PowerEdge XE9680 Rack Server

Technical Specification

Processor:
Two 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 64 cores each)
Two 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 56 cores each)

Memory:
32 DDR5 DIMM slots, RDIMM, up to 4 TB
Speeds up to 5600 MT/s (5th Gen) or 4800 MT/s (4th Gen)
Registered ECC DDR5 only

GPU (choose one configuration):
8 × NVIDIA HGX H100 80 GB 700 W SXM5 with NVLink
8 × NVIDIA HGX H200 141 GB 700 W SXM5 with NVLink
8 × NVIDIA HGX H20 96 GB 500 W SXM5 with NVLink
8 × AMD Instinct MI300X 192 GB 750 W OAM with Infinity Fabric
8 × Intel Gaudi 3 128 GB 900 W OAM with embedded RoCE

Storage controllers:
Internal RAID PERC H965i (not with Intel Gaudi 3)
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1) with 2 × M.2 SSDs, HW-RAID 1
Software RAID S160

Front drive bays:
Up to 8 × 2.5-inch NVMe/SAS/SATA SSDs (max 122.88 TB)
Up to 16 × E3.S NVMe drives (max 122.88 TB)
Note: only 8 × 2.5-inch NVMe with Intel Gaudi 3

Power supplies:
3200 W Titanium 277 VAC / 260–400 VDC, hot-swap (US & Canada)
3000 W Titanium 200–240 VAC / 240 VDC (only with Intel Gaudi 3)
2800 W Titanium 200–240 VAC / 240 VDC, hot-swap

Cooling: Air cooling

Chipset: Intel C741

PCIe expansion:
Up to 10 ×16 Gen5 full-height, half-length slots
(8 slots with Intel Gaudi 3)

Embedded networking:
2 × 1 GbE
6 × 800 Gb OSFP (Intel Gaudi 3 only)

Additional network option:
1 × OCP 3.0 (x8 PCIe)

Hot-swappable fans:
Up to 6 high-performance fans in mid tray
Up to 10 rear fans (12 with Intel Gaudi 3)

Dimensions and weight:
Height 263.2 mm / 10.36 in
Width 482.0 mm / 18.97 in
Depth 1008.77 mm / 39.71 in (with bezel)
Depth 995 mm / 39.17 in (without bezel)
Weight up to 114.05 kg / 251.44 lb

Form factor: 6U rack server

Embedded management:
iDRAC9, iDRAC Direct, iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish, iDRAC Service Module

Bezel options: LCD bezel or security bezel

OpenManage software:
CloudIQ for PowerEdge plug-in
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Service, Power Manager, and Update Manager plug-ins

OpenManage integrations:
BMC Truesight, ServiceNow integration, Red Hat Ansible Modules, Terraform Providers

Security features:
Cryptographically signed firmware
Data-at-Rest Encryption (SEDs, local/external key mgmt)
Secure Boot
Secured Component Verification
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise/Datacenter)
TPM 2.0 FIPS / CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China

Ports
Front: iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB), USB 2.0, VGA
Rear: USB 2.0, USB 3.0, VGA, RJ-45 iDRAC9 Ethernet

Supported operating systems and hypervisors:
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi