What does Dell EMC DSS 8440 Server specifications look like?

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asked Jul 10, 2024 in Hardware by Skywardtel (520 points)

Tech Specs

Dell DSS8440

Features

Technical Specifications

Form Factor

4U rack mount (EIA standard 19” width)

Dimensions

434 mm (width) x 865 mm (depth) x 178 mm (height) & approx. 45kg/100lbs. (weight with 8 accelerators)

Processor

2 x 2nd  Generation Intel® Xeon®  Processor Scalable Family, up to 28 cores per processor

Socket / Chipset

2, LGA3647 / Intel C620

TDP max.

TDP up to 205W @ 35ºC

Accelerators

Up to 10 Nvidia Ampere A100, A40 GPUs. Upcoming support for A30 GPUs.

Memory

24 x DIMMs per node: 16GB/32GB/64GB DDR4 RDIMM (1.5TB max.)

Drive bays

10 bays, 6 fully flexible (NVMe or SATA), +2 SATA, + 2 NVMe

Drive types

SATA and NVMe SSD

Storage Controller

PERC H730P and H750

PCIe Slots

Up to 10 Dual Width Full Length PCIe Slots (with 4 PCIe switching hubs) – accelerator slots

Additionally, up to 8 full height and 1 low profile x16 PCIe slots in rear

Embedded Networking

Network Daughter Card

Intel X550 Dual Port 10GbE Base-T & i350 Dual Port 1GbE BASE-T

Intel X710 Dual Port 10GbE SFP+ & i350 Dual Port 1GbE

System Management

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller, Enterprise enabled

Power Supply

(2+2) 2400W PSU Redundancy

1 Answer

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answered Jul 11, 2024 by cedvernon (3,020 points)
As part of Dell's GPU servers, the Dell EMC DSS 8440 server holds up to 24x DIMM slots, 10x drive bays, and up to 10x dual-width full-height PCI-Express slot graphics cards.

The system also supports dual Intel Xeon Scalable processors from either the first or second generation and up to 768GB of memory.

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