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DELL POWERFLEX Software-Defined Infrastructure for Modern Datacenters Specification Sheet PowerFlex Software-Defined Infrastructure PowerFlex empowers organizations to harness the power of software and embrace change while achieving consistently predictable outcomes for mission-critical workloads. PowerFlex is a modern foundation that delivers extreme flexibility, massive performance and linear scalability while simplifying complete infrastructure management and boosting IT agility. It's the ideal foundation for organizations to modernize their mission-critical applications, consolidate heterogeneous workloads and build agile private and hybrid clouds. Extreme Flexibility for Agile Enterprises PowerFlex offers extreme flexibility to meet the diverse and rapidly evolving needs of modern enterprises. It offers unprecedented choice for customers to architect their mission-critical IT environments. Mix and match storage, compute and HCI nodes in a dynamic deployment, allowing users to scale storage and compute resources together or independently, one node at a time, as needs dictate. The platform can also support a broad range of operating environments bare metal operating systems, hypervisors as well as container platforms simultaneously with a unified infrastructure platform and management. By allowing you to flexibly mix these architectures in a single deployment, PowerFlex enables you to deploy, scale, and evolve all your applications to meet your business objectives. © 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries Consistent Predictable Outcomes PowerFlex offers a robust toolset for simplifying IT operations for the entire infrastructure with PowerFlex Manager, which automates complex LCM and IT operations tasks, boosting IT productivity and infrastructure predictability. PowerFlex Manager also offers standards-based open APIs and custom Ansible modules, making it simple to integrate with third party tools and custom workflows. Further, with CloudIQ, PowerFlex leverages an AI/ML-based approach to infrastructure monitoring and management, ensuring simplicity and consistency at scale. PowerFlex is also optimized for a broad range of enterprise workloads with documented best practices, so you can deploy the most mission-critical workloads with ease while ensuring extraordinary outcomes. PowerFlex Deployment Options With PowerFlex, you have choice and flexibility in how you choose to consume the PowerFlex architecture: · PowerFlex rack is a fully engineered system with integrated networking. It is designed to simplify deployment and acceleratetime to value. · PowerFlex appliance is a flexible solution with a small starting point and massive scale potential. PowerFlex applianceprovides a broad choice of supported networking. · PowerFlex is also available with OpEx-based consumption options with APEX Custom Solutions. Customers can choosebetween APEX Flex on Demand and APEX Datacenter Utility based on their unique requirements. © 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries Chassis CPU technology CPU sockets CPU cores (total) CPU frequency RAM* Maximum storage capacity (raw TB) Drive bays NVDIMM + RDIMM Support Boot solution Nvidia GPU Options PowerFlex network connectivity (standard 4x 25Gb) Management port PowerFlex R640 PowerFlex R740xd PowerFlex R840 Compute, Storage and Memory (per Node) 1 RU 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Two 8 - 56 2.1 GHz - 3.8 GHz 2 RU Four 16 - 112 2.1 GHz - 3.8 GHz 96 GB - 3072 GB 384 GB - 6144 GB 76TB SAS 38TB SATA 76TB NVMe 128TB SAS 92TB SATA 128TB NVMe 10 x 2.5" 24 x 2.5" Yes Yes 240 GB SATA M.2 (RAID1) "BOSS" T4 M10, T4, A10, A16, A30, A40 M10, V100S Intel X710 rNDC Mellanox ConnectX-4 rNDC Mellanox ConnectX-4 Mellanox ConnectX-6 iDRAC 9 Out of Band Management PowerFlex R650 PowerFlex R750 PowerFlex R6525 Chassis CPU technology CPU sockets CPU cores (total) CPU frequency RAM* Maximum storage capacity (raw TB) Drive bays NVDIMM + RDIMM Support Boot solution Nvidia GPU Options PowerFlex network connectivity (standard 4x 25Gb) Compute, Storage and Memory (per Node) 1 RU 3rd Gen Intel Xeon 16 - 80 2.00 GHz - 3.60 GHz 2 RU Two 1 RU 3rd Gen AMD EPIC 16 - 124 2.00 GHz - 3.70 GHz 256 GB - 8192 GB 256 GB 4096 GB 76TB SAS 38TB SATA 76TB NVMe 128TB SAS 92TB SATA 128TB NVMe diskless 10 x 2.5" 24 x 2.5" diskless Yes No 480 GB SATA M.2 (RAID1) "BOSS-S2" T4 M10, T4, A10, A16, A30, A40, A100 T4 Mellanox ConnectX-5 OCP Mellanox ConnectX-5 PCIe Mellanox ConnectX-6 PCIe Management port iDRAC 9 Out of Band Management * Adding NVDIMM reduces maximum memory capacity R640 does not support both NVMe and NVDIMM together 10Gb NIC only supported on PowerFlex rack © 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries PowerFlex Clustering, Scaling and Management Min Nodes Per Cluster (Two-Layer Configuration) 4 Storage Only nodes minimum (6 or more recommended), 1 to 3 Compute Only nodes (depending on host OS) Min Nodes Per Cluster (HCI Configuration) 4 HCI Nodes minimum (6 or more recommended) Scaling Increments 1 Node (HCI, Compute Only or Storage Only) PowerFlex Manager Management Node Requirements Jump Server PowerFlex Gateway PowerFlex UI SRS PowerFlex Manager CloudLink (optional) 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 300GB storage 8GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 16GB storage 6GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 16GB storage 4GB RAM, 2 vCPU, 16GB storage 32GB RAM, 8 vCPU, 200GB storage 6GB RAM, 4 vCPU, 64GB storage (These are all supplied as virtual machines) * In 2-layer environments where existing compute nodes are to be utilized or compute nodes are running an operating system not supported by PowerFlex Manager, the minimum requirement is for four storage nodes only. A single node is the minimum scaling required to expand an existing Storage Pool. Creation of a net new Storage Pool requires the addition of a minimum of 3 Storage or HCI Nodes. New PowerFlex appliance deployments include a single-node management controller (with an option for three-node for larger systems). New PowerFlex integrated rack deployments include a three-node management controller. Both PowerFlex Management Controller options are ESXi based. PowerFlex Manager Supported Switches Management Switches* Access or Leaf Switches Cisco Nexus 3172TQ, Cisco Nexus 31108TC-V, Cisco Nexus 92348GC-X, Dell S4148T-ON Cisco Nexus 3132QX, Cisco Nexus 3164Q, Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX, Cisco Nexus 93180YC-FX, Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2, Cisco Nexus N93360YC-FX2, Dell S5048F-ON, Dell S5248F-ON, Dell S5296F-ON, Dell S5224F-ON, Dell S4148F-ON Aggregation or Spine Switches Cisco Nexus 9236C, Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2, Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX, Cisco Nexus 9364C-GX, Dell S5232F-ON * For PowerFlex appliance, the management switch can be "bring your own". RJ45 only supported on PowerFlex rack PowerFlex appliance only © 2021 Dell Inc. or its subsidiaries PowerFlex R640 PowerFlex R740xd Power and Dimensions High-efficiency dual redundant PSU 1100W -48V DC 750W 100 - 240V AC 1100W 100V 240V AC 1600W 100V 240V AC 1100W 100 - 240V AC 1600W100 - 240V AC 2000W 200V 240V AC 2400W 200V 240V AC Redundant cooling fans Physical dimensions 8 H W D Wgt 42.8mm 434mm 734mm 21.9kg 6 H 86.8mm W 434mm D 679mm Wgt 28.1kg PowerFlex R840 1600W 200V 240V AC 2000W 200V 240V AC 2400W 200V 240V AC 4 or 6 H 86.8mm W 434mm D 679mm Wgt 28.1kg PowerFlex R650 PowerFlex R750 PowerFlex R6525 High-efficiency dual redundant PSU Redundant cooling fans Physical dimensions Power and Dimensions 800W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1100W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1400W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1100W 48-60Vdc 800W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1100W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1400W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 2400W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1100W 48-60Vdc 800W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1100W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1400W 100-240Vac / 240Vdc 1100W 48-60Vdc 8 H 42.8mm W 434mm D 751mm Wgt 21.2kg 6 H 86.8mm W 434mm D 700mm Wgt 35.3kg 8 H 42.8mm W 434mm D 751mm Wgt 21.2kg PowerFlex R640 PowerFlex R740xd Ambient operating temperature Storage temperature range Environmental and Certifications 10°C to 30°C 50°F to 86°F 10°C to 30°C 50°F to 86°F -40°C to +65°C -40°F to +149°F -40°C to +65°C -40°F to +149°F Operating relative humidity 10% to 80% (non-condensing) 10% to 80% (non-condensing) Operating altitude with 3048m no deratings approx. 10,000 ft 3048m approx. 10,000 ft PowerFlex R840 10°C to 30°C 50°F to 86°F -40°C to +65°C -40°F to +149°F 10% to 80% (non-condensing) 3048m approx. 10,000 ft PowerFlex R650 PowerFlex R750 Ambient operating temperature Storage temperature range Environmental and Certifications 10°C to 30°C 50°F to 86°F 10°C to 30°C 50°F to 86°F -40°C to +65°C -40°F to +149°F -40°C to +65°C -40°F to +149°F Operating relative humidity 8% to 80% (non-condensing) 8% to 80% (non-condensing) Operating altitude with 3048m no deratings approx. 10,000 ft 3048m approx. 10,000 ft PowerFlex R6525 10°C to 30°C 50°F to 86°F -40°C to +65°C -40°F to +149°F 8% to 80% (non-condensing) 3048m approx. 10,000 ft STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE Dell Information Technology Equipment is compliant with all currently applicable regulatory requirements for Electromagnetic Compatibility, Product Safety, and Environmental Regulations where placed on market. 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