PowerEdge MX Components | MX750c | MX740c | MX840c | MX5016s |
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Form factor | Single-width, 2-socket server sled | Single-width, 2-socket server sled | Double-width, 4-socket server sled | Single-width, direct-attached storage sled |
Description | High-performance modular compute sled with exceptional scale | Efficient, feature-rich modular server for modern data center | Scalable, high-performance modular server for modern data center | Dense, scale-out storage sled with flexible performance and capacity options |
Ideal workloads | Virtualization, power, thermal, system management, and usability workloads | Virtualization, software-defined, collaborative workloads | Software-defined and demanding, database-driven workloads | SDS (vSAN), SQL, ERP and dense virtualization |
Chassis enclosure | Up to 8 sleds per MX7000 7U chassis | Up to 8 sleds per MX7000 7U chassis | Up to 4 sleds per MX7000 7U chassis | Up to 7 sleds per MX7000 7U chassis Requires a minimum 1 compute node in a chassis with storage sleds |
Processor | 2 x 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 40 cores per processor | One or two 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, with up to 28 cores per processor; TDP 70-205W | Two or four 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, with up to 28 cores per processor; TDP 70-205W | Not Applicable |
Memory | 32 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM max 2TB or LRDIMM max 4TB, speeds up to 3200 MT/s. Up to 16 Intel Persistent Memory 200 series (BPS) slots, max 8TB | 24 DIMMs in total; supports DDR4 RDIMMs, LRDIMMs, NVDIMM-Ns Maximum capacity: (RDIMM): 1.5TB (LRDIMM): 3TB (NVDIMM-N): 192GB DDR4 speeds up to 2933 MT/s | 48 DIMMs in total; supports DDR4 RDIMMs, LRDIMMs, NVDIMM-Ns Maximum capacity: (RDIMM): 3TB (LRDIMM): 6.1TB (NVDIMM-N): 192GB DDR4 speeds up to 2933 MT/s | Not Applicable |
Disk | 4 x 2.5-inch or 6 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) | Up to 6 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) or NVMe PCIe SSD drives plus optional M.2 boot | Up to 8 x 2.5” SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) or NVMe PCIe SSD drives plus optional M.2 boot | Up to 16 x 2.5” SAS (HDD/SSD) per storage sled |
NVMe | Up to 6 Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD drives | Optional support for up to 6 Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD drives | Optional support for up to 8 Express Flash NVMe PCIe SSD drives | Not Applicable |
PCIe slots | 1 x16 PCIe Gen4 slot for Mezz A 1 x16 PCIe Gen4 slot for Mezz B 1 x16 PCIe Gen4 slot for mini-Mezz card 1 x16 PCIe Gen4 slot for PERC 2 x8 PCIe Gen4 connectors for NVMe drive connected to processor 1 1 x8 PCIe Gen4 connector for NVMe drive connected to processor 2 2 x4 PCIe Gen3 slots for BOSS M.2 HW RAID card | 2 PCIe 3.0 x16 mezzanine slots (Fabric A and B) 1 PCIe 3.0 x16 mini-mezzanine slot (Fabric C) | 4 PCIe 3.0 x16 mezzanine slots (Fabric A and B) 2 PCIe 3.0 x16 mini-mezzanine slot (Fabric C) | Not Applicable |
Security | TPM 1.2/2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ, Digitally Signed Firmware, Chassis Intrusion Alert, Secure Boot, Secure Erase, Silicon Root of Trust, System Lockdown (requires iDRAC Enterprise or Datacenter) | TPM 1.2/2.0 optional Cryptographically signed firmware Silicon Root of Trust, Secure Boot, System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise), System Erase | Not Applicable | |
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Form factor | Full-width, 1U, 4-socket server sled | Half-width, 1U, 2-socket server sled | Quarter-width, 1U, 2-socket server sled | Half-width, 1U, storage sled |
Description | Powerhouse with dense compute, memory scalability and extensive storage | Flexibility and performance with best-in-class density | Right balance of memory and I/O | Ultimate dense direct-attached storage with unprecedented flexibility |
Ideal workloads | Virtualized database – SAN, dense performing compute and performance database | Dense virtualization, rack server consolidation, software defined storage, business computing (CRM, ERP), enterprise HPC, big data analytics, database, private and hybrid cloud environments | Data centers that seek dense virtualization, software defined storage, dense HPC and small Hadoop clusters | Dense software defined storage, Hadoop Clusters, local database and dense DAS |
Chassis enclosure | Up to 2 sleds per PowerEdge FX2/FX2S 2U rack-mount chassis | Up to 4 sleds per PowerEdge FX2/FX2S 2U rack-mount chassis | Up to 8 sleds per PowerEdge FX2/FX2S 2U rack-mount chassis | Up to 3 sleds per PowerEdge FX2S 2U rack-mount chassis. Requires at minimum 1 compute sled. |
Processor | Up to four Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 v4 product family processor, with up to 22 cores per processor | Up to two 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, with up to 28 cores per processor | Up to two Intel Xeon processor E5-2600 v4 processors, with up to 18 cores per processor | Not Applicable |
Memory | 48 DDR4 DIMM slots, 1.5TB max. Speeds up to 2400MT/s | 16 DDR4 DIMMs slots, 2TB max. Supports RDIMM / LRDIMM, speeds up to 2933MT/s | 8 DDR4 DIMMs slots, 512GB max, with speeds up to 2400MT/s | Not Applicable |
Disk | Front drive bays: Up to 8 x 2.5” SAS/SATA/ (HDD/SSD) | Front drive bays: Up to 2 x 2.5” SAS/SATA/ (HDD/SSD) | Front drive bays: Up to 2 x 1.8” SATA SSDs | Up to 16 x SFF storage devices per FD332 SATA/SAS (HDD/SDD) |
NVMe | Optional support for up to 2 Express Flash NVMe SSD | Optional support for up to 2 Express Flash NVMe SSD | Not Applicable | Not Applicable |
PCIe slots | Access up to 8 PCIe 3.0 expansion slots in FX2S chassis | Access up to 8 PCIe 3.0 expansion slot in FX2S chassis | Access up to 2 PCIe 3.0 expansion slot in FX2S chassis | Not Applicable |
Security | TPM 1.2/2.0 optional Cryptographically signed firmware Secure Boot | TPM 1.2/2.0 optional Cryptographically signed firmware Hardware root of trust Secure Boot System Lockdown System Erase | TPM 1.2/2.0 optional Cryptographically signed firmware Secure Boot | Not Applicable |