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Tech Book—Dell Integrated System For Microsoft Azure Stack HCI
Preface Business Transformation and Data Center Modernization Evolution of Data Centers to HCI and Hybrid Cloud A Closer Look at Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Azure Stack HCI Architecture and Building Blocks Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Portfolio – AX Nodes
Dell Integrated System for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI Portfolio – AX Nodes
A modern platform for Microsoft environments
Powering the AX nodes, the Intel, and AMD processor
Intel® Xeon® scalable processors: AMD EPYC™ processors:
Dell integrated systems with security built-in
Cyber resilient architecture Protect Detect Recover Secured-core server
Networking Topologies for Azure Stack HCI Solutions Stretch Clustering with Azure Stack HCI Managing the Hybrid Cloud Sizing and Configuration Best Practices Dell Support and Services Conclusion Additional Resources

Powering the AX nodes, the Intel, and AMD processor

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Powering the AX nodes, the Intel, and AMD processor

  • AMD EPYC™ processors:

    AMD EPYC™ are a new breed of server processors which have set a higher standard for data centers. AMD has brought many features first to the market with the processor generation:

    • First with 7 nm technology enabling higher transistor density and energy efficiency
    • First with PCIe 4.0 delivering 128 lanes to double the I/O performance over PCIe 3.0
    • First with 64 cores (128 threads) in a single socket


    AMD EPYC™ has been engineered for data centers that rely on CPU performance. From oil and gas exploration, to in-memory databases, to big data analytics to production rendering to standard data center applications, highly parallel workloads have more cores to work with. Traditional CPUs typically must scale up to a 2-socket server to overcome an imbalance of resources. With AMD EPYC™, 1-socket servers satisfy many workload needs, helping increase density and reduce capital, power, and cooling expenses.

    AX nodes are optimized for the 2nd Gen/3rd Gen AMD EYPC processors taking advantage of the additional cores, faster and additional memory channels, and of PCIe 4.0 for faster I/O.