Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840c Compute Sled
Overview
Elastic compute resources for database-driven mission critical applications and performance workloads in a 4-socket, double-width sled.
Specification
Processor
Two or four Intel™ Xeon™ Scalable Processor
Up to 28 cores per processor
Maximum Thermal Design Power (TDP): 205W
Memory*
48 DIMMs in total; supports DDR4 RDIMMs, LRDIMMs, NVDIMM-Ns
Maximum capacity (NVDIMM-N): 192GB
Maximum capacity (RDIMM): 1.5TB
Maximum capacity (LRDIMM): 6.1TB
Up to 6 channels with 2 DPC
DDR4 speeds up to 2667 MT/s
Storage Controllers
Internal controllers:
S140 Software RAID, HBA330 Internal SAS HBA, PERC H730P Adapter, PERC H745P Adapter, PERC HBA330 mini-mezzanine
Internal boot options:
Choice of Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) (2 X M.2 SDDs) or Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM)
Drive Bays
Front:
Up to 8 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HD/SDD) or NVMe SSD
Power Supplies
Up to 6 x 3000W; PSU and grid redundancy support (MX7000 chassis)
Fans
5 rear- and 4 front-accessible hot-swap fans (MX7000 chassis)
Dimensions & Weight
Double width enclosure:
250.2 mm (9.85 inches) width (x)
85.5 mm (3.37 inches) height (y)
610.39 mm (24.03 inches) depth (z)
17 kg (37.47 lb) maximum weight
Embedded Management
MX7000 chassis:
OpenManage Enterprise – Modular Edition (OME-Modular): running on up to 2 redundant MX9002m management modules (MX7000 chassis)
Unified control: single management point for server, storage and networking
Intelligent automation: Operational template methodology and comprehensive RESTful API
Quick Sync 2 Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE)/wireless module
On the compute sled:
As every other PowerEdge server, the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) 9 with Lifecycle Controller (LC)
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
I/O Expansion Slots
4 PCIe 3.0 x 16 mezzanine slots (Fabric A and B)
2 PCIe 3.0 x 16 mini-mezzanine slot (Fabric C)
OpenManage Software
OpenManage consoles:
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Essentials
OpenManage Mobile (OMM)
OpenManage Power Center OMPC)
OpenManage Integrations:
Microsoft® System Center
VMware® vCenter™
BMC Software (available from BMC)
Ansible by Red Hat
OpenManage Connections:
Nagios Core and Nagios XI
Oracle Enterprise Manager
Microfocus Operations Manager (OM) and Operations Manager i (OMi)
IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
Security
TPM 1.2/2.0 (optional)
Cryptographically signed firmware
Silicon Root of Trust
Secure Boot
System Lockdown
System Erase
I/O and Ports
Front ports:
Management LED (1 USB 2.0 MicroAB port with iDRAC management function)
1 USB 3.0 port external port
Front buttons/indicators:
Power button
System status LED
Hard disk status LED
Ports:
1 x USB 3.0 internal port
1 x USB 2.0 management port to iDRAC
1 x USB 3.0 + USB 2.0 for IDSDM
Video Card:
Integrated VGA controller in iDRAC, VGA over LAN
Supported Operating Systems
Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® XenServer®
Microsoft® Windows Server®with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
Recommended Support
Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution; consulting and deployment offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more information.
Chassis
PowerEdge MX7000 chassis: 7U modular enclosure with 8 full width slots for combination of compute and storage sleds
Chipset
Intel® C628 Chipset with optional Intel® QuickAssist Technology
Management
Tools:
iDRAC Service Module
OpenManage Server
Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
Dell EMC Repository Manager
Dell EMC System Update
Dell EMC Server Update Utility
Dell EMC Update Catalogs
Enclosure I/O Modules
Up to 2 pair redundant general purpose switch or pass-through bays (Fabrics A and B); redundant pair of storage specific switch bays (Fabric C)
Up to 25GbE, 32Gbps Fibre Channel, 12Gbps SAS