Description

PowerEdge M640 Blade Server Nigeria

The PowerEdge M640 Nigeria is a high-performance, modular blade server that excels in scalability and density, designed to meet the evolving demands of modern businesses. With support for up to 16 Intel® 2nd generation Xeon® Scalable dual-socket compute nodes in a single chassis, the M640 offers exceptional performance in environments requiring intensive workloads like HPC, XaaS, and private cloud applications. Housed in the Dell EMC blade server chassis, its 2-socket modular architecture enhances scale-out performance, allowing businesses to efficiently expand their infrastructure without compromising on space or efficiency. The server’s flexibility and powerful design ensure it can handle everything from virtualization to edge computing tasks, making it ideal for businesses seeking a versatile and future-ready solution.

In addition to its high-density performance, the PowerEdge M640 Nigeria comes with robust security features embedded throughout its lifecycle. With cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, and System Lockdown, this server provides businesses with peace of mind, knowing their data is protected from unauthorized changes. The secure supply chain ensures server protection from factory to deployment, while System Erase enables secure wiping of all data from storage media, ensuring privacy and data integrity.

Efficient server management is made easy through the OpenManage portfolio, which incorporates intelligent automation to simplify routine tasks, enabling IT teams to focus on more strategic initiatives. Whether using the Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller (CMC) for collective server management or leveraging OpenManage Enterprise for monitoring and managing both Dell EMC and third-party hardware, the M640 streamlines operations and boosts efficiency. The OpenManage Mobile app further enhances flexibility, providing real-time access to hardware alerts and management from anywhere.

With a combination of scalability, powerful performance, and integrated security, the PowerEdge M640 Nigeria is the perfect solution for businesses in need of a high-performance, flexible server platform for demanding applications. From data centers to private cloud infrastructures, the PowerEdge M640 Nigeriaensures that your business remains protected and optimized for success while staying agile enough to meet dynamic demands.

Features and Design

High-performance modular compute with industry-leading density

Effectively meet dynamic business needs with the PowerEdge M640 Nigeria. This modular blade server is designed to scale out and enable increased performance – all inside a PowerEdge VRTX chassis. Get up to 16 2nd generation Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable processor dual-socket compute nodes in a single chassis. The M640 is an outstanding match for data center workloads that benefit from high density and power efficiency, and for multi-server and clustered architectures.

Optimized for:

High-performance computing (HPC)
Anything as a service (Xaas)
Virtualization
Private cloud/On-premises

Speed IT transformation with the PowerEdge portfolio

Take the next step to modernize your data center with this modular compute platform. The PowerEdge M640 Nigeria is a modular blade server built on a scalable business architecture that offers you choice and flexibility to meet performance demands easily.

Scale compute resources with Intel^® 2nd Generation Xeon^® Scalable processors.
Gain exceptional flexibility with a universal backplane and a choice of 2 x M.2 (BOSS) or dual SD cards.
Maximize storage with 16 DDR4 DIMM slots and support up to 1024GB maximum memory.

Automate productivity with intelligent, embedded management

Dell EMC OpenManage intelligent automation enables you to spend less time on routine maintenance so you can focus on business-critical priorities.

Help maximize uptime and reduce the IT effort to resolve issues by up to 72% with ProSupport Plus and SupportAssist.
Leverage existing management consoles with easy integrations for VMware® vSphere^®, Microsoft^® System Center and Nagios^®.
Improve productivity with agent-free Dell EMC iDRAC9 for automated management.
Simplify deployment with OpenManage next-generation console and server profiles to configure and prep servers rapidly and scalably.

Fortify your servers with integrated security

A comprehensive, cyber-resilient architecture with security embedded into every server helps to protect your data.

Protect server configuration and firmware from malicious changes with new Configuration Lock-down.
Use system erase of local storage to help ensure data privacy when you repurpose or retire servers.
Automate updates that check file dependencies and proper update sequence, before deploying them independently from the OS/hypervisor.
Take control of your firmware consoles with embedded authentication that is designed to allow only properly signed updates to run.

Technical Specifications

Processor

Up to two Intel® 2nd Generation Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per processor

Operating System

Canonical® Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor®
Microsoft® Windows Server®
Microsoft® Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
VMware® vSphere®

Memory

DIMM Speed: Up to 2933MT/s
Memory Type:
- DIMM
- RDIMM
- LRDIMM
Memory Module Slots: 16 DIMM slots (6 channels with 2 DPC / 1DPC / 1DPC)
Maximum RAM:
- DIMM 1TB
- RDIMM 1TB
- LRDIMM 2TB

Storage

Front Bays: Up to 2 x 2.5″ SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 12.8TB
Storage Controllers:
- Internal controllers: PERC9 H330, H730p, H740p, H840
- Internal Dual SD Module (optional)
Software RAID: S140
Internal Boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS): HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480GB

Security

Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)

Management

Embedded / At-the-Server:
- Chassis Management Controller (CMC)
- iDRAC9
- iDRAC Direct
- iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
Consoles:
- OpenManage Enterprise
- OpenManage Power Center
Mobility: OpenManage Mobile
Tools:
- Dell EMC Repository Manager
- Dell EMC System Update
- Dell EMC Server Update Utility
- Dell EMC Update Catalogs
- OpenManage Server Administrator
- OpenManage Storage Services
- iDRAC Service Module
OpenManage Integrations:
- BMC Truesight
- Microsoft® System Center
- VMware® vCenter
OpenManage Connections:
- Micro Focus® Operations Manager I
- Nagios® Core & Nagios® XI

Power Supplies

M640 (VRTX chassis):
- 1100W Platinum
- 1600W Platinum
4 Hot plug fans with N+1 redundancy
See PowerEdge VRTX chassis specification

Ports

Network Options:
- 2 x 10GE + 4 x 1GE
- 4 x 10GE
Front Ports:
- 1 x Power button
- 1 x System ID / Status LED
- 1 x USB 2.0 MicroAB port with iDRAC management function
- 1 x USB 3.0 port

Slots

PCIe:
- See PowerEdge VRTX chassis specification
- 8 x Gen3 low-profile cards for VRTX
- 5 x Low profile, half-length x8 PCIe Gen2 cards for VRTX
- 3 x Standard height, full-length x8 PCIe Gen2 cards for VRTX

Video Card