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Dell Technologies has tested and fully validated the following PowerEdge server options for an OpenShift Container Platform 4.6 deployment.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge XR11, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is a compact, ruggedized 1U server platform that is purpose-built for the edge and for telecommunications workloads. The PowerEdge XR11 supports multiple accelerators, including Intel® vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100. These servers are also NEBS Level 3-compliant for communications. The PowerEdge XR11 model is built to withstand tough environments, with an operating temperature range of -5°C to 45°C, and is MIL-STD qualified for shock, vibration, dust, and other environmental variants.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge XR12, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is a compact, ruggedized 2U server platform that is purpose-built for the edge and for telecommunications workloads. The PowerEdge XR11 and XR12 support multiple accelerators, including Intel® vRAN Dedicated Accelerator ACC100. These servers are also NEBS Level 3 compliant for communications. The PowerEdge XR12 model is built to withstand tough environments, with an operating temperature range of -5°C to 45°C, and is MIL-STD qualified for shock, vibration, and dust and other environmental variants.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R650, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is the optimal rack server to address application performance and acceleration. The PowerEdge R650 is a dual-socket/1U rack server that delivers outstanding performance for the most demanding workloads. It supports eight channels of memory per CPU, and up to 32 DDR4 DIMMs at 3200 MT/s speeds. To address substantial throughput improvements, the PowerEdge R650 supports PCIe Gen 4 and up to 10 NVMe drives with improved air-cooling features plus optional Direct Liquid Cooling to support increasing power and thermal requirements. This makes the PowerEdge R650 an ideal server for data center standardization on a wide range of workloads.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R750, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is a rack server to address application performance and acceleration. The PowerEdge R750 is a dual-socket/2U rack server that delivers outstanding performance for the most demanding workloads. It supports eight channels of memory per CPU and up to 32 DDR4 DIMMs at 3200 MT/s speeds. To address substantial throughput improvements, the PowerEdge R750 supports PCIe Gen 4 and up to 24 NVMe drives with improved air-cooling features plus optional Direct Liquid Cooling to support increasing power and thermal requirements. This makes the PowerEdge R750 an ideal server for data center standardization on a wide range of workloads requiring performance, extensive storage, and GPU support.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 is the ideal dual-socket, 1U platform for dense scale-out cloud computing. The scalable business architecture of the PowerEdge R640 platform is designed to maximize application performance and provide you with the flexibility to optimize configurations based on the application and use case. With the PowerEdge R640, you can use up to 8 NVMe drives, or use either 2.5” or 3.5” drives for data storage. Combined with up to 24 DIMMs, 12 of which can be NVDIMMs, you have the resources to create the optimum configuration to maximize application performance in only a 1U chassis.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd delivers a perfect balance between storage scalability and performance. The 2U two-socket platform is ideal for software-defined storage (SDS), supporting up to 24 NVMe, or 32 x 2.5”, or 18 x 3.5” drives. The versatility of the R740xd is shown by its ability to mix any drive type to create the optimum configuration of NVMe, SATA SSD, and hard drive for performance, capacity, or both.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge XE2420 is a configurable, dual-socket, 2U rack server that delivers powerful 2S performance in a short-depth form-factor. With a scalable rack option, the XE2420t is ideal for low-latency, large storage edge applications. Its performance can be further enhanced by its support of up to four accelerators. A wide and flexible range of storage options (both SSD and NVMe) and a large capacity, of up to 132 TB, gives it the flexibility to tackle a diverse set of demanding workloads at the edge. The PowerEdge XE2420 is a specialty edge server that is engineered to deliver powerful performance for harsh environments, as it can perform under extended operating temperatures from 5 °C to 45 °C. It is a front-accessible server that is designed to support demanding edge applications such as streaming analytics, manufacturing logistics, and 5G cell processing.