Technical Guide

Dell EMC PowerEdge R640

Ideal balance of density and scalability. Get scalable computing and

storage in a 1U, 2-socket platform with an ideal mix of
performance, cost and density for most data centers. The
following documentation is designed as both an instructional aid
and online reference material for the Dell EMC PowerEdge R640
rack server. The material introduces new technologies and features
specific to the PowerEdge R640.
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Contents
1 System overview............................................................................................................. 5
Introduction........................................................................................................................................................................ 5
New technologies...............................................................................................................................................................5

2 System features.............................................................................................................. 7
Product comparison............................................................................................................................................................7
Technical specifications...................................................................................................................................................... 8

3 Chassis views and features.............................................................................................11

Front panel view and features............................................................................................................................................11
Back panel view and features.............................................................................................................................................11
Internal chassis view......................................................................................................................................................... 12
Security features...............................................................................................................................................................13

4 Processors.....................................................................................................................15
Processor features............................................................................................................................................................15
Supported processors....................................................................................................................................................... 15
Processor configurationsSingle CPU configurationProcessor installation.....................................................................17
Chipset..............................................................................................................................................................................17

5 Memory......................................................................................................................... 19
DIMMs supported............................................................................................................................................................. 19
Memory configurations.................................................................................................................................................... 20
Memory population guidelines.................................................................................................................................... 20
Memory RAS features................................................................................................................................................ 20

6 Storage......................................................................................................................... 22
Storage controllers........................................................................................................................................................... 22
Supported drives.............................................................................................................................................................. 22
External storage............................................................................................................................................................... 23
IDSDM or vFlash card.......................................................................................................................................................23
Optical drives................................................................................................................................................................... 23
Tape drives....................................................................................................................................................................... 24

7 Networking and PCIe.................................................................................................... 25

PCIe expansion cards....................................................................................................................................................... 25
PCIe expansion card riser configurations.................................................................................................................... 25
PCIe expansion cards................................................................................................................................................. 25

8 Power, Thermal, and Acoustics......................................................................................27

Power consumption and energy efficiency........................................................................................................................27
Thermal and Acoustics..................................................................................................................................................... 28

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 Power supply units........................................................................................................................................................... 28
Acoustical design..............................................................................................................................................................28

9 Rack rails...................................................................................................................... 29

10 Dell EMC OpenManage systems management............................................................. 31

OpenManage systems management................................................................................................................................. 31
iDRAC with Lifecycle controller........................................................................................................................................ 32
iDRAC features and comparison................................................................................................................................. 32
Agent-free management...................................................................................................................................................37
Agent-based management................................................................................................................................................37
Dell EMC consoles............................................................................................................................................................37
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and protocols..................................................................... 39
Integration with third-party consoles................................................................................................................................40
OpenManage connections with third-party consoles........................................................................................................ 41
Dell EMC server management operations......................................................................................................................... 41

11 Appendix A. Additional specifications........................................................................... 43

Power supply specifications..............................................................................................................................................43
Chassis dimensions...........................................................................................................................................................44
Environmental specifications............................................................................................................................................ 45
Video specifications..........................................................................................................................................................45

12 Appendix B. Standards compliance.............................................................................. 46

13 Appendix C Additional resources.................................................................................. 47

14 Appendix D. Support and Deployment Services .......................................................... 48

Server Deployment Services............................................................................................................................................ 48
Remote Consulting Services.............................................................................................................................................48
Data Migration Service..................................................................................................................................................... 49
ProSupport.......................................................................................................................................................................49
ProSupport Plus............................................................................................................................................................... 49
ProSupport Flex for Data Center......................................................................................................................................49
ProSupport Enterprise Suite.............................................................................................................................................50
Additional professional services......................................................................................................................................... 51
Dell EMC Education Services............................................................................................................................................ 51
Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services.......................................................................................................... 51
Dell EMC managed services..............................................................................................................................................51

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System overview
The Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 is the ideal dual-socket, 1U platform for dense scale-out data center computing. The R640
combines density, performance and scalability to optimize application performance and data center density.

Introduction
The PowerEdge R640 is a general purpose platform expandable up to 3TB of memory, up to twelve 2.5 inch drives, and flexible I/O
options. The R640 can handle demanding workloads such as virtualization, dense private cloud, High Performance Computing (HPC)
and software-defined storage.
The R640 features:

• Intel Xeon Scalable Processor product family (with up to 28 cores and two threads per core)
• Up to six DDR4 memory channels with two DIMMs per channel per CPU and 24 DIMMs (supports DDR4 RDIMM/LRDIMM/
NVDIMM-N)
• PCI Express® (PCIe) 3.0 enabled expansion slots (with up to 48 lanes per CPU)
• Networking technologies, such as Ethernet, Infiniband, OCP, OPA

New technologies
The following are the new technologies featured on the PowerEdge R640:
Table 1. New technologies

New technology Detailed description

Intel Xeon Scalable Processor The processor product family has embedded PCIe lanes for
improved I/O performance. For details, see the Processor
section.
Intel C620 series chipset The R640 system uses the Intel Lewisburg chip. It is a 2 chip
platform - CPU and PCH.

2666 MT/s DDR4 memory The Intel Xeon Scalable Processor product family that supports
2666 MT/s memory and twenty-four 288-pin DIMMs.

The R640 system supports:

• Two DIMMs per channel for single‐rank and/or dual‐rank
DIMMs
• One or two DIMMs per channel for quad‐rank DIMMs

For details, see the Memory section.

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller The new embedded systems management solution for the Dell
EMC systems features hardware and firmware inventory and
alerting, data center level power monitoring, and faster
performance.

For details, see the Dell EMC OpenManage systems

management section.

2.5-inch PCIe SSD Supports up to eight CPU Direct Attach PCIe SSD

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New technology Detailed description
PERC S140 This new software RAID solution supports:
• RAID 0, 1, 5, and Non-RAID
• SATA HDD and SSD devices only
• Up to eight 2.5-inch hot-plug SATA HDDs or SSDs
• Software RAID is through the Intel Lewisburg chipset
• Software RAID solution is supported on Linux and Windows

For details, see the Storage section.

LCD bezel The PowerEdge R640 LCD control panel is embedded in the
front bezel for easy access and management.

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System features
Compared to previous generations, the PowerEdge R640 offers faster processing power and advanced system management.

The R640 system is a powerhouse 2S/1U rack system, which emphasizes performance and reliability in areas such as virtualization,
power, thermal and systems management, and usability. It is designed for mid-size to large data centers that require high memory
capacity and performance.

The R640 system consists of the planar subsystem with control panel, SAS backplane, storage card, riser card, VGA port, Storage
Enclosure Processor (SEP) (4 x HDD back plane, eight HDD back plane and 2 x rear back plane), expander—10 HDD system. It is a
two-chip platform (CPU and PCH) because this family of processors includes an Integrated Memory Controller (IMC) and Integrated
I/O (IIO) (such as PCI Express and DMI3) on a single silicon die.

Product comparison
Table 2. Feature comparison

Feature PowerEdge R640 PowerEdge R630

Processors Intel Xeon Scalable Processor Family Intel® Xeon processor E5-2600 v3
(Haswell) or E5- 2600 v4 (Broadwell)

Chipset Intel C620 Intel C610

Memory 24x DDR4 RDIMM/LR-DIMM 24x DDR4 RDIMM/LR-DIMM

12x NVDIMM + 12 x RDIMM

Chassis Storage design modularity Three individual chassis for three SKU
• 4 Hard Drive Chassis • 8 Hard Drive Chassis
• 8 Hard Drive Chassis • 10 Hard Drive Chassis
• 10 Hard Drive Chassis • 24 Hard Drive Chassis

Disk Drives • Front drive bays: Up to 10 x 2.5 inch • 8 x 2.5 inch SAS/SATA or SATA only
SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) with up to 8 • 10 x2.5 inch SAS/SATA or SAS/
NVMe SSD 58TB (maximum) or up to SATA/NVMe (NVMe up to 4)
4 x 3.5 inch SAS/SATA HDD 48TB • 24 x 1.8 inch SATA (single PERC or
(maximum) dual PERCs)
• Rear drive bays: Up to 2 x 2.5 inch
SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), NVMe SSD
12TB (maximum)

PCIe SSD Up to 8x CPU Direct Attach PCIe SSD Up to 4x PCIe SSD from PCIe bridge card

RAID Controller S140, HBA330, H330, H730, H730P, S130, H330, H730, H730P, H830
H740P, H840P, 12Gbps SAS (External)
HBA(External) Support for 2 internal RAID controllers for
x24 SSD configuration only

LCD Module LCD module option in bezel LCD by default in base x8 chassis, not
available on x10 and x24 chassis.

Backplane • 8 x 2.5 inch SATA/SAS • 8 x 2.5 inch SAS/SATA

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Feature PowerEdge R640 PowerEdge R630
• 4 x 3.5 inch SATA/SAS • 10 x 2.5 inch SAS/SATA
• 10 x 2.5 inch SAS/SATA/PCIe SSD
• 24 x 1.8 inch SATA

Riser Up to 2 riser connectors (left/right) Up to 3 riser connectors (left/center/

right)

PCIe Slots Up to 3x PCIe Gen3 (x16/x16/x16) Up to 3x PCIe Gen3 (x16/x8/x16)

Embedded NIC • Broadcom 1G 4 x RJ45 • Broadcom 5730 Base-T

• Broadcom 2 x 1G RJ45 + 2 x 10G SFP • Intel 1350 Base-T
+ • Broadcom 57800 SFP+
• Broadcom 2x 1G RJ45 + 2 x 10G RJ45 • Broadcom 57800 Base-T
• Intel 1G 4 x RJ45 • Intel X540 Base-T
• Intel 2 x 1G RJ45 + 2 x 10G RJ45

Power Supplies • 495 W AC Platinum • 495 W AC

• 750 W AC Platinum • 750 W AC
• 750 W AC Titanium • 1100 W AC
• 750 W Mixed Mode HVDC Gold (for • 1100 W DC
China only)
• 1100 W DC
• 1100 W Mixed Mode HVDC Platinum
(for China and Japan only)
• 1100 W AC Platinum
• 1600 W Platinum

Remote Management iDRAC9 iDRAC8

TPM TPM China, TPM1.2, TPM2.0 TPM China, TPM1.2, TPM2.0

USB 3.0 Hub board Extra USB3.0 connector to front plane None

iDRAC Direct front port Micro USB USB type A

Fan Up to eight FAN support. (1X6 type) Up to seven FAN support (2X3 type)

IDSDM Module Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) and Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM)
vFlash

BOSS Module M.2 SATA interface None

PERC Mini-PERC 10 Mini-PERC 9

NVDIMM Battery External 12 V power bank for NVDIMM None

used

ODD/TBU ODD via NPIO TBU and ODD via 7-pin connectors

On board PCH SATA Connectors 4x NPIOs 2x Mini SAS_HDs

Technical specifications
Table 3. Technical specifications

Feature PowerEdge R640 technical specification

Form factor 1U rack

Processor Intel Xeon Processor Scalable Family

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Feature PowerEdge R640 technical specification
Processor sockets 2 sockets

Internal interconnect Up to 3 Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (Intel® UPI); up to 11.2 GT/s

Chipset Intel C620 series Chipset

Memory Up to 3 TB—24 DIMM slots: 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB, 128 GB DDR4 up to 2666
MT/s

Supports DDR4 RDIMM/LRDIMM/NVDIMM-N

I/O slots Up to 3 x PCIeGen slots plus a dedicated PERC and rNDC slot

RAID controller Internal controllers: PERC S140 (SW RAID SATA), PERC H330, PERC H730, PERC
H730P, PERC H740P

Internal HBA (RAID): PERC HBA330

External HBA—non-RAID: 12 Gb/s SAS HBA

Hard drives • 4 x 3.5 inch SAS/SATA

• 8 x 2.5 inch SAS/SATA
• 8 x 2.5 inch SATA only—PCH SATA
• 10 x 2.5 inch SAS/SATA

Accelerators Up to 1 Intel Arria® 10 GX FPGA

Embedded NIC Supports four Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports on the back panel, which are
available in the following configurations:
• Broadcom 1G 4 x RJ45
• Broadcom 2 x 1G RJ45 + 2 x 10G SFP+
• Broadcom 2 x 1G RJ45 + 2 x 10G RJ45
• Intel 1G 4 x RJ45
• Intel 2 x 1G RJ45 + 2 x 10G RJ45

NOTE: You can install up to six PCIe add-on NIC cards.

Power supply Dual, hot-plug, redundant, and high-efficiency power supply units:
• 495 W, 750 W, 1100 W, and 1600 W Platinum
• 750 W Titanium
• 1100 W - (48 - 60) VDC
• 750 W 240 HVDC

Availability • Cluster support

• ECC memory
• Hot-plug hard drives
• Hot-plug, redundant cooling
• Hot-plug, redundant power
• IDSDM Module
• Single Device Data Correction (SDDC)
• Spare Rank
• Support for high availability, and virtualization
• Proactive systems management alerts

Operating systems • Canonical Ubuntu LTS

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• Citrix XenServer
• Microsoft Windows Server with HyperV
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
• VMware ESXi

For more information on the specific versions and additions, visit [Link]/OSsupport.

Systems management Systems management: IPMI 2.0 compliant; Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials; Dell
OpenManage Enterprise; Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile; Dell EMC OpenManage Power
Center

Remote management: iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC9 Express (default),

iDRAC9 Enterprise (upgrade); 8 GB vFlash media (upgrade), 16 GB vFlash media
(upgrade) iDRAC Quick Sync

Dell EMC OpenManage Integrations: Dell EMC OpenManage Integration Suite for
Microsoft® System Center, Dell EMC OpenManage Integration for VMware® vCenter™

Dell EMC OpenManage Connections: HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®,

and CA Network and Systems Management, Dell EMC OpenManage Plug-in for Oracle®
Database Manager

Dimensions and weight • Height: 42.8 mm—1.68 inches

• Width: 434.0 mm—17.08 inches
• Max depth:

– 757.75mm-29.83 inches, for the 8 x 2.5-inch front bay drive configuration.

– 808.51mm-31.83 inches for the 4 x 3.5-inch or 10 x 2.5-inch front bay drive
configurations (plus up to 2 rear drives).

Recommended support Dell EMC ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell EMC ProSupport for premium
hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment
offerings are also available.

Contact your Dell EMC representative for more information. Availability and terms of Dell
EMC Services vary by region. For more information, visit Dell [Link]/
ServiceDescriptions.

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Chassis views and features
The PowerEdge R640 is a two socket, 1U rack system that is available in three different chassis configurations:

• Four hard drive chassis

• Eight hard drive chassis
• 10 hard drive chassis

Front panel view and features

The PowerEdge R640 provides three chassis options: 4 x 3.5-inch, 8 x 2.5-inch, or 10 x 2.5-inch drives.

Figure 1. Front view 4 x 3.5-inch drive chassis

Figure 2. Front view 8 x 2.5-inch drive chassis

Figure 3. Front view 10 x 2.5-inch drive chassis

Back panel view and features

The back panel of a PowerEdge system contains access to I/O connectors for both embedded and add-in devices, including
networking, video, serial, USB, system ID, and system management access ports. Most add-in PCI cards are accessible through the
back panel. It is also the default location for power supply units (PSU), including the points for AC/DC connections.
The PowerEdge R640 system provides four backplane options:

• 4 x 3.5 inch SATA/SAS

• 8 x 2.5 inch SATA/SAS

The images below illustrate the types of backplanes supported on PowerEdge R640:

Figure 4. Back panel view of 2 x 2.5 inch hard drives with 1 PCIe expansion slot

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Figure 5. Back panel view of system with 3 PCIe expansion slots

Figure 6. Back panel view of system with 2 PCIe expansion slots

Internal chassis view

The chassis design of the PowerEdge R640 is optimized for easy access to components and for efficient cooling. The PowerEdge
R640 supports up to 24 DIMMs, two processors, hot-plug redundant fans, system board and hard drive bays, and many other
components and features. For more system views, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation and Service Manual at [Link]/
Support/Manuals.

Figure 7. Internal chassis view - 1 PCIe expansion riser

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Figure 8. Internal chassis view - 2 PCIe expansion risers

Figure 9. Internal chassis view - 3 PCIe expansion risers

Security features
The latest generation of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in the table to help ensure the security of your data center.
Table 4. Security features

Security feature Description

Cover latch A tooled latch is integrated in the top cover to secure it to the system.

Bezel A standard bezel is an optional metal bezel mounted to the chassis front. A lock on the bezel protects
unauthorized access to hard drives. The Quick Sync NFC bezel enables the iDRAC QuickSync

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Security feature Description
management function for managing the server from the front using an NFC-capable device and the
free Dell EMC OpenManage Mobile App (currently Android only). Available only from the factory and
not supported after point of sale.

TPM The Trusted Platform Module (TPM) is used to generate/store keys, protect/authenticate passwords,
and create/store digital certificates.

Power-off security BIOS has the ability to disable the power button function.

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Processors
The PowerEdge R640 server features the exceptional performance, value, and power efficiency of the Intel Xeon Scalable Processor.
These processors provide high performance no matter what your constraint—floor space, power, or budget—and on workloads that
range from the most complicated scientific exploration to crucial web-serving and infrastructure applications. In addition to providing
raw performance gains, improved I/O is also made possible with Intel Integrated I/O, which can reduce latency by adding more lanes
and doubling bandwidth. This helps to reduce network and storage bottlenecks, which improves the processor performance
capabilities.

Processor features
The new processor family is the next generation core architecture with improved Instructions per Cycle (IPC) and other architectural
improvements.
The Intel Xeon Scalable Processor family not only adds new features, but also improves upon many features of the predecessor Intel
Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 product family, including:

• Virtual address space of 48 bits and a physical address space of 46 bits

• Intel Hyper-Threading Technology (Intel® HT Technology) when enabled allow each core to support two threads
• First-Level Cache (FLC) 64 KB total. The FLC is composed of a 32 KB ICU (Instruction Cache) and 32 KB DCU—Data Cache
• MB MidLevel Cache (MLC) per core (noninclusive with the LLC)
• Intel® Advanced Vector Extensions 512 (Intel® AVX-512) with a single AVX512 fused multiply-add (FMA) execution units.
Processors which support Advanced RAS enable a second FMA execution unit.

Supported processors
Table 5. Supported processors for PowerEdge R640

Model Intel SKU SKU type Speed(G Cache(M QPI— Max Cores Turbo TDP
Hz) B) GT/s Memory
Speed—
MT/s
Intel Xeon Scalable 3106 Bronze 1.7 24.75 9.6 2133 8 No Turbo 85 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 3104 Bronze 1.7 19.25 9.6 2133 6 No Turbo 85 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6148 Gold 2.4 27.5 10.4 2400 20 Turbo 150 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6154 Gold 3 24.75 10.4 2400 18 Turbo 200 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6150 Gold 2.7 24.75 10.4 2400 18 Turbo 165 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6142 Gold 2.6 22 10.4 2400 16 Turbo 150 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6132 Gold 2.6 19.25 10.4 2400 14 Turbo 140 W
Processor

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Model Intel SKU SKU type Speed(G Cache(M QPI— Max Cores Turbo TDP
Hz) B) GT/s Memory
Speed—
MT/s
Intel Xeon Scalable 6136 Gold 3 24.75 10.4 2400 12 Turbo 150 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6126 Gold 2.6 19.25 10.4 2400 12 Turbo 125 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6134 Gold 3.2 24.75 10.4 2400 8 Turbo 130 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6128 Gold 3.4 19.25 10.4 2400 6 Turbo 115 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 5122 Gold 3.6 16.5 10.4 2400 4 Turbo 105 W
Processor
Intel Xeon Scalable 6152 Gold 2.1 30.25 10.4 2400 22 Turbo 140 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6138 Gold 2 27.5 10.4 2400 20 Turbo 125 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6140 Gold 2.3 24.75 10.4 2400 18 Turbo 140 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 6130 Gold 2.1 22 10.4 2400 16 Turbo 125 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 5120 Gold 2.2 19.25 10.4 2400 14 Turbo 105 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 5118 Gold 2.3 16.5 10.4 2400 12 Turbo 105 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 5115 Gold 2.4 13.75 10.4 2400 10 Turbo 85 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8180 Platinum 2.5 38.5 10.4 2666 28 Turbo 205 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8168 Platinum 2.7 33 10.4 2666 24 Turbo 205 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8158 Platinum 3 24.75 10.4 2666 12 Turbo 150 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8156 Platinum 3.6 16.5 10.4 2666 4 Turbo 105 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8176 Platinum 2.1 22 10.4 2666 16 Turbo 120 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8170 Platinum 2.1 35.75 10.4 2666 26 Turbo 165 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8164 Platinum 2 35.75 10.4 2666 26 Turbo 150 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 8160 Platinum 2.1 33 10.4 2666 24 Turbo 150 W
Processor

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Model Intel SKU SKU type Speed(G Cache(M QPI— Max Cores Turbo TDP
Hz) B) GT/s Memory
Speed—
MT/s
Intel Xeon Scalable 8153 Platinum 2 22 10.4 2666 16 Turbo 125 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 4116 Silver 2.1 16.5 9.6 2400 12 Turbo 85 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 4114 Silver 2.2 13.75 9.6 2400 10 Turbo 85 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 4112 Silver 2.6 16.5 9.6 2400 4 Turbo 85 W
Processor

Intel Xeon Scalable 4110 Silver 2.1 24.75 9.6 2400 8 Turbo 85 W
Processor
Intel Xeon Scalable 4108 Silver 1.8 24.75 9.6 2400 8 Turbo 85 W
Processor

Processor configurations
The PowerEdge R640 supports up to two processors and up to 28 cores per processor.

Single CPU configuration

The PowerEdge R640 functions normally if there only a single processor placed in the CPU1 socket. However, CPU and memory
blanks associated with CPU2 are required to be populated to maintain thermal efficiency. The system will not boot if only CPU2
socket is populated. With single CPU configuration, Riser 1 (1A/1B/1C/1D) card and Riser 2B is operational.

Processor installation
For processor installation instructions, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation and Service Manual at [Link]/Support/
Manuals.

Chipset
The PowerEdge R640 systems use the Intel C620 chipset, which provides extensive I/O support.

The functions and capabilities of the Intel C620 chipset include:

• ACPI Power Management Logic Support, Revision 4.0a

• PCI Express Base Specification, Revision 3.0
• Integrated Serial ATA host controller, supports data transfer rates of up to 6 GB/s on all ports
• xHCI USB controller with SuperSpeed USB 3.0 ports
• Direct Media Interface
• Enhanced Serial Peripheral Interface
• Flexible I/O - Allows some high-speed I/O signals to be configured as the PCIe root ports, the PCIe uplink for use with certain
PCH, SATA (and sSATA), or USB 3.0.
• General Purpose Input Output (GPIO)
• Low Pin Count interface, interrupt controller, and timer functions
• System Management Bus Specification, Version 2.0
• Integrated Clock Controller, Real Time Clock Controller
• Intel® High Definition Audio and Intel® Smart Sound Technology

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• Integrated 10/1 Gb Ethernet
• Supports Intel® Rapid Storage Technology Enterprise
• Supports Intel® Active Management Technology and Server Platform Services
• Supports Intel® Virtualization Technology for Directed I/O
• Supports Intel® Trusted Execution Technology
• JTAG Boundary Scan support
• Intel® QuickAssist Technology
• Intel® Trace Hub for debug

For more information, visit [Link]

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Memory
The PowerEdge R640 supports up to 1536 GB (RDIMM) or 3 TB (LRDIMMs) of memory (24 DIMMs), and at speeds up to 2666
MT/s, providing high performance in various applications. High memory density ensures that there is no compromise in virtualization.
The PowerEdge R640 supports both registered DIMMs (RDIMM) and load-reduced DIMMs (LRDIMMs), which use a buffer to
reduce memory loading and provide greater density, allowing for the maximum platform memory capacity.

NOTE: Mixing of DIMM types is not supported ‐ either the platform is populated with all RDIMMs, or all LRDIMMs.
Maximum two types of DIMMs allowed per system and only NVDIMM-Ns and RDIMMs are supported. NVDIMM-Ns are
only supported on CPU 1 and CPU 2, that is, six per CPU with a total of 12. RDIMM with LRDIMM and LRDIMM with
NVDIMM-N cannot be mixed.

The system supports:

• Up to six channels with two DPC and total 24 DIMMs

• DDR4 RDIMM/LRDIMM/NVDIMM-N
• Only registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs
• DDR4 speeds up to 2666 MT/s

DIMMs supported
Table 6. Memory technologies

Feature RDIMM LRDIMM NVDIMM-N

Register Yes Yes Yes

Buffer No Yes No

Frequencies Up to 2666 MT/s Up to 2666 MT/s Up to 2666 MT/s

Ranks supported Single or dual rank Quad rank Single rank

Capacity per DIMM 4 GB, 8 GB, 16 GB, 32 GB or 32 GB or 128 GB 16 GB

64 GB

Maximum DIMMs per channel 2 1, 2 1x NVDIMM-N for each

channel
Or

Combined 2x (NVDIMM-N
+RDIMM) for each channel

DRAM technology x4 or x8 x4 x4

Temperature sensor Yes Yes Yes

Error Correction Code (ECC) Yes Yes Yes

Single Device Disable Code Yes Yes Yes

(SDDC)

Address parity Yes Yes Yes

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Memory configurations
The PowerEdge R640 systems support flexible memory configurations ranging from capacities of 8 GB (minimum), to 3 TB
(maximum). The PowerEdge R640 supports up to 12 DIMMs per processor—up to 24 DIMMs in a dual-processor configuration.
Each system has six memory channels per processor, with each channel supporting up to two DIMMs.

Memory population guidelines

Both systems support a flexible memory configuration, according to the following population guidelines:

• Speed: If DIMMs of different speeds are mixed, all channels across all processors operate at the common frequency of the
slowest DIMM.
• DIMM type: Maximum two types of DIMMs allowed per system and only NVDIMM-Ns and RDIMMs are supported. RDIMM with
LRDIMM and LRDIMM with NVDIMM-N cannot be mixed.
• DIMMs with different data widths can be mixed. For 14G, DIMMs with x4 and x8 data widths are supported and mixing is
allowed.
• Can mix DIMMs with different capacities:

– Population rules require the largest capacity DIMM be placed first (slot A1 populated first, then A2, and so on. The second
CPU mirrors the first CPU population).
– Maximum of two different capacity DIMMs allowed in a system
• Can mix DIMMs with different ranks:

– Maximum of two different rank DIMMs allowed in a system

For more information on memory configuration and population, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation and Service Manual
at [Link]/Support/Manuals.

Memory RAS features

Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability (RAS) features help keep the system online and operational without significant impact to
performance. RAS can decrease data loss and crashing due to errors. RAS helps in rapid, accurate diagnosis of faults that requires
servicing.

Table 7. Supported RAS features

Feature Description
Dense configuration Increased memory reliability can be a result from this selectable platform profile that adjusts parameters to
optimized profile reduce faults regarding refresh rates, speed, temperature, and voltage.

Memory demand and Demand scrubbing is the ability to write corrected data back to the memory once a correctable error is
patrol scrubbing detected on a read transaction. Patrol scrubbing proactively scans the system memory, detecting and
repairing correctable errors.

Recovery from Single Single Device Data Correction provides error checking and correction that protects against any single
Device Data Correction memory chip failure and multi-bit errors from any portion of a single memory chip.
(SDDC)

Failed DIMM isolation This feature helps identify a specific failing DIMM channel pair, enabling the user to replace only the failed
DIMM pair.

Memory mirroring Memory mirroring is a method of keeping a duplicate (secondary or mirrored) copy of the contents of
memory as a redundant backup for use if the primary intrasocket memory fails. The mirrored copy of the
memory is stored in memory of the same processor socket.

Memory address parity This feature helps detect transient errors on the address lines of the DDR channel.
protection

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Memory sparing—rank Memory sparing allocates one rank per channel as a spare. If excessive correctable errors occur in a rank
or channel, they are moved to the spare area while the operating system is running to prevent the errors
from causing an uncorrectable failure.

Memory thermal This feature helps to optimize power/performance and can also be used to prevent DIMMs from
throttling overheating.

For information on memory mirroring and sparing configurations, see the Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation and Service Manual
at [Link]/Support/Manuals.

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Storage
The PowerEdge R640 provides scalable storage that allows you to adapt to your workload and operational requirements. With
comprehensive storage options, the PowerEdge R640 offers various internal and external storage controllers, drive types, and
different chassis and backplanes for varied numbers of drives. Features such as Express Flash PCIe SSDs, PERC H740p, and H840
RAID controllers provide vastly accelerated performance compared to the previous technologies.

Storage controllers
The new PERC Controller offerings is a heavy leverage of previous generation PERC family. The Value Performance level controllers,
carried-over from previous generation to PowerEdge R640, are a high-end offering that drives Input/Output Operations Per Second
(IOPs) performance and enhance the SSD performance.

NOTE: On-board SATA ports (S140) are not accessible if mini PERC is installed.

Table 8. PERC series controller offerings

Performance Controller and Description

Level
Entry S140—SATA, NVMe

(SW RAID) SATA, NVMe

Value HBA330—Internal, 12 Gbps SAS HBA—External

H330, 12 Gbps SAS HBA—External

Value Performance H730P

Premium H740P, H840

Performance

Supported drives
Table 9. Supported drives - SAS and SATA

Form Type Spee Rotational Capacities

Factor d Speed
2.5 inches SATA, 6 Gb N/A 240 GB, 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1.6 GB, 1.9 GB, 3.2 GB, 3.8 GB
SSD

SATA 6 Gb 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB

SAS 12 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB, 2 TB—SED FIPS

Gb

SAS, 12 N/A 400 GB, 480 GB, 800 GB, 960 GB, 1.6 GB, 1.9 GB, 3.8 GB, 800 GB(SED FIPS), 1.6 GB
SSD Gb —SED FIPS

SAS 12 10 K 300 GB, 600 GB, 1.2 TB, 1.8 TB, 2.4 TB, 1.2 TB(SED FIPS), 2.4 TB—SED FIPS
Gb

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Factor d Speed
SAS 12 15 K 300 GB, 600 GB, 900 GB, 900 GB—SED FIPS
Gb

3.5 inches SATA 6 Gb 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, 12 TB

SAS 12 7.2 K 1 TB, 2 TB, 4 TB, 8 TB, 10 TB, 4 TB (SED FIPS), 8 TB—SED FIPS
Gb

Table 10. Supported drives - NVMe SSD

NVMe SSD drives description

800 GB 2.5-inch Device
1.6 TB 2.5-inch Device
3.2 TB 2.5-inch Device
KIT, CRD, NVM, 1.6, HHHL, PM1725
KIT, CRD, CTL, NVME, PM1725
KIT, CRD, NVM, 3.2, HHHL, PM1725

External storage
PowerEdge R640 supports the external storage device types listed in the table below.

Table 11. External storage

Device Type Description

External Supports connection to external USB tape products
Tape

NAS/IDM Software Supports NAS software stack

appliance

JBOD Supports connection to 12 Gb MD‐series JBODs

IDSDM or vFlash card

In the PowerEdge R640 system, the IDSDM module contains the Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) and vFlash card that are
combined into a single card module. The following are options available for PowerEdge R640 system:

• vflash only
• IDSDM only
• vflash + IDSDM

NOTE: The IDSDM only option is available with vFlash hardware and requires an iDRAC Enterprise license to enable this
feature.

The IDSDM with vFlash module has a dedicated slot at the back of the system chassis. This is a Dell EMC-proprietary PCIe x1 slot
that uses a USB 3.0 interface to host. In the PowerEdge R640 systems, the IDSDM and vFlash card size changes from SD to
microSD and the supported capacity for IDSDM microSD cards are 16 GB, 32 GB, or 64 GB, while for vFlash the capacity is 16 GB
only. The write-protect switch is built onboard on the IDSDM module.

Optical drives
The PowerEdge R640 supports one of the following internal optical drive options:

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• DVD+ROM

Tape drives
The R640 does not support internal tape drives, however, external tape backup devices are supported.
Supported external tape drives:

• External RD1000 USB

• External LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7, and 6 Gb SAS tape drives
• 114X rack mount chassis with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives
• TL1000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives
• TL2000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives
• TL4000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 6 Gb SAS tape drives
• TL4000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, and LTO-7 8 Gb FC tape drives
• ML6000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, 6 Gb SAS tape drives
• ML6000 with LTO-5, LTO-6, LTO-7 8 Gb FC tape drives

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Networking and PCIe
The PowerEdge R640 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated PCIe 3.0-capable expansion slots. Dell EMC
Network Daughter Cards allow you to choose the right network fabric without using up a valuable PCI slot. You can pick the speed,
technology, vendor, and other options, such as switch-independent partitioning, which allows you to share and manage bandwidth
on 10 GbE connections.

PCIe expansion cards

The PowerEdge R640 system has one standard PCIe connector and four Speededge connectors.

The PowerEdge R640 system has the following four riser cards:

• Right Riser 1A - One x16 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile cards on left side and one x16 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile card on right side –
connected to CPU1—Top and bottom
• Right Riser 1B - One x16 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile card on left side – connected to CPU1—Top and bottom
• Left Riser 2A - One x16 PCIe Gen3 for low-profile cards - connected to CPU2.
• Left Riser 2B - One x16 PCIe Gen3 for full-height cards, may be used for full-height 3/4 length PCIe cards - connected to CPU2.

With all the risers, the PowerEdge R640 system board provides one x8 PCIe Gen3 slot for dedicated storage controller card
connected to the CPU1 and one x8 PCIe Gen3 slot for dedicated NDC connected to the CPU1.

PCIe expansion card riser configurations

Table 12. PCIe expansion card riser configurations for PowerEdge R640

Expansion card riser PCIe slots on the Height Length Link

riser
Riser 1A Slot 2 Low Profile Half Length x16

Slot 1 Low Profile Half Length x16

Riser 1B Slot 1 Low Profile Half Length x16

Riser 2A Slot 3 Low Profile Half Length x16

Riser 2B Slot 2 Full Height 3/4 Length x16

PCIe expansion cards

Table 13. Optional add-in PCIe expansion cards for PowerEdge R640

Type Adapter
NIC • Intel PRO/1000 PT Dual Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI‐E x4
• Intel PRO/1000 VT Quad Port Server Adapter, Gigabit, Copper, PCI‐E x4
• Intel 10GBase‐T Copper Single Port NIC, PCI‐E x8
• Intel Single Port Server Adapter, 10 Gigabit, SR Optical, PCI‐E x8
• Broadcom® BMC57710 10Base‐T Cooper Single Port NIC, PCI‐E x8
• Broadcom® BMC5709C IPV6 Gigabit Copper Dual Port NIC with TOE and iSCSI Offload,
PCI‐E x4
• Broadcom® BMC5709C IPV6 Gigabit Copper Dual Port NIC with TOE, PCI‐E x4

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Type Adapter
• Broadcom® NetXtreme® II 57711 Dual Port Direct Attach 10 Gb Ethernet PCI‐Express
Network Interface Card with TOE and iSCSI Offload
• Intel® Gigabit ET Dual Port Server Adapter
• Intel® Gigabit ET Quad Port Server Adapter
• Broadcom 10 GbE NIC, Broadcom Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+
• Mellanox ConnectX-3, Single Port, VPI FDR, QSFP+ Adapter, Low Profile
• Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+ PCIE Adapter, Full Height
• Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro Dual Port 10 GbE SFP+ PCIE Adapter, Low Profile
• Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro Dual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ PCIE Adapter, Full Height
• Mellanox ConnectX-3 Pro Dual Port 40 GbE QSFP+ PCIE Adapter, Low Profile
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port, EDR, VPI QSFP28 Full Height Network Adapter
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Single Port, EDR, VPI QSFP28 Low Profile Adapter
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port, EDR, VPI QSFP28 Full Height Network Adapter
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port, EDR, VPI QSFP28 Low Profile Adapter
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx Dual Port 25GbE DA/SFP Network Adapter
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Lx Dual Port 25GbE DA/SFP Network Adapter, Low Profile
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port 100GbE QSFP28 PCIe Adapter, Full Height
• Mellanox ConnectX-4 Dual Port 100GbE QSFP28 PCIe Adapter, Low Profile

HBA • QLogic® QLE 2462 FC4 Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
• QLogic® QLE 220 FC4 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
• QLogic® QLE 2460 FC4 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA
• QLogic® QLE 2562 FC8 Dual‐channel HBA, PCI‐E Gen 2 x4
• QLogic® QLE 2560 FC8 Single‐channel HBA, PCI‐E Gen 2 x4
• Emulex® LPe‐1150 FC4 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI‐E x4
• Emulex® LPe‐11002 FC4 Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI‐E x4
• Emulex® LPe‐12000, FC8 Single Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI‐E Gen 2 x4
• Emulex® LPe‐12002, FC8 Dual Port 4 Gbps Fiber Channel HBA, PCI‐E Gen 2 x4

CNA • QLogic: QLE8152 HBA (10 GbE – 2 Port, PCIe Gen 2) – FCoE—Thunder Mountain Q
• Emulex: OCE10102FM HBA (10 GbE – 2 Port, PCIe Gen 2) ‐ FCoE—Thunder Mountain E
• Emulex: OCE10102IM HBA (10 GbE – 2 Port, PCIe Gen 2 – iSCSI) ‐ iSCSI—Thunder
Mountain E
• Broadcom 57711 NIC (10 GbE ‐ 2 Port, PCIe Gen2) – iSOE—Punisher
• Intel DT (10 GbE – 2 Port, PCIe Gen 2) – FCoE—Spring Fountain
• Intel DT (10 GbE – 2 Port, PCIe Gen 2) – FCoE—Iron Pond

For the latest information on all supported add-in PCIe expansion cards for the PowerEdge R640, visit the PowerEdge R640 page at
[Link].

For more information on server network adapters, visit [Link]/us/business/p/networking-cards.

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Power, Thermal, and Acoustics
The lower overall system-level power draw is a result of the breakthrough system design developed by Dell EMC. The system aims to
maximize performance per watt through a combination of energy efficient technologies, optimized thermal designs and intelligent fan
control algorithms. The system fan control algorithms use an extensive array of sensors that automatically monitor power and
thermal activity to minimize fan speeds based on system cooling requirements, reducing the power required for cooling.

Power consumption and energy efficiency

With the rise in the cost of energy coupled with increasing data center density, Dell EMC provides tools and technologies to help you
realize greater performance with lower energy cost and wastage. More efficient data center usage can reduce costs by slowing the
need for additional data center space. The following table lists the tools and technologies that Dell EMC offers to help you achieve
your data center goals by lowering power consumption and increasing energy efficiency.

Table 14. Power tools and technologies

Feature Description

Power supply units (PSU) portfolio PSU portfolio includes intelligent features such as dynamically optimizing efficiency
while maintaining availability and redundancy. For more information, see the Power
supply units section.

Tools for right-sizing Enterprise Infrastructure Planning Tool (EIPT) is a tool that helps you plan and tune
your computer and infrastructure equipment for maximum efficiency by calculating
hardware power consumption, power infrastructure and storage. Learn more at
[Link]/calc.

Power monitoring accuracy PSU power monitoring improvements include:

• Power monitoring accuracy of 1%, whereas the industry standard is 5%
• More accurate reporting of power
• Better performance under a power cap

Power capping Use Dell EMC systems management tools such as OpenManage Power Center and
iDRAC9 with an Enterprise license can be used to set a power limit for your server. This
limits the output of a PSU and reduce system power consumption and help in
constrained power situations.

Systems management The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) with Lifecycle Controller is
embedded within every Dell EMC PowerEdge™ server and provides functionality that
helps IT administrators deploy, update, monitor, and maintain servers with no need for
any additional software to be installed. iDRAC functions regardless of operating system
or hypervisor presence because from a pre-OS or bare-metal state, iDRAC is ready to
work because it is embedded within each server from the factory.

Active power management Dell EMC offers a complete power management solution accessed through the iDRAC9
with Enterprise licensing and OpenManage Power Center to implement policy-based
management of power and thermal levels at the individual system, rack, or data center
level. Hot spares reduce power consumption of redundant power supplies. Thermal
control of fan speed optimizes the thermal settings for your environment to reduce fan
consumption and lower system power consumption.

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The system's thermal management delivers high performance through optimized cooling of components at the lowest fan speeds
across a wide range of ambient temperatures from 10°C to 35°C (50°F to 95°F) and to extended ambient temperature ranges.
These optimizations result in lower fan power consumption which translate to lower system power and data center power
consumption.

Power supply units

Energy Smart power supplies have intelligent features, such as the ability to dynamically optimize efficiency while maintaining
availability and redundancy. Also featured are enhanced power-consumption reduction technologies, such as high-efficiency power
conversion and advanced thermal-management techniques, and embedded power-management features including high-accuracy
power monitoring.
The system supports two hot-swappable AC power supplies with 1 + 1 redundancy, auto-sensing and auto-switching capability.

Acoustical design
Dell EMC focuses on sound quality in addition to sound power level and sound pressure level. Sound quality describes how disturbing
or pleasing a sound is interpreted, and Dell EMC references a number of psychacoustical metrics and thresholds in delivering to it.
Tone prominence is one such metric. Sound power and sound pressure levels increase with greater populations or higher utilization,
while sound quality remains good even as the frequency content changes. A reference for comparison to sound pressure levels for
familiar noise sources is given in the following table. An extensive description of Dell EMC Enterprise acoustical design and metrics is
available in the Dell Enterprise Acoustics white paper.
Table 15. Acoustical reference points and output comparisons

Value measured at your ears Equivalent familiar noise experience

LpA, dBA, re 20 µPa Loudness, sones

90 80 Loud concert

75 39 Data center, vacuum cleaner, voice must be

elevated to be heard

60 10 Conversation levels

45 4 Whispering, open office layout, normal living room

35 2 Quiet office

30 1 Quiet library

20 0 Recording studio

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Rack rails
The rail offerings for the R640 system consist of two types of rails—sliding and static.

The sliding rails allow the system to be fully extended out of the rack for service. They are available with or without the optional cable
management arm (CMA).

Figure 10. Sliding rails

The static rails support a wider variety of racks than the sliding rails. However, they do not support serviceability in the rack and are
thus not compatible with the CMA.

Figure 11. Static rails

One key factor in selecting the proper rails is identifying the type of rack in which they are installed. Both the sliding rails and the
static rails support tool-less mounting in 19 inch-wide, EIA-310-E-compliant square hole and unthreaded round hole 4-post racks.
Both also support tooled mounting in threaded hole 4-post racks, but only the static rails, as the more universal solution, support
mounting in 2-post (Telco) racks.

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Table 16. Static and sliding rails

Sliding and static rail

Product Rail Mounting Rail type Rack types supported
identifier interface
4-Post 2-Post
Square Round Thread Flush Center
R640 B6 ReadyRails II Sliding √ √ √ X X
B4 ReadyRails Static √ √ √ √ √

Screws are not included in either kit as threaded racks are offered with various thread designations. Users must therefore provide
their own screws when mounting the rails in threaded racks.

NOTE: Screw head diameter for the sliding rails must be 10 mm or less.

Other key factors governing proper rail selection include the following:

• Spacing between the front and rear mounting flanges of the rack
• Type and location of any equipment mounted in the back of the rack such as power distribution units (PDUs)
• Overall depth of the rack

The static rails offer a greater adjustability range and a smaller overall mounting footprint than the sliding rails. This is because of their
reduced complexity and lack of need for CMA support.

Table 17. Static rails adjustability

Product Rail Rail type Rail adjustable range (mm) Rack types supported Rail depth—mm
identifier
Square Round Threaded Without With CMA
CMA
Min Max Min Max Min Max
R640 B6 Sliding 630 883 616 876 630 897 714 845
B4 Static 608 879 594 872 604 890 622 N/A

The adjustment range of the rails is a function of the type of rack in which they are being mounted. The Min/Max values listed above
represent the allowable distance between the front and rear mounting flanges in the rack. Rail depth without the CMA represents
the minimum depth of the rail with the outer CMA brackets removed (if applicable) as measured from the front mounting flanges of
the rack.

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Dell EMC OpenManage systems management
Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand servers, Dell EMC OpenManage systems management
solutions provide comprehensive management for evolving IT environments. OpenManage is based on open standards and provides
agent-based and agent-free server lifecycle management functionality for Dell EMC PowerEdge servers. OpenManage solutions help
you automate and streamline essential hardware management tasks.
Start with a firm foundation for efficient hardware management using OpenManage tools, utilities and management consoles.
OpenManage systems management solutions consist of a combination of embedded management features and software products
that help you automate and simplify the entire server lifecycle: deploy, update, monitor and maintain. OpenManage solutions are
innovatively designed for simplicity and ease of use to help you reduce complexity, save time, achieve efficiency, control costs and
empower productivity. OpenManage centers around efficient management of server lifecycle.

Figure 12. Server lifecycle management operations

OpenManage systems management

The Dell EMC OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and software management tools and
consoles. OpenManage simplifies the lifecycle of deploying, updating, monitoring and maintaining your Dell EMC PowerEdge servers.

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iDRAC with Lifecycle controller
The integrated Dell Remote Access Controller 9 (iDRAC9) with Lifecycle Controller is embedded within every Dell EMC PowerEdge
server and provides functionality that helps IT administrators deploy, update, monitor, and maintain servers with no need for any
additional software to be installed. iDRAC functions regardless of operating system or hypervisor presence because from a pre-OS or
bare-metal state, iDRAC is ready to work because it is embedded within each server from the factory.

iDRAC features and comparison

The R640 supports the following iDRAC licenses – Basic (default), Express (upgrade) and Enterprise (upgrade).

NOTE: The features listed in bold in the below table are new for iDRAC9.

Table 18. iDRAC feature comparison

Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9

Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise
Blades for Blades
Interface/Standards

Redfish Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IPMI 2.0 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DCMI 1.5 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Web-based GUI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Racadm command line— Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
local/remote

SMASH-CLP—SSH-only Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Telnet Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SSH Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Serial redirection Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

WSMAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Network Time Protocol No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Connectivity

Shared NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes Yes

Dedicated NIC Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

VLAN tagging Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IPv4 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IPv6 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

DHCP (new default; no Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
static IP)

DHCP with Zero Touch No No No No No No No Yes

Dynamic DNS Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

OS pass-through Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9
Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise
Blades for Blades
iDRAC Direct-Front panel Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
USB

Connection View No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

NFS v4 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

NTLM v1 and NTLM v2 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

Security

Role-based authority Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Local users Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SSL encryption Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

IP blocking No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Directory services—AD, No No No No No No Yes Yes
LDAP

Two-factor authentication No No No No No No Yes Yes

Single sign-on No No No No No No Yes Yes

PK authentication No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

FIPS 140-2 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Secure UEFI boot- No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

certificate management

Lock down mode No No No No No No Yes

Unique iDRAC default No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

password

Customizable Security No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

Policy Banner-login page

Quick Sync 2.0-optional No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

auth for read operations

Quick Sync 2.0-add No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

mobile device number to
LCL

Remote Presence

Power control Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Boot control Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Serial-over-LAN Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Virtual Media No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

Virtual Folders No No No No No No Yes Yes

Remote File Share No No No No No No Yes Yes

Virtual Console No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

HTML5 access to virtual No No No No Yes Yes Yes Yes

console

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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9
Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise
Blades for Blades
VNC connection to OS No No No No No No Yes Yes

Quality/bandwidth control No No No No No No Yes Yes

Virtual Console No No No No No No Yes Yes

collaboration—6 users

Virtual Console chat No No No No No No Yes Yes

Virtual Flash partitions No No No No No No Yes Yes

Group manager No No No No No No No Yes

HTTP/HTTPS support No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

along with NFS/CIFS

Power and Thermal

Real-time power meter Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Power thresholds & alerts No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Real-time power graphing No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Historical power counters No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Power capping No No No No No No Yes Yes

Power Center integration No No No No No No Yes Yes

Temperature monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Temperature graphing No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Health Monitoring

Predictive failure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
monitoring

SNMPv1, v2 and v3—traps Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
and gets

Email alerting No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Configurable thresholds Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Fan monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Power Supply monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Memory monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

CPU monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

RAID monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

NIC monitoring Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

HD monitoring—enclosure Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Out of Band Performance No No No No No No Yes Yes

Monitoring

Alerts for excessive SSD No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

wear

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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9
Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise
Blades for Blades
Customizable settings for No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
Exhaust Temperature

Update

Remote agent-free update Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Embedded update tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Sync with repository— No No No No No No Yes Yes

scheduled updates

Auto update No No No No No No Yes Yes

Improved PSU firmware No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

updates
Deployment and Configuration

Local configuration via F10 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Embedded OS deployment Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
tools

Embedded configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
tools

AutoDiscovery No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Remote OS deployment No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Embedded driver pack Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Full configuration inventory Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Inventory export Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Remote configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Zerotouch configuration No No No No No No Yes Yes

System Retire/Repurpose Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Server Configuration No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

Profile in GUI

Diagnostics, Service and Logging

Embedded diagnostic tools Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Part Replacement No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Server Configuration No No No No No No Yes Yes

Backup

Server Configuration Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Restore

Easy Restore—system Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
configuration

Easy Restore Auto No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

Timeout

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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9
Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise
Blades for Blades
LED health status Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
indicator

LCD screen—iDRAC9 Yes Yes Yes Yes N/A N/A Yes Yes
requires optional bezel

Quick Sync—require NFC Yes No Yes No N/A No Yes No

bezel (13 G only)

Quick Sync 2.0—requires No Yes No Yes No N/A No Yes

BLE/WiFi hardware

iDRAC Direct—front USB Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
mgmt port

iDRAC Service Module No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

(iSM) embedded

iSM to inband alert No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

forwarding to consoles

Crash screen capture No No Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Crash video capture No No No No No No Yes Yes

Boot capture No No No No No No Yes Yes

Manual reset for iDRAC— Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
LCD ID button

Remote reset for iDRAC— Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
requires iSM

Virtual NMI Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

OS watchdog Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

SupportAssist Report— Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
embedded

System Event Log Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Lifecycle Log Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Enhanced logging in the Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Lifecycle controller log

Work notes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Remote Syslog No No No No No No Yes Yes

License management Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes

Improved customer experience

iDRAC -Faster processor, No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

more memory

GUI rendered in HTML5 No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

Add BIOS configuration to No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes

iDRAC GUI

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Features iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9 iDRAC8 iDRAC9
Basic Basic Express Express Express for Express Enterprise Enterprise
Blades for Blades
iDRAC support for SW No Yes No Yes No Yes No Yes
RAID licensing

Agent-free management
As Dell EMC PowerEdge servers have embedded server lifecycle management, in many cases, there is no need to install an
OpenManage systems management software agent into the operating system of a Dell EMC PowerEdge server. This greatly
simplifies and streamlines the management footprint.

Agent-based management
Most systems management solutions require pieces of software, called agents, to be installed on each node in order to be managed
within the IT environment. Additionally, the same agent is often used as a local interface into the hardware health and may be
accessed remotely as a management interface, typically referred to as a one-to-one interface. For customers that continue to use
agent-based solutions, Dell EMC provides OpenManage Server Administrator.

Dell EMC consoles

The central console in a systems management solution is often referred to as the one-to-many console. The central console provides
a rapid view and insight into the overall health of all systems in the IT environment. The Dell EMC systems management portfolio
includes several powerful consoles, depending upon your needs, including the following:

Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials

OpenManage Essentials is the one-to-many management console for monitoring Dell HW infrastructure including server, storage and
networking, as well as for lifecycle management of PowerEdge servers. It support Windows, Linux, VMware, and HyperV
environments. OME provides a simple and easy interface for system administrators to maximize the uptime and health of Dell
systems. It helps to

• Monitor health status and events for PowerEdge servers, EqualLogic or MD series storage, and PowerConnect and Force 10
switches.
• Provide hardware-level control and management for PowerEdge server, blade system, and internal storage arrays.
• Link and Launch element management interfaces, such as, iDRAC, CMC, EQL group manager etc
• Integrate with the following Dell solutions:

– Dell Repository Manager : Builds customized server update baselines that OpenManage Essentials can use.
– OpenManage Power Center : Optimize power consumption in the servers.
– SupportAssist : Enables automatic hardware failure notification to be sent securely to Dell technical support for intelligent
analysis and diagnosis to optimize availability and reduce manual intervention. This solution is available as part of Dell
ProSupport and ProSupport Plus at no additional cost.
• Provide REST interface API support for 3rd Party Integration.
• Manage Server Configuration - it is a fee-based license available on Dell’s 14th generation of PowerEdge servers with iDRAC
Enterprise or iDRAC Express licenses. The key features include the following:

– Configure a server or chassis using a template and deploying an operating system on the PowerEdge bare metal servers.
– During a server operation, automatically detect and notify any server or chassis drift from a customer-defined baseline
configuration.
– Boot a system from a network-mounted ISO using iDRAC.
– Replicate of FN-IOM and M-IOA configurations within M1000e chassis.
– Support VLAN Management for FN-IOM and M-IOA.

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• For more information, see [Link]/OME

OpenManage Mobile

OpenManage Mobile(OMM) is a software application that enables easy, convenient, and secure monitoring and management of
PowerEdge servers remotely, or at-the-server. With OpenManage Mobile, IT Administrators can securely perform several data center
monitoring and remediation tasks using an Android or iOS mobile device. The OpenManage Mobile app is available as a free software
download from the Apple Store and the Google Play Store.

OMM can also monitor and manage PowerEdge servers through a OpenManage Essentials console or by directly accessing the
server’s iDRAC.

The OpenManage Essentials console can be accessed through OpenManage Mobile over a secure IP network. This allows you to
monitor all devices managed by OpenManage Essentials such as Dell EMC servers, storage, networking, firewall, and supported third
party devices.

If you are remote, you can access iDRAC over a secure IP network. If you are at-the-server, an iDRAC can be accessed directly by
tapping an NFC-enabled android mobile device on a PowerEdge “Quick Sync” bezel to perform several basic bare-metal
configuration tasks such as assigning an IP address, and changing server credentials or the boot order.

Key Features of OpenManage Mobile (When connected through OpenManage Essentials console):

• Connect to multiple servers which have OME installed, from a single mobile device.
• Connect to multiple servers individually through the iDRAC interface.
• Receive critical alert notification on your mobile device as they arrive into your OpenManage Essentials management console.
• Acknowledge, forward, and delete alerts from your mobile device.
• Browse through device details, firmware inventory, and event logs of individual systems.
• Perform several server management functions such as power-on, power cycle, reboot, and shutdown from the mobile
application.

Key Features of OpenManage Mobile (When connected through iDRAC):

• Connect to any 14th gen, 13th gen, or 12th gen server remotely
• Access 14th gen rack or tower server through Quick Sync 2 module.
• Assign IP address, change credentials, and update common BIOS attributes for Bare Metal Configuration
• Configure one server manually, or multiple servers simultaneously through a template.
• Browse server details, health status, hardware & firmware inventory, networking details, and System Event or LC logs. Share this
information easily with other IT Administrators.
• Access SupportAssist reports, Last Crash screen and video (PowerEdge 14th gen servers)
• Access Virtual Console (and reduce the need for crash carts).
• Power On, Shut down, or Reboot your server from anywhere.
• Run any RACADM command

OpenManage Power Center

OpenManage Power Center is a one-to-many application that can read power usage and thermal readings information from Dell
EMC servers, Power Distribution Units (PDU), and Uninterruptible Power Supplies (UPS). It can aggregate this information into rack,
row, and room-level views. On servers with iDRAC Enterprise license, you can also cap or throttle the power consumption. You may
need to set power caps to reduce the power consumption due to external events such as brownouts or failures of data-center
cooling devices. You can also use power capping to safely increase the numbers of servers in a rack to match the power that is
provisioned for that rack.

For more information, see OpenManage Power Center User’s Guide available at [Link]/openmanagemanuals.

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Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools, utilities and
protocols
Dell EMC OpenManage systems management tools and utilities consist of the following:

Dell EMC Repository Manager:

Dell EMC Repository Manager (DRM) is an application that helps you to:

• Identify the updates that are relevant to the systems in your data center.
• Identify and notify when updates are available.
• Package the updates into different deployment format.

To automate the creation of baseline repositories, DRM provides advanced integration capabilities with iDRAC/LC, OpenManage
Essentials, Chassis Management Controller, OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter and OpenManage Integration for
Microsoft System Center (OMIMSSC). Also, DRM packages updates into custom catalogs that can be used for deployment.

Dell EMC Repository Manager can create the following deployment tools:

• Custom catalogs
• Lightweight deployment pack
• Bootable Linux ISO
• Custom Server Update Utility (SUU)

For more information, see Dell EMC Repository Manager User’s Guide available at [Link]/support/manuals.

Dell Update Packages

Dell Update Packages (DUP) is a self-contained executable supported by Microsoft Windows or Linux that updates a component on
a server and applications like OMSA, iSM, and DSET.

DUPs can be executed in GUI or in CLI mode.

For more information, see Dell EMC Update Packages User’s Guide available at [Link]/DSU.

Dell Remote Access Controller Administration (RACADM) CLI

The RACADM command-line utility provides a scriptable interface to perform inventory, configuration, update, and health status
check of PowerEdge servers. RACADM operates in multiple modes:•

• Local — supports running RACADM commands from the managed server’s operating system.
• SSH or Telnet — known as Firmware RACADM; is accessible by logging in to iDRAC using SSH or Telnet
• Remote — supports running RACADM commands from a remote management station such as a laptop or desktop.

RACADM is supported by the iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller and by the Chassis Management Controller of the M1000e, VRTX and
FX2 modular systems. Local and Remote RACADM is supported on Windows Server, Windows clients, and on Red Hat, SuSe and
Ubuntu Linux.

For more information, see the RACADM Command Line Reference Guide for iDRAC and CMC available at [Link]/support/
manuals.

iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller Embedded Management APIs

iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller provides a range of standards-based applications programming interfaces (APIs) that enable scalable
and automated management of PowerEdge servers. Standard systems management APIs have been developed by organizations
such as the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) and Distributed Management Task Force (DMTF). These APIs are

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widely used by commercial systems management products and by custom programs and scripts developed by IT staff to automate
management functions such as discovery, inventory, health status checking, configuration, update, and power management. The
APIs supported by iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller include:

• Redfish - In 2015, the DMTF Scalable Platforms Management Forum published Redfish, an open industry-standard specification
and schema designed to meet the needs of IT administrators for simple, modern, and secure management of scalable platform
hardware. Dell is a key contributor to the Redfish standard, acting as co-chair of the SPMF, promoting the benefits of Redfish,
and working to deliver those benefits within industry-leading systems management solutions. Redfish is a next generation
management standard using a data model representation inside a hypermedia RESTful interface. The data model is defined in
terms of a standard, machine-readable schema, with the payload of the messages expressed in JSON and the OData v4
protocol.
• WSMan -The Web Services For Management (WSMan) API, first published by the DMTF in 2008, is the most mature and robust
API provided by iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller. WSMan uses a Simple Object Access Protocol (SOAP) with data modeled using
the Common Information Model. WSMan provides interoperability between management applications and managed resources,
and identifies a core set of web service specifications and usage requirements that expose a common set of operations central to
all systems management.
• IPMI - The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a message-based, hardware-level interface specification that can
operate over both LAN and serial interfaces. IPMI is supported broadly by server vendors, systems management solutions, and
open source software.
• SNMP - The Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) helps in standardizing the management of network devices.
SNMP allows commercial management consoles created for monitoring network switches and routers to also monitor X86
severs. SNMP is primarily used to deliver event messages to alert administrators of problems on their systems but can also be
used to discover, inventory and configure servers.

To assist automating system management tasks and simplify API integration, Dell provides PowerShell and Python libraries and script
examples utilizing the WSMan interface. The iDRAC with LC pages of Dell Techcenter offer a library of technical white papers
detailing the use of the embedded management APIs. For more information, see [Link]/iDRAC and
[Link]/LC.

Integration with third-party consoles

Dell EMC OpenManage provides integration with several leading third-party consoles, including:
OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center

The combination of Dell OpenManage Integration Suite and Microsoft System Center simplifies and enhances deployment,
configuration, monitoring and updating of Dell servers and storage in physical and virtual environments. Our agent-free and agent-
based plug-ins deliver a unique level of integration and efficiency when managing Dell hardware within a System Center environment.

The OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft System Center includes: Dell Server and Storage Management Packs for System
Center Operations Manager (SCOM); Dell Server Deployment Packs and Update Catalogs for System Center Configuration
Manager (SCCM); and tools for optimizing management of Dell PowerEdge servers in virtual environments using System Center
Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM).

OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

The OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter allows you to monitor, provision, and manage PowerEdge server hardware and
firmware. You can perform these tasks through a dedicated Dell menu that can be accessed directly through the VMware vCenter
console. OMIVV also allows granular control and reporting for the hardware environment using the same role-based access control
model as vCenter. The OpenManage Management Pack for vRealize Operations Manager is available with OMIVV v4.0 onwards.
This helps in checking hardware health and alerting into vRealize operations, which also includes dashboard and reporting on the
server environment.

You can manage and monitor Dell hardware within the virtualized environment

• Alerting and monitoring environment for servers and chassis

• Monitoring and reporting for servers and chassis
• Updating firmware on servers

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• Deploying enhanced options

For more information, see [Link]/omivv

NOTE: The Dell EMC Repository Manager integrates with OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter. The Dell EMC
Repository Manager provides advanced functionality, simplifies the discovery, and deployment of new updates.
BMC Software

Dell EMC and BMC Software work together to simplify IT by ensuring tight integration between Dell EMC server, storage, and
network management functionality and the BMC Software process and data center automation products.

OpenManage connections with third-party consoles

Dell EMC OpenManage Connections gives you an easy path to adding support for third-party devices, so you can continue to use
your existing management tools while easily adding Dell EMC server systems to your existing IT environment. Integrate new systems
at your own pace. Manage new Dell EMC servers and storage with your legacy management tools, while extending the useful life of
your existing resources. With OpenManage Connections you can add monitoring and troubleshooting of Dell EMC assets to your IT
infrastructure.

• OpenManage Connection for Nagios Core and Nagios XI

• OpenManage Connection for HPE Operations Manager i (OMi)

For more information on these OpenManage Connections, visit [Link]/openmanage.

Dell EMC server management operations

Dell EMC OpenManage systems management is centered on automating the server management lifecycle — deploy, update,
monitor and maintain. To manage an infrastructure properly and efficiently, you must perform all of these functions easily and quickly.
iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller technology provides you with these intelligent capabilities embedded within the server
infrastructure. This allows you to invest more time and energy on business improvements and less on maintenance.

Figure 13. Systems management server lifecycle

Table 19. One-to-one and one-to-many operations

Operation One-to-one One-to-many

Deploy • Lifecycle Controller GUI • OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

• OpenManage Integration for BMC BladeLogic

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 • DTK • OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System
Center Configuration Manager

Update • iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller • Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials

• Repository Manager • OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System
• DUP Center Configuration Manager
• SUU
• OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter

Monitor • iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller • Dell EMC OpenManage Essentials

• OMSA • Dell EMC OpenManage Power Center
• OpenManage Integration for VMware vCenter
• OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System
Center Operations Manager

Maintain • iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller • Lifecycle Controller Remote Services

• IPMI Remediate and replace parts:
• OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System
Center Virtual Machine Manager (SCVMM)
• Server Pro Management Pack and Lifecycle
Controller Integration (DLCI)

For additional detailed information on Dell EMC systems management portfolio, visit [Link]/OpenManage.

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Appendix A. Additional specifications

Power supply specifications

The PowerEdge R640 systems support up to two AC or DC power supply units (PSUs).

Table 20. PSU specifications

PSU Class Heat dissipation Frequency Voltage Current

—maximum
495 W AC Platinum 1908 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 100–240 V AC, 6.5 A – 3 A
autoranging

750 W AC Platinum 2891 BTU/hr 100–240 V AC, 10 A – 5 A

autoranging

750 W AC Titanium 2843 BTU/hr 200–240 V AC, 5A

autoranging

750 W Mixed Platinum 2891 BTU/hr 100–240 V AC, 10 A – 5 A

Mode HVDC— autoranging
for China only

1100 W AC Platinum 4100 BTU/hr 100–240 V AC, 12 A – 6.5 A

autoranging

1100 W Mixed Platinum 4100 BTU/hr 100–240 V AC, 12 A – 6.5 A

Mode HVDC— autoranging
for China and
Japan only

1600 W AC Platinum 6000 BTU/hr 100–240 V AC, 10 A

autoranging

Table 21. PSU specifications

PSU Class Heat dissipation— Frequency Voltage Current

maximum
750 W Mixed Mode NA 2891 BTU/hr 50/60 Hz 240 V DC, 4.5 A
HVDC—for China only autoranging

1100 W DC NA 4416 BTU/hr –(48–60) V DC, 32 A

autoranging

1100 W Mixed Mode NA 4100 BTU/hr 200–380 V DC, 6.4 A – 3.2 A

HVDC—for China and autoranging
Japan only

NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating.

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 NOTE: This system is also designed to connect to the IT power systems with a phase-to-phase voltage not exceeding
230 V.

Chassis dimensions

Figure 14. Chassis dimensions for PowerEdge R640

Table 22. Dimensions

System Xa Xb Y Za—with Za—without Zb* Zc

bezel bezel
4 x 3.5 inches 482.0 mm 434.0 mm 42.8 mm 35.84 mm 22.0 mm 733.82 mm 772.67 mm
Or (18.97 inches) (17.08 inches) (1.68 inches) (1.41 inches) (0.87 inches) (29.61 inches) (30.42
inches)
10 x 2.5 inches

8 x 2.5 inches 482.0 mm 434.0 mm 42.8 mm 35.84 mm 22.0 mm 683.05 mm 721.91 mm

(18.97 inches) (17.08 inches) (1.68 inches) (1.41 inches) (0.87 inches) (26.89 inches) (28.42
inches)

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Table 23. Chassis weight

Configuration Maximum Weight

4 x 3.5 inch HDD 21.1 Kilograms

8 x 2.5 inch HDD 19.5 Kilograms

10 x 2.5 inch HDD 21.9 Kilograms

Environmental specifications
See Dell EMC PowerEdge R640 Installation and Service Manual on [Link]/Support/Manuals for detailed environmental
specifications.

Video specifications
The PowerEdge R640 systems support integrated Matrox G200eW3 graphics card with 16 MB video frame buffer.

Table 24. Supported video resolution options

Resolution Refresh rate—Hz Color depth—bits

1024 x 768 60 8, 16, 32

1280 x 800 60 8, 16, 32

1280 x 1024 60 8, 16, 32

1360 x 768 60 8, 16, 32

1440 x 900 60 8, 16, 32

1600 x 900 60 8, 16, 32

1600 x 1200 60 8, 16, 32

1680 x 1050 60 8, 16, 32

1920 x 1080 60 8, 16, 32

1920 x 1200 60 8, 16, 32

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Appendix B. Standards compliance
The system conforms to the following industry standards.
Table 25. Industry standard documents

Standard URL for information and specifications

ACPI Advance Configuration and Power Interface Specification, [Link]

v2.0c

Ethernet IEEE 802.3-2005 [Link]/getieee802/[Link]

HDG Hardware Design Guide Version 3.0 for Microsoft Windows [Link]/whdc/system/platform/pcdesign/desguide/
Server [Link]

IPMI Intelligent Platform Management Interface, v2.0 [Link]/design/servers/ipmi

DDR4 Memory DDR4 SDRAM Specification [Link]/standards-documents/docs/[Link]

PCI Express PCI Express Base Specification Rev. 2.0 and 3.0 [Link]/specifications/pciexpress

PMBus Power System Management Protocol Specification, v1.2 [Link]/[Link]

SAS Serial Attached SCSI, v1.1 [Link]

SATA Serial ATA Rev. 2.6; SATA II, SATA 1.0a Extensions, Rev. 1.2 [Link]

SMBIOS System Management BIOS Reference Specification, [Link]/standards/smbios

v2.7

TPM Trusted Platform Module Specification, v1.2 and v2.0 [Link]

UEFI Unified Extensible Firmware Interface Specification, v2.1 [Link]/specifications

USB Universal Serial Bus Specification, Rev. 2.0 [Link]/developers/docs

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Appendix C Additional resources
Table 26. Additional resources

Resource Description of contents Location

Installation and Service Manual This manual, available in PDF format, provides the following [Link]/Support/Manuals
information:

• Chassis features
• System Setup program
• System messages
• System codes and indicators
• System BIOS
• Remove and replace procedures
• Troubleshooting
• Diagnostics
• Jumpers and connectors

Getting Started Guide This guide ships with the system, and is also available in PDF [Link]/Support/Manuals
format. This guide provides the following information:

• Initial setup steps

• Key system features
• Technical specifications

Rack Installation Instructions This document ships with the rack kits, and provides [Link]/Support/Manuals
instructions for installing a server in a rack.

Information Update This document ships with the system, is also available in PDF [Link]/Support/Manuals
format online, and provides information on system updates.

System Information Label The system information label documents the system board Inside the system chassis cover
layout and system jumper settings. Text is minimized due to
space limitations and translation considerations. The label size
is standardized across platforms.

Quick Resource Locator (QRL) This code on the chassis can be scanned by a phone Inside the system chassis cover
application to access additional information and resources for
the server, including videos, reference materials, service tag
information, and Dell EMC contact information.

Energy Smart Solution Advisor The Dell EMC online ESSA enables easier and more meaningful [Link]/calc
(ESSA) estimates to help you determine the most efficient
configuration possible. Use ESSA to calculate the power
consumption of your hardware, power infrastructure, and
storage.

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Appendix D. Support and Deployment Services
Dell EMC Global Services include a wide, customizable range of service choices to simplify the assessment, design, implementation,
management and maintenance of your IT environment and to help you transition from platform to platform. Depending on your
current business requirements and the level of service you want, we can provide you with factory, on-site, remote, modular and
specialized services that fit your needs and budget. We'll help you with a little or a lot - your choice - and provide you with access to
our global resources.

Server Deployment Services

Our Server Deployment Services can maximize the value of your servers quickly using our expert server deployment engineers. With
over 10,000 server deployment projects each year, we have experience, best practices, and comprehensive deployment tools to
install, configure, and integrate your new solution optimally and correctly. Our deployment experts will assess your environment and
understand your goals, then design and integrate your server solution for you.

Table 27. Server deployment capabilities

Server Installation Server Integration

Place single server in target workspace Yes

Rack, cable, and label servers Yes

Install image Yes

Connect to network Yes Yes

Test and validate connection Yes Yes

Install operating system Yes

Install applications Yes

Perform advanced configuration services Yes

Remote configuration services Yes

Virtualization Yes

Converged infrastructure Yes

Test and validate data center integration Yes

Remote Consulting Services

When you are in the final stages of your PowerEdge server implementation, you can rely on Dell EMC Remote Consulting and our
certified technical experts to help you optimize your configuration with best practices for your software, virtualization, server,
storage, networking, and systems management.

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Data Migration Service
Protect your business and data with our single point of contact to manage your data migration project. Your project manager will
work with our experienced team of experts to create a plan using industry-leading tools and proven processes based on global best
practices to migrate your existing files and data, so your business gets up and running quickly and smoothly.

ProSupport
Our ProSupport service offers highly trained experts around the clock and around the globe to address your IT needs. We will help
you minimize disruptions and maximize availability of your PowerEdge server workloads with:

• 24x7x365 access to certified hardware experts

• Collaborative support assistance with over 195 third-party vendors
• Hypervisor and operating system support
• Onsite parts and labor response options including next business day or four-hour mission critical

ProSupport Plus
When you purchase your PowerEdge server, we recommend ProSupport Plus, our proactive and preventative support for your
business-critical systems. Dell EMC ProSupport Plus provides you with all the benefits of ProSupport, plus access to a dedicated
Technical Account Manager and our elite ProSupport Plus engineers. ProSupport Plus gives you quick and efficient resolutions,
working along with our SupportAssist technology that enables us to get ahead of issues in your environment before they become
problems.

ProSupport Flex for Data Center

Dell EMC ProSupport Flex for Data Center offers flexible site-wide support for hyperscale data centers with more than 1,000 assets.
Built on standard Dell EMC ProSupport components, Flex for Data Center leverages our global scale while being tailored to suit your
needs. While not for everyone, it offers a flexible solution for those with large and complex environments. When you choose Dell
EMC ProSupport Flex for Data Center, you will get:

• Enterprise-wide support that covers your entire data center.

• A dedicated Technical Account Manager with remote, on-site, part-time and full-time options.
• Dedicated elite ProSupport Flex technical and field engineers who are trained on your environment and configurations.
• Flexible on-site support and parts options that fit your operational model
• A tailored support plan for your operations staff.

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Figure 15. ProSupport Enterprise Suite comparison

ProSupport Enterprise Suite

With Dell EMC ProSupport Services, we can help you keep your operation running smoothly, so you can focus on running your
business. We will help you maintain peak performance and availability of your most essential workloads. Dell EMC ProSupport is a
suite of support services that enable you to build the solution that is right for your organization. Choose support models based on
how you use technology and where you want to allocate resources. From the desktop to the data center, address everyday IT
challenges, such as unplanned downtime, mission-critical needs, data and asset protection, support planning, resource allocation,
software application management and more. Optimize your IT resources by choosing the right support model.

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Figure 16. ProSupport Enterprise Suite

Additional professional services

Dell EMC Education Services

Dell EMC Education Services offers the PowerEdge server training courses designed to help you achieve more with your hardware
investment. The curriculum is designed in conjunction with the server development team, as well as Dell EMC’s technical support
team, to ensure that the training delivers the information and practical, hands-on skills you and your team need to confidently
manage and maintain your Dell EMC server solution.

Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services

Dell EMC Global Infrastructure Consulting Services use skilled solution architects, innovative tools, automated analysis and Dell
EMC’s intellectual property to give you rapid insight into the root causes of unnecessary complexity. We seek better answers than
traditional service models, and our strategy is to help you quickly identify high-impact, short-duration projects that deliver return on
investment (ROI) and free up resources. The results are practical, action-oriented plans with specific, predictable, measurable
outcomes. From data center optimization to server virtualization to systems management, our consulting services can help you build
a more efficient enterprise.

Dell EMC managed services

Dell EMC Managed Services are a modular set of lifecycle services designed to help you automate and centrally configure, deploy,
and manage your day-to-day data center operations. These services extend your existing on-premise IT infrastructure with off-
premise cloud services designed to better address challenges with mobility, highly distributed organizations, security, compliance,
business continuity, and disaster preparedness.

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