It supports two 5th generation Intel® Xeon® scalable processors with up to 64 cores per processor or two 4th generation Intel® Xeon® scalable processors with up to 56 cores per processor. The chipset is Intel® C741.
Memory
There are 32 DDR5 DIMM slots.
When equipped with 5th generation Intel® Xeon® scalable processors, the memory speed can reach up to 5600 MT/s; with 4th generation Intel® Xeon® scalable processors, it can reach up to 4800 MT/s. The maximum RDIMM memory can be 4 TB.
GPU Support
It supports a series of powerful GPUs, including:
8 NVIDIA HGX H100 80 GB 700 W SXM5 GPUs fully interconnected with NVIDIA NVLink technology.
8 NVIDIA HGX H200 141 GB 700 W SXM5 GPUs fully interconnected with NVIDIA NVLink technology.
8 AMD Instinct MI300X 192 GB 750 W OAM accelerators connected via AMD Infinity Fabric.
8 Intel Gaudi3 128 GB 900 W OAM accelerators (with embedded RoCE ports for Ethernet connection).
8 NVIDIA HGX H20 96 GB 500 W SXM5 GPUs fully interconnected with NVIDIA NVLink technology (In the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong SAR, only H20 GPUs are provided).
Storage
Drive Bays:
Front tray can have up to 8 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe drives with a maximum capacity of 122.88 TB, or up to 16 E3.S NVMe direct drives with a maximum capacity of 122.88 TB. Note that the XE9680 - Gaudi3 configuration only supports 8 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives.
Internal Controller: PERC H965i (not supported in the Intel Gaudi3 configuration).
Power Supply: Six redundant AC or DC power units. It can be 2800 W titanium-level 200 - 240 VAC or 240 VDC redundant.
Cooling Fans: There are six high-performance cooling fans in the middle tray and up to ten high-performance cooling fans at the back of the system (Intel Gaudi3 supports up to 12 back fans), all of which are hot-swappable.
Management
It is equipped with an embedded/server-level iDRAC9. The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio provides a secure, efficient, and comprehensive solution for PowerEdge servers, enabling simplified, automated, and centralized one-to-many management through the OpenManage Enterprise console and iDRAC.
Application Scenarios
The PowerEdge XE9680 is a high-performance application server designed for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning, and deep learning. It enables users to rapidly develop, train, and deploy large machine learning models. It is suitable for scenarios such as natural language processing, recommendation engines, and neural network applications, as well as high-performance computing (HPC) use cases.
Awards
It won the 2024 Excellent Product Award.
Physical Characteristics
Its length is 39.17 inches (995.00 mm) without bezel, and the weight is up to 114.05 kilograms (251.44 pounds).
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