The Dell PowerEdge XE7740 is a 4U rack server specifically designed for AI workloads, offering high density for PCIe-based GPU acceleration for tasks like inferencing and model fine-tuning.

Full Technical Specifications

Component	Specification
Form Factor	4U Rack Server
Processor	Two Intel® Xeon® 6 series processors, up to 86 cores per processor
Memory	32 DDR5 DIMM slots, max 3 TB RDIMM, speeds up to 6400 MT/s
Accelerators (GPU Options)	Up to 8x PCIe Gen 5 x16 Double-Wide (DW) Full-Height Full-Length (FHFL) up to 600W OR Up to 16x PCIe Gen 5 x16 Single-Wide (SW) FHFL up to 75W
Storage (Front Bays)	Up to 8x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe (SSD), max $\approx$ 122.88 TB
Internal Boot	Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1 DC-MHS): HWRAID 1, 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs
Power Supplies	3200W Titanium (Hot-swap redundant, 200–240 V AC or 240 V DC)
Cooling	Air-cooled design with high-performance platinum grade fans
Management	iDRAC10, iDRAC Direct, iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish, OpenManage Enterprise
Security	Silicon Root of Trust, Secure Boot, Cryptographically signed firmware, TPM 2.0
PCIe Slots (Other)	Up to 8 additional front-serviceable PCIe slots (for network interfaces)
Networking	OCP NIC 3.0 Card option

Description

The Dell PowerEdge XE7740 is a high-performance 4U rack server engineered for demanding Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Deep Learning workloads, particularly AI inferencing and model fine-tuning.

It leverages dual Intel Xeon 6 series processors for significant core count and computational power, paired with high-speed memory using 32 DDR5 DIMM slots supporting up to 3 TB. Its standout feature is the versatile PCIe Gen 5 GPU acceleration subsystem, which can accommodate up to 8 double-wide (600W) or 16 single-wide (75W) accelerators (like NVIDIA H200 or Intel Gaudi 3).

Crucially, the XE7740 uses an air-cooled chassis, simplifying deployment in existing data center environments by avoiding the complexity of liquid cooling while still achieving a high GPU density. It also features robust security, including a Silicon Root of Trust and iDRAC10 for comprehensive enterprise management. The server's storage uses fast EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe SSDs for high-throughput, low-latency access to data.

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