PowerEdge R940xa Rack Server
Overview
Extreme acceleration for business insights
Drive GPU database acceleration for business-critical applications with a powerful, four-socket server. Scale capacity with large internal storage.
Specification
Processor
Up to four Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, up to 28 cores each
Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
Dimensions & Weight
Form factor: Rack (4U)
Chassis length: 482mm
Chassis weight: 56kg
Chassis depth: 812mm
Drive Bays
Front drive bays: Up to 8 2.5” SAS SATA (HDD/SSD) max 30TB, or up 24 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 92TB, or up to 32 SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) with up to 4 NVME PCIe SSD max 132TB
GPU
Accelerators:
Up to 4 doublewide GPUs or up to 8 full-height FPGAs
GPU:
Nvidia Tesla P100, P40, V100
I/O and Ports
Network Daughter Card Options:
4 x 1GE, 4 x 10GE, 2 x 10GE + 2 x 1GE, or 2 x 25GE
Front ports:
Video, 2 x USB 2.0, 1 , dedicated IDRAC Direct Micro-USB
(Optional 1 x USB 3.0 only offered on the 8-drive configuration)
Rear ports:
Video, serial, 2 x USB 3.0
Internal ports:
1 x USB 3.0
Video card:
VGA
PCIe:
Up to 12 Gen3 slots, (6 x 16 slots or 2 x 16 + 10 x 8 slots(
Memory*
48 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM/LRDIMM, up to 2666MT/s, 6TB max
Up to 12 NVDIMMs, 384GB Max
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
Management
Embedded / At-the-Server:
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module
Consoles:
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Essentials
OpenManage Power Center
Mobility:
OpenManage Mobile
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
OpenManage Integrations:
Microsoft® System Center
VMware® vCenter™
BMC software (available from BMC)
Ansible by RedHat
OpenManage Connections:
Nagios Core & Nagios XI
Oracle Enterprise Manager
MicroFocus (formerly HPE Software) Operations Manager i (Omi)
IBM Tivoli Netcool/Omnibus
Power
Platinum: 1100W, 1600W, 2000W, 2400W
DC: 1100W
Mix Mode/HVDC: 1100W*
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
6 hot plugs fans with N +1 redundancy
Regulatory
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
Supported Operating Systems
Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS
Citrix® XenServer®
Microsoft Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi
Storage Controllers
Internal Controllers:
PERC H730P, H740P, H330, software RAID (SWRAID) S140
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem:
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 120GB or 240GB
External PERC (RAID):
H840
12Gbps SAS HBAs (non-RAID)
External:12Gbps SAS HBA (non-RAID)
Internal: HBA330 (non-RAID)
Security
TPM 1.2/2.0 optional
Cryptographically signed firmware
Silicon Root of Trust
Secure Boot
System Lockdown
Secure Erase
Modular Infrastructure
Create an agile, future-ready data center with flexible, easily expandable compute, networking and storage. The PowerEdge modular portfolio allows you to precisely tailor, quickly deploy and easily manage infrastructure while lowering operating costs.
PowerEdge MX – Modular, integrated solution with easy deployment, management, and maximum longevity
PowerEdge FX Series – Hybrid platform with the density of blade servers and the simplicity of rack-based systems
PowerEdge VRTX – Compact chassis integrating servers, storage, networking and management
PowerEdge C Series – Accelerated computing platform for high-performance cognitive workloads