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To address telecom customer requirements for sustainability and energy efficiency, Dell Technologies is taking a holistic systems approach, starting with a strong cloud infrastructure foundation. Dell Technologies is working with multiple cloud partners including Red Hat on engineered systems to help customers meet energy-efficiency requirements and tune them over time through innovation and collaboration with ecosystem partners. These holistic systems integrate Dell’s compute, storage, and networking in a footprint-optimized but scalable system to minimize power consumption, space requirements, and cooling costs and support efficient hardware utilization. When more work is run on fewer servers, less heat is produced, lowering energy use and costs.
With the recent launch of Dell Telecom MultiCloud Foundation with Telecom Infrastructure Blocks, Dell Technologies delivered an engineered system that is integrated and validated for power-efficient server deployments running virtualized network infrastructure. ACG analysis shows a 15 percent improvement in server utilization through the deployment of Telecom Infrastructure Blocks and a reduction in power consumption and cooling requirements, which is equivalent to running 179 fewer gas-powered cars per year. This is a clear example of computing efficiency that contributes to CO2 emissions reduction.
The Dell Telecom Infrastructure Block for Wind River is designed and engineered with Dell PowerEdge R750 and XR11 servers and provides a turnkey experience with fully integrated hardware and software stacks that are RAN workload-ready and aligned with workload requirements. Future releases are designed for next generation Dell PowerEdge servers, which provide additional power-saving features that make them the right fit for power-efficient disaggregated RAN architectures.
In the upcoming Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat release, Dell Technologies is planning and testing a seamless cloud experience across the network (core and edge) by providing an optimized cloud offering for each network segment. The designs integrate current Dell PowerEdge servers and software with Red Hat Kubernetes Advanced Cluster Management (ACM) and OpenShift software offerings to support Red Hat OpenShift and Kubernetes at both national and regional 5G network sites. Dell Technologies plans to expand its portfolio of Dell Telecom Infrastructure Blocks for Red Hat to support workloads in far edge and RAN sites by using next generation PowerEdge servers in future releases.
Dell’s flexible deployment models and right-sizing of infrastructure means that customers can define and stitch the solution that is optimized for their use case and requirements. Close collaboration with telecom software providers means that the Dell platform is already tuned and aligned to workload needs and can be rolled out at scale with minimal bespoke integration.
The advantages from deep integration and validation mean incremental power efficiency improvements. According to the latest ACG Research report, the typical tier 1 operator could reduce their power consumption by 1.175 million kW hours over a five-year period, which is equivalent to eliminating 833 metric tons of CO2 from the atmosphere.
The integrated and validated solution from Dell Technologies helps telecom customers address power and energy savings targets as follows:
Note: The solution shown in the previous figure is subject to change based on workload requirements and design. Sapphire Rapids servers are expected to perform twice as efficiently as Ice Lake platforms.