Dell PowerEdge XE9680L for AI and HPC Workloads
The Dell PowerEdge XE9680L is a high-performance 4U liquid-cooled rack server meticulously optimized for demanding AI and high-performance computing (HPC) environments. Engineered with dual 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and support for up to eight fully interconnected NVIDIA HGX B200 or H200 GPUs via NVLink technology, this system offers deep-learning architectures a massive compute density footprint for accelerated workflows and generative AI model execution.
Key Benefits and Features
- Accelerated Compute Power: Supports up to eight NVIDIA HGX B200 (180GB, 1000W) or H200 (141GB, 700W) SXM GPUs with high-speed NVIDIA NVLink interconnects.
- Advanced Thermal Architecture: Direct liquid cooling system effectively cools CPUs, GPUs, and NVLink switches to reduce enterprise energy overhead.
- Substantial Throughput and Storage: Houses 32 DDR5 DIMM slots for up to 4TB of high-speed RDIMM memory alongside 8 front NVMe bays supporting up to 122.88TB.
- Enterprise-Grade Scalability: Provides up to 12 PCIe Gen5 x16 full-height, half-length expansion slots alongside OCP 3.0 support.
- Unified Management Framework: Features Dell OpenManage enterprise tools and an embedded iDRAC9 architecture for simplified autonomous administration.
Ideal Use Cases
- Large Language Model (LLM) training, multi-node fine-tuning, and ultra-low latency inference.
- High-performance computing (HPC) simulations.
- Enterprise-grade recommendation engine infrastructure.
- Molecular dynamics, genome sequencing, and clinical bioinformatics.
- Dense, multi-tenant GPU-accelerated environments.
Technical Specifications
- Product Type: 4U liquid-cooled rack server
- Processor: Dual 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors, up to 64 cores per processor
- Memory: 32 DDR5 DIMM slots, RDIMM up to 4TB max, speeds up to 5600 MT/s (ECC registered only)
- GPU Profiles: 8 x NVIDIA HGX B200 180GB SXM6 or 8 x NVIDIA HGX H200 141GB SXM5
- Front Bays: Up to 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe SSD drives, max 122.88TB capacity
- Expansion Options: Up to 12 x16 Gen5 full-height, half-length slots; 1 x OCP 3.0 (x8 lanes)
- Embedded NIC: 2 x 1GbE base network configurations
- Chipset: Intel C741 chipset
- Power Architecture: Redundant hot-swap Titanium power units (3000W for B200 configs / 2800W for H200 configs)
Deploy Dense AI Compute with Dell PowerEdge XE9680L
Incorporate the Dell PowerEdge XE9680L into your datacenter matrix to confidently manage complex data-intensive training models. With factory rack-scale integration options, advanced cyber-resilient silicon architecture, and elite liquid-cooled thermodynamics.
