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Dell EMC PowerEdge R940xa

Technical Specifications

Regulatory Model: E54S Series

Regulatory Type: E54S001

June 2021

Rev. A11

Summary of content (19 pages)

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Dell EMC PowerEdge R940xa Technical Specifications Regulatory Model: E54S Series Regulatory Type: E54S001 June 2021 Rev.
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Notes, cautions, and warnings NOTE: A NOTE indicates important information that helps you make better use of your product. CAUTION: A CAUTION indicates either potential damage to hardware or loss of data and tells you how to avoid the problem. WARNING: A WARNING indicates a potential for property damage, personal injury, or death. © 2019- 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries. All rights reserved. Dell, EMC, and other trademarks are trademarks of Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries.
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Contents Chapter 1: Technical specifications............................................................................................... 4 System dimensions..............................................................................................................................................................4 Chassis weight.....................................................................................................................................................................
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1 Technical specifications The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section.
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Figure 1. System dimensions of PowerEdge R940xa system Table 1. Dimensions Xb System PowerEdg e R940xa Za Xa 482.0 mm (18.98 inches) Y Upper Bottom 441.16 mm (17.37 inches) 422.5 mm (16.64 inches) 174.3 mm (6.87 inches) (with bezel) (without bezel) 35.84 mm (1.41 inches) 23.9 mm (0.94 inches) Zb Zc 812 mm (31.96 inches) 842 mm (33.14 inches) Chassis weight Table 2. Chassis weight System Maximum weight (with all drives) PowerEdge R940xa (2.
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Processor specifications The PowerEdge R940xa system supports two or four Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family (Skylake-EP) Gold and Platinum processors. Supported operating systems The supports the following operating systems: RedHat Enterprise Linux Novell SuSE Linux Enterprise Server Microsoft Windows Server Ubuntu VMWare ESXi Citrix Hypervisor For more information, go to www.dell.com/ossupport. PSU specifications The PowerEdge R940xa system supports up to four AC or DC power supply units (PSUs).
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Table 3. PSU specifications (continued) PSU Class Heat Frequency dissipation (maximum) Voltage High line 200v240 V Low line 100– 140 V DC 2000 W AC Platinum 7500 BTU/ hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, autoranging 2000 W 1000 W N/A 9000 BTU/ hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, autoranging 2400 W 2400 W AC Platinum Current 11.5 A 1400 W N/A 16 A NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating.
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Table 4. PCIe riser and slots specifications (continued) Number of processors NVMe GPU Riser size Slot size Slot quantity Available slots Height Length NA Non-GPU/ Single wide FPGA X8 PCIe Riser 1 X8 2 3,4 FH HL X8 PCIe Riser 2 X8 2 10,11 FH HL NOTE: Use double-wide accelerator capable for installation or removal of Xilinx card. Memory specifications . Table 5.
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NOTE: 256GB does not support GPU configuration. Table 6. DIMM blank population rules Processor configuration Processor 1 Processor 2 Processor 3 Processor 4 Dual processor Required Required Not required Not required Quad processor Required Required Required Required PMem and 256GB LRDIMM Thermal Restrictions Table 7. PMem Thermal Restrictions PMem Support V2 Air-shroud V1 Air-shroud 8x 2.
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Supported drives Table 8. Supported Drives - SAS and SATA or SSD Form Factor Type Speed Rotationa Capacities l Speed 2.5-inch SATA, SSD 6 Gb N/A 240 GB, 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1600 GB, 1920 GB, 3200 GB, 3840 GB SATA 6 Gb 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB SAS 12 Gb 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB, 2 TB(SED FIPS) SAS, SSD 12 Gb N/A 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1600 GB, 1920 GB, 3840 GB, 800 GB(SED FIPS), 1600 GB(SED FIPS) SAS 12 Gb 10K 300 GB, 600 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, 2.4 TB, 1.2 TB(SED FIPS), 2.
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Table 9. BOSS features Function or feature Supported Stripe size supported 64 K Configuration (HII) Yes Full initialization No Fast initialization Yes NOTE: By default, fast initialization is performed when you create a virtual drive.
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Table 9. BOSS features (continued) Function or feature Supported NOTE: System that is required to shutdown and migrate one hard drive to another system and continue rebuild. Non-RAID migration Yes BIOS configuration utility (Ctrl-M) No Add on driver for data path (operating system device driver). No 4K native drive support No TRIM and UNMAP virtual disk No TRIM and UNMAP Non-RAID hard drive Yes Self-encrypting drives(SED) support No Cryptographic erase (sanitize).
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● ● ● ● TL4000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives TL4000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 8Gb FC tape drives ML6000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, 6 Gb SAS tape drives ML6000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7 8Gb FC tape drives Ports and connectors specifications USB ports The PowerEdge R940xa system supports: ● Two USB 2.0-compliant ports on the front of the system ● One internal USB 3.0-compliant port ● One optional USB 3.0-compliant port on the front of the system NOTE: The USB 3.0 port is supported in the 8x2.
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NOTE: One IDSDM card slot is dedicated for redundancy. NOTE: It is recommended to use Dell branded MicroSD cards associated with the IDSDM or vFlash configured systems. Video specifications The PowerEdge R940xa system supports integrated Matrox G200eW3 graphics controller with 16 MB of video frame buffer. Table 11. Supported video resolution options Resolution Refresh Rate Color depth (bits) Horizontal Freq. Pixel Clock Rear Panel Front Panel DVO DisplayPort 1024 x 768 60 Hz 8, 16, 32 48.
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Table 14. Maximum vibration specifications (continued) Maximum vibration Specifications Storage 1.88 G rms at 10 Hz to 500 Hz for 15 min (all six sides tested). Table 15. Maximum shock specifications Maximum shock Specifications Operating Six consecutively executed shock pulses in the positive and negative x, y, and z axes of 6 G for up to 11 ms.
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● Open and closed loop fan speed control: Open loop fan control uses system configuration to determine fan speed based on system inlet air temperature. Closed loop thermal control uses temperature feedback to dynamically adjust fan speeds based on system activity and cooling requirements.
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Table 19. Fresh air restriction matrix (continued) Processors Number of Processors Processor/ GPUs Number of drives Ambient temperatur e Fresh air support Fan type Up to 304W processor (CPU 1/2) Up to 304W processor (CPU 3/4) Shroud FPGALRDIM M > 32G All No GPU /2 CPU All GPU/2&4 CPU All No GPU / 2&4 CPU 32x2.5-inch, C40E45 w/o NVMe 8x2.5-inch 8x2.
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Table 20. Thermal restrictions support matrix (continued) Number of hard drives Risers Heat Number Number of Up to 205W processo of processor GPUs rs (CPU 1/2) sink Up to 205W processor (CPU 3/4) Fan type Shroud Process or/ DIMM blank Fan blank N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A Yes (max 22x) N/A N/A Yes (max 44x) N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A DIMM blank SAS/ SATA 24 x 2.5 inch SAS/ SATA + 8 x 2.5 inch SAS/ SATA 24 x 2.5 inch SAS/ SATA + 8 x 2.5 inch SAS/ SATA 24 x 2.
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Ambient temperature limitations The following table lists configurations that require ambient temperature less than 30°C: NOTE: The ambient temperature limit must be adhered to ensure proper cooling and to avoid excess CPU throttling, which may impact system performance. Table 21. Configuration-based ambient temperature restrictions System Backplane CPU Thermal Design Power (TDP) CPU heat sink Fan type GPU Ambient restriction PowerEdge R940xa 24 x 2.5 inch SAS/ SATA + 8 x 2.