There were a few platforms like the PowerEdge T560 tower server that Dell did not cover during its pre-briefing. Still, NVIDIA has most of the market, and Dell now has legitimate PowerEdge offerings in the space, which is very exciting for Dell shops. These days, most vendors are designing flexible SXM and OAM platforms, for example, to support not just NVIDIA GPUs but also AMD and Intel GPUs. What is also interesting here is that Dell is offering accelerated computing platforms using modern hardware, but with many of the design goals we saw of GPU servers a few years ago. This is a large machine that continues Dell’s tradition of using different depth chassis segments for the main server PCB and the NVIDIA GPUs. Our regular readers will remember our Dell PowerEdge XE9680 shots from SC22. Dell PowerEdge XE9680 XE9640 XE8640 Large The PowerEdge XE8640 is the company’s update to the Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8545 we reviewed but is based on Intel Xeon, not AMD EPYC, for the NVIDIA H100 generation. The XE9640 uses the Intel Data Center Max GPU with four OAM GPUs in 2U. Previously customers who have wanted to get high-end GPU compute needed to go to another vendor like a Supermicro or directly to NVIDIA creating a mismatch in management. The Dell PowerEdge XE9680 is the company’s flavor of the NVIDIA DGX H100 (build on the HGX H100 platform.) This is finally big iron GPU compute for Dell. One of the big pushes for this generation is that Dell is finally putting a focus on accelerated computing. The white box/ OEM market has become so big to address hyperscale that Dell needs a refreshed story in this space. Instead, these are for smaller-scale deployments. These are not “hypescale” servers to run Meta, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, Baidu, Tencent, or Alibaba’s hosting. As a result, both Dell and HPE are looking at filling that gap with different management options. These are called the Dell HS5610 (1U) and HS5620 (2U.) With features like OpenBMC, Dell saw the cloud provider market move away from proprietary solutions like iDRAC and iLO and into more industry-standard BMCs. In this generation, Dell also has a new line. This line will always hold a special place at STH. Our original tiny STH hosting colocation from a decade ago, many years ago, used Dell C6100 chassis retired from companies like Twitter. We have had many Dell C6000 series chassis over the years. The Dell PowerEdge C6220 is the company’s 2U 4-node offering. When we show you inside the PowerEdge R760, it will become apparent why Dell needs a lower-cost option as well. Generally, the “xs” line depopulates some features to lower costs. The Dell PowerEdge R760xs and PowerEdge R660xs are the 2U and 1U offerings designed for lower price points. Still, that is a long time between refreshes. 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Cooper Lake was a relatively minor refresh, but with Sapphire Rapids being delayed, skipping that generation extended the timeline of the PowerEdge R950 and R850. Dell skipped the Cooper Lake generation, so its customers remained on the 2017-era Skylake/ Cascade Lake platforms until now. The PowerEdge R960 and R860 are the 4U and 2U 4-socket servers. Dell PowerEdge R760 Front With Bezel At Launch Likely our review unit has the older bezel that got placed into the box. Something notable here is that our test system has a “Dell EMC” bezel while the photos above all have “Dell” bezels. The Dell PowerEdge R760 is going to be the first server we are going to review of this generation. Dell PowerEdge R760 R660 R760xa R960 R860 Large This is the “6” generation for PowerEdge so we get the Dell PowerEdge R760 as the mainstream 2U server, the R660 as the 1U variant, and the R760xa as the 2U accelerated computing platform as an update to the Dell EMC PowerEdge R750xa we reviewed. Dell PowerEdge 2023 Generation Overview Large It also has mainstream servers, edge servers, and a new cloud server series. It has a renewed focus on providing AI and ML platforms now that those platforms have been standard from other vendors for years. New Dell PowerEdge Servers with 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids Launchedĭell has a number of new models spanning various segments. What is more, we no longer have Dell EMC PowerEdge and are back to Dell PowerEdge. Dell sells a ton of servers, so any new PowerEdge generation is exciting. Some of them we got a preview of at SC22. About a week after the launch of the new 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Sapphire Rapids launch, Dell is now releasing its newest servers.
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