shapedbasketstosupportdensecableloads Both the CMA and the tray mount without the use of tools via simple and intuitive snap in designs Openventpatternforoptimalairflow Canbemountedoneithersidebysimplyswingingtheattachmenthousingsfromonesidetotheother Utilizeshook and loopstrapsratherthanplastictiewr...

Page 30: ...management consoles OpenManagesystemsmanagementsolutionsconsistofacombinationofembeddedmanagementfeaturesandsoftwareproducts thathelpyouautomateandsimplifytheentireserverlifecycle deploy update monitorandmaintain OpenManagesolutionsare innovativelydesignedforsimplicityandeaseofusetohelpyoureducecomplexity savetime achieveefficiency controlcostsand empowerproductivity OpenManagecentersaroundefficie...

Page 31: ...or 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 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes SSH Yes Yes...

Page 32: ...o Yes 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 Ye...

Page 33: ...No Yes 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 v2andv3 traps andgets Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Email alerting No No Yes Yes Yes Ye...

Page 34: ...ls 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 Syst...

Page 35: ...Yes Yes Boot capture No No No No No No 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 Yes Yes Yes Lifecycle Log Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Enhancedlogginginthe Lifecycle controlle...

Page 36: ...ion Manage Server Configuration it is a fee based license available on Dell s 14th generation of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC EnterpriseoriDRACExpresslicenses Thekeyfeaturesincludethefollowing Configure a server or chassis using a template and deploying an operating system on the PowerEdge bare metal servers During a server operation automatically detect and notify any server or chassis drift from...

Page 37: ...ter OpenManage Power Center is a one to many application that can read power usage and thermal readings information from Dell EMC servers Power Distribution Units PDU and Uninterruptible Power Supplies UPS It can aggregate this information into rack row and room level views On servers with iDRAC Enterprise license you can also cap or throttle the power consumption Youmay needtosetpowercapstoreduce...

Page 38: ...guration update and power management The APIssupportedbyiDRACwithLifecycleControllerinclude Redfish In 2015 the DMTF Scalable Platforms Management Forum published Redfish an open industry standard specification andschemadesignedtomeettheneedsofITadministratorsforsimple modern andsecuremanagementofscalableplatform hardware DellisakeycontributortotheRedfishstandard actingasco chairoftheSPMF promotin...

Page 39: ...ement Pack for vRealize Operations Manager is available with OMIVV v4 0 onwards ThishelpsincheckinghardwarehealthandalertingintovRealizeoperations whichalsoincludesdashboardandreportingonthe server environment You can manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment Alerting and monitoring environment for servers andchassis Monitoringandreportingforserversandchassis Updating fir...

Page 40: ...oring The following power supply unit options are available for the T640 495 W 750W 750WTitanium 750WHVDC 1100W 1100WDC 1600W 2000 W 2400W The T640 support up to 2 AC or DC power supplies with redundancy auto sensing and auto switching capability Table 16 Power efficiency levels mm Form Output factor Class 10 20 50 100 Redund 495 W AC Platinum 82 90 94 91 ant 86 750 WAC Titanum 90 94 96 91 750 W A...

Page 41: ...41 Chassisdimensions Figure 4 Chassis base and top cover foot height A 430 48mm chassisbaseheight B 443 48 mm top cover foot height ...

Page 42: ...42 Figure 5 Left slam latch handle outer surface to right slam handle outer surface height C 481 8288mm ...

Page 43: ...43 Figure 6 Chassis base width and foot to foot width D 217 92 mm chassis base width E 302 5365 mm foot to foot width ...

Page 44: ...andle C 719 758mm bezeltorearfan Environmental specifications Sell the PowerEdge T640 Owner s Manual on Dell com support manuals for detailed environmental specifications Video specifications Table 17 Video modes Resolution Refresh rate Rear panel Front panel 1024x768 60 Hz Yes Yes 1280x800 60 Hz Yes Yes 1280x1024 60 Hz Yes Yes 1360x768 60 Hz Yes Yes ...

Page 45: ... Yes Yes 1920x1200 60 Hz Yes Yes USBperipherals The following list the available USB ports on the PowerEdge T640 Front ports 1xUSB2 0 1xUSB3 0 Rearports 2xUSB 2 0 4xUSB 3 0 The T640 supports the peripherals below DVD ROM bootable requires 2 USB ports USB key bootable Keyboard onlyoneUSBkeyboardissupported Mouse only one USB mouse is supported Floppy bootable ...

Page 46: ... DDR4 Memory 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 SASSerialAttachedSCSI v1 1 t10 org SATA Serial ATA Rev 2 6 SATA II SATA 1 0a Extensions Rev 1 2 sata io org SMBIOS SystemManagement BIOSRe...

Page 47: ...vailableinPDF format online and provides information on system updates System Information Label The system information label documents the system board layoutandsystemjumpersettings Textisminimizeddueto space limitations and translation considerations The label size is standardized acrossplatforms QuickResourceLocator QRL This code on the chassis can be scanned by a phone application to access add...

Page 48: ...dtosuccessfullyexecutedemandingdeploymentsintoday 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 knowingyoursystemshavebeendeployedandintegratedbythebest ProDeploy ProDeploy providesfull service installa...

Page 49: ...IT resources by choosing the right supportmodel Figure 9 ProSupport Enterprise Suite ProSupport Plus When you purchase your PowerEdge server we recommend ProSupport Plus our proactive and preventative support for your business criticalsystems ProSupportPlusprovidesyouwithallthebenefitsofProSupport plusthefollowing AdesignatedTechnologyServiceManagerwhoknowsyourbusinessandyourenvironment Accesstose...

Page 50: ...fers a truly unique solution for Dell EMC s largest customers with the most complex environments TeamofdesignatedTechnologyServicesManagerswithremote on siteoptions DesignatedProSupportOnetechnicalandfieldengineers whoaretrainedon yourenvironmentandconfigurations On demand reporting and analytics based recommendations Flexible on site support and parts options that fit your operational model Atail...

Page 51: ...riculumisdesignedinconjunctionwiththeserverdevelopmentteam aswellasDell stechnicalsupportteam to ensure that the training delivers the information and practical hands on skills you and your team need to confidently manage and maintainyourDellserversolution Tolearnmoreorregisterforaclasstoday visitLearnDell com Server Dell Global Infrastructure Consulting Services Dell Global Infrastructure Consult...

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