Owners Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC DSS8440 Installation and Service Manual
- Contents
- About this document
- DSS8440 system overview
- Technical specifications
- Chassis dimensions
- Chassis weight
- Processor specifications
- PSU specifications
- Cooling fans specifications
- System battery specifications
- Expansion card riser specifications
- GPU specifications
- Memory specifications
- Drive specifications
- Ports and connectors specifications
- Environmental specifications
- System diagnostics and indicator codes
- Initial system setup and configuration
- Pre-operating system management applications
- Options to manage the pre-operating system applications
- System Setup
- Viewing System Setup
- System Setup details
- System BIOS
- Viewing System BIOS
- System BIOS Settings details
- System Information
- Viewing System Information
- System Information details
- Memory Settings
- Viewing Memory Settings
- Memory Settings details
- Processor Settings
- Viewing Processor Settings
- Processor Settings details
- SATA Settings
- Viewing SATA Settings
- SATA Settings details
- Boot Settings
- Viewing Boot Settings
- Choosing system boot mode
- Changing boot order
- Network Settings
- Viewing Network Settings
- Network Settings screen details
- UEFI iSCSI Settings
- Viewing UEFI iSCSI Settings
- UEFI iSCSI Settings details
- Integrated Devices
- Viewing Integrated Devices
- Integrated Devices details
- Serial Communication
- Viewing Serial Communication
- Serial Communication details
- System Profile Settings
- Viewing System Profile Settings
- System Profile Settings details
- System Security
- Viewing System Security
- System Security Settings details
- Creating a system and setup password
- Using your system password to secure the system
- Deleting or changing system and setup password
- Operating with setup password enabled
- Redundant OS Control
- Viewing Redundant OS Control
- Redundant OS Control screen details
- Miscellaneous Settings
- Viewing Miscellaneous Settings
- Miscellaneous Settings details
- iDRAC Settings utility
- Device Settings
- Dell Lifecycle Controller
- Boot Manager
- PXE boot
- Installing and removing system components
- Safety instructions
- Before working inside your system
- After working inside your system
- Recommended tools
- System cover
- Front bezel
- Air shroud
- Drives
- Drive backplane
- Power supply unit
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Removing a GPU
- Installing a GPU
- Removing a GPU support bracket
- Installing a GPU support bracket
- Removing the PCIe switch board
- Installing the PCIe switch board
- Removing a GPU power interposer board
- Installing a GPU power interposer board
- Removing a butterfly module and riser 3 board
- Installing the riser 3 board and butterfly module
- Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU
- Nvidia A100 GPU and NVLink bridge
- Nvidia A40 GPU and NVLink bridge
- Processor and heat sink
- System memory
- Riser 2 module
- Riser 1 module
- Network daughter card
- System board tray module
- System board and power interposer board
- Backup battery
- Power distribution board
- PSB power interposer board
- Front control module
- Fan louvers
- Cooling fans
- Fan cage
- Handle
- Slide rail installation
- Cable Routing
- Dell EMC DSS8440 cable instruction
- 3M cable Installation-Config A left
- 3M cable Installation-Config A right
- Fan cable assembly to fan bracket
- Fan cable MB-PDB assembly to MB
- Fan cable MB-PDB assembly to PDB
- Front control cable assembly control board to MB
- GPU power cable assembly GPU card to PSB
- IDC cable MB-PDB assembly to PDB
- IDC cable MB-PDB assembly to MB
- IDC cable PDB-PIB assembly to PIB
- IDC cable PIB-PDB assembly to PDB
- IDC cable Riser1-PDB assembly to PDB
- IDC cable Riser1-PDB assembly to riser board1
- IDC cable PIB-PDB assembly to PDB
- IDC cable Riser 2- PDB assembly to riser board 2
- Mini SAS HD cable assembly PERC-HDBP
- Mini SAS HD cable assembly HDBP-MB
- Power cable BP-PDB assembly to BP
- Power cable BP-PDB assembly to PDB
- Power cable assembly to PDB
- Power cable assembly to PIB
- Power cable1 assembly to Riser1
- Power cable2 Riser-PDB assembly to PDB
- Power cable2 Riser-PDB assembly to Riser
- Jumpers and connectors
- Getting help
Table 3. PSU specifications (continued)
Functions 2400W Power supply
Output
Main DC Output
Voltage Regulation 12.2V +/-5%
Output current 196.72A @ high line
Standby Output
Voltage Regulation 12V +/-5%
Output current 3.5A
Cooling fans specifications
The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports up to twelve 60 mm x 60 mm (square) cooling fans.
System battery specifications
The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.
Expansion card riser specifications
The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports up to 10 x Dual width full height PCIe slots and rear I/O x8 full height full length x16
PCIe slots.
GPU specifications
The Dell EMC DSS 8440 system supports up to 16 GPU:
● Double wide
● Nvidia V100 16 GB/32 GB GPU card
● Graph core C2 IPU card
● Nvidia T4 GPU card
● Nvidia A100 GPU card
● Nvidia A40 GPU card
Table 4. Nvidia Tesla T4 GPU configurations
Nvidia Tesla T4 number
PCIe Dummy bracket 8 GPUs 8 GPUs + optional riser 12 GPUs 16 GPUs
Quantity 12 8 8 5
Position(slot) 4, 5, 6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L,
11L, 12L,13L, 14, 15
6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L,
12L , 13L
6L, 7 L, 8L, 9L, 10L, 11L,
12L, 13L
6L, 7L, 8L, 9L, 10L
Table 5. Nvidia A100/A40 GPU configurations
Nvidia A100/A40
Configurations 4 GPUs 8 GPUs 10 GPUs
Slot 8, 9, 10, 11 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15
NVLink Bridge [8,9][10,11] [6,7][8,9][10,11][12,13] N/A
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