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PowerFlex Arrays

PowerFlex empowers organizations to harness the power of software so they can embrace change while achieving consistent predictable outcomes. PowerFlex is designed to deliver flexibility, elasticity, and simplicity with predictable performance and resiliency at scale by combining compute and high-performance storage resources in a managed unified fabric.

 
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General Storage Array Details:


Management: 1 GbE iDRAC Out of Band Management
Processors: Intel Xeon Scalable Gen 1 and Gen 2 Processors
Data Ports: 4x 25 GbE SFP28 or 4x 100 GbE QSFP28
Boot/OS Solution: 240 GB SATA M.2 (RAID1) “BOSS”
Scaling Increments: 1 Node (HCI, Compute Only or Storage Only)

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TECH SPECS


Base:
Dell EMC PowerFlex


Chassis:
PowerFlex R640: 1U1N
PowerFlex R740xd & R840: 2U1N


Processors:
Intel Xeon Scalable Gen 1 and Gen 2 Processors


CPU Sockets/Cores/Frequency:
PowerFlex R640: Dual/8-56/1.9-3.8GHz
PowerFlex R740xd & R840: Quad/16-112/2.1-3.8GHz


RAM:
PowerFlex R640: 96-3072 GB
PowerFlex R740xd & R840: 384-6144 GB


All Flash Storage:
PowerFlex R640: 9.6-76 TB SAS/10-64 TB NVMe
PowerFlex R740xd & R840: 11-92 TB SAS/12-96 TB NVMe


Drive Bays:
PowerFlex R640: 10 x 2.5"
PowerFlex R740xd & R840: 24 x 2.5"


NVDIMM + RDIMM Support:
Yes


Boot/OS Solution:
240 GB SATA M.2 (RAID1) “BOSS”


GPU Options:
Nvidia V100S, M10 (R740xd & R840 Only)


Node Network Connectivity:
Mellanox CX4 NDC, Mellanox CX4, Mellanox CX5


Management Port:
1 GbE iDRAC Out of Band Management

Min Nodes Per Cluster (Integrated Rack, 2-Layer):
4 Storage Only Nodes Minimum (6 or more recommended), 3 Compute Only Nodes


Min Nodes Per Cluster (Integrated Rack, HCI):
4 HCI Nodes minimum (6 or more recommended)


Min Nodes Per Cluster (Appliance, 2-Layer):
4 Storage Only Nodes, 1 Compute Only Nodes (6 or more Storage Only Nodes, 3 or more Compute Only Nodes recommended)


Min Nodes Per Cluster (Appliance, HCI):
4 HCI Nodes minimum


Scaling Increments:
1 Node (HCI, Compute Only or Storage Only)


PowerFlex Manager Management Node Requirements:
PowerFlex Manager: 8 vCPU, 32G RAM, 200GB disk space
PowerFlex Gateway: 2 vCPU, 4GB,
(These can reside on physical servers or as VMs)


Data Ports:
4x 25 GbE SFP28 or 4x 100 GbE QSFP28


Management Switches:
Cisco Nexus 3172
Cisco Nexus 31108TC-V,
Dell EMC S4148T-ON


Access or Leaf Switches:
Cisco Nexus 3132QX
Cisco Nexus 3164Q
Cisco Nexus 93180YC-EX
Cisco Nexus 93240YC-FX2,
Dell S5048F-ON
Dell S5248F-ON
Dell S5224F-ON
Dell S4148F-ON

Aggregation or Spine Switches:
Cisco Nexus 9236C
Cisco Nexus 9336C-FX2
Cisco Nexus 9332-PQ
Cisco Nexus 9364C
Dell EMC S5232F-ON


High-Efficiency Dual Redundant PSU:
PowerFlex R640: 1100W -48V DC, 750W 100 - 240V AC, 1100W 100V – 240V AC, 1600W 100V – 240V AC
PowerFlex R740xd: 1100W 100 - 240V AC, 1600W100 - 240V AC, 2000W 200V – 240V AC, 2400W 200V – 240V AC
PowerFlex R840: 1600W 200V – 240V AC, 2000W 200V – 240V AC, 2400W 200V – 240V AC


Redundant Cooling Fans:
PowerFlex R640: 8
PowerFlex R740xd: 6
PowerFlex R840: 4 or 6


Dimensions:
PowerFlex R640: 42.8mm/1.68in H x 434.0mm/17.09in W x 733.82mm/29.61in D, 21.9kg/48.28lb
PowerFlex R740xd & R840: 86.8mm/3.42in H x 434mm/17.09in W x 678.8mm/26.72in D, 28.1kg/61.95lb


Ambient Operating Temperature:
10°C to 30°C
50°F to 86°F


Storage Temperature Range:
-40°C to +65°C
-40°F to +149°F


Operating Relative Humidity:
10% to 80% (non-condensing)


Operating Altitude w/o Deratings:
3048m approx. 10,000 ft