Description

PowerEdge M640 Blade Server Dubai

PowerEdge M640 Dubai: A Scalable and Secure Modular Server Solution

The PowerEdge M640 Dubai stands as a high-performance, density-optimized modular blade server, engineered to meet the evolving needs of modern businesses. Designed for scalability and efficiency, it is an ideal choice for applications in High Performance Computing (HPC), Anything-as-a-Service (XaaS), and private cloud environments. Whether you’re managing virtualization workloads or tackling edge computing challenges, the M640 offers flexibility that adapts seamlessly to your requirements.

Delivering Scalability and High Density

As businesses expand, so do their demands for scalable solutions. The PowerEdge M640 Dubai meets this need with support for up to 16 Intel® 2nd generation Xeon® Scalable dual-socket compute nodes within a single chassis. This architecture provides the scalability and density required in today’s fast-paced data centers. By offering modular flexibility and high-density performance, the M640 enables businesses to scale efficiently as they grow. It excels in environments demanding heavy workloads, such as HPC, XaaS, and private cloud applications, offering top-tier performance without sacrificing space.

Powerful 2-Socket Modular Architecture

The M640 leverages a 2-socket modular architecture, delivering enhanced scale-out performance. This powerful architecture is housed in the Dell EMC blade server chassis, providing a solution that strikes the perfect balance between power, performance, and space. Designed to support the most demanding workloads, the M640 meets the requirements of modern businesses, from complex, high-density environments to compute-intensive applications.

Intelligent Automation and Simplified Management

Efficient server management is made easy with the OpenManage portfolio, which brings intelligent automation to PowerEdge servers. By simplifying routine tasks, it frees up IT teams to focus on critical business priorities. Key management capabilities include:

The Dell EMC Chassis Management Controller (CMC), which allows you to manage servers collectively or individually within PowerEdge VRTX and M1000e systems.
OpenManage Enterprise enables seamless monitoring and management of both Dell EMC and third-party hardware.
The OpenManage Mobile app ensures you stay connected to hardware alerts and management tasks on-the-go, no matter where you are.

Cyber-Resilient and Secure Architecture

Security is a top priority with the PowerEdge M640 Dubai, which is designed with a cyber-resilient architecture that integrates security into every phase of the server’s lifecycle. From design to decommissioning, the M640 ensures that your data remains protected:

A secure supply chain that safeguards your server from factory to deployment.
Cryptographically signed firmware and Secure Boot to defend against unauthorized changes.
Server Lockdown to prevent malicious modifications and ensure system integrity.
System Erase, which securely wipes data from storage media, including hard drives, SSDs, and system memory, ensuring data privacy.

The PowerEdge M640 Dubai is built with scalability, high performance, and security in mind, making it the ideal solution for businesses across industries. With its advanced management tools and built-in security features, this server ensures your infrastructure is not only ready for the future but also protected and optimized for success.

Key Features:

High-performance, density-optimized modular server
Scalable to meet dynamic business demands
Ideal for HPC, XaaS, and private cloud applications
Secure architecture with integrated protection and data privacy

Features and Design

High-performance modular compute with industry-leading density

Effectively meet dynamic business needs with the PowerEdge M640 Dubai. 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 Dubai 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