PowerEdge R940xa Rack Server
Extreme acceleration for business insights
Drive GPU database acceleration for business-critical applications with a powerful, four-socket server. Scale capacity with large internal storage.
Processor
Up to four 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors
Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
Dimensions & Weight
Height
174.3 mm (6.87 inches)
Width*
441.16 mm (17.4”)
Depth*
835.9mm (32.9”)
Weight
56.0kg (123.5lbs.)
Dimensions do not include bezel
Memory*
DIMM Speed
Up to 2933MT/s
Memory Type
RDIMM
LRDIMM
NVDIMM
Memory Module Slots
48 DDR4 DIMM slots (12 NVDIMMs only)
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
Maximum RAM
RDIMM 3TB
LRDIMM 6TB
NVDIMM 384GB
Management
Embedded / At-the-Server
iDRAC9
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
iDRAC Direct
Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module
Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Power Center
Mobility
OpenManage Mobile
Tools
Dell EMC RACADM CLI
Dell EMC Repository Manager
Dell EMC System Update
Dell EMC Server Update Utility
Dell EMC Update Catalogs
iDRAC Service Module
IPMI Tool
OpenManage Server Administrator
OpenManage Storage Services
OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
Microsoft® System Center
Red Hat® Ansible® Modules
VMware® vCenter
OpenManage Connections
IBM Tivoli® Netcool/OMNIbus
IBM Tivoli® Network Manager IP Edition
Micro Focus Operations Manager I
Nagios® Core
Nagios® XI
Regulatory
Product Safety, EMC and Environmental Datasheets
Dell Regulatory Compliance Home Page
Dell and the Environment
Supported Operating Systems
Canonical® Ubuntu® LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor
Microsoft® Windows Server® LTSC with Hyper-V
Oracle® Linux
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®
Storage Controllers
Internal Controllers
PERC H730P, H740P, H330, HBA330
Software RAID
S140
External HBAs (non-RAID)
12Gbps SAS HBA
External PERC (RAID)
H840
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB or 480GB
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware
Secure Boot
Secure Erase
Silicon Root of Trust
System Lockdown (requires OpenManage Enterprise)
TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional
Accelerators
Accelerators
Up to four doublewidth GPUs
Up to four double-width or 8 single-width FPGAs
Storage
Front Bays
Up to 8 2.5” SAS SATA (HDD/SSD) max 61.44TB
Up to 24 x 2.5” SAS SATA (HDD/SSD) max 184.32TB
Up to 32 x 2.5″ SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) with up to 4 NVME PCIe SSD max 245.76TB
Power Supplies
1100W Platinum
110W 240VDC Platinum*
1600W Platinum
2000W Platinum
2400W Platinum
1100W -48VDC
Hot plug power supplies with full redundancy option
Up to 6 hot plug fans with N +1 redundancy
Slots
PCle
12 x Gen3 slots (6 x 16 slots or 2 x 16 + 10 x 8 slots)
Video Card
1 x VGA
Form Factor
4U Rack Server
Recommended Support
Choose Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more information. Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region.
Ports
Network Options
4 x 1GbE
4 x 10GbE
2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1GbE
2 x 25GbE
Front Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC Direct Micro-USB
2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0 (optional offered only on the 8-drive configuration)
1 x VGA
Rear Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC port
1 x Serial
2 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA
Internal Ports
1 x USB 3.0
Rapidly transform data insights into business outcomes
The PowerEdge R940xa accelerates applications to deliver real-time decisions. The R940xa combines four CPUs with four GPUs in a powerful 1:1 ratio to drive database acceleration. With up to 6TB of memory and four-socket performance, the R940xa delivers consistent and fast response times. Scale on-premises capacity to offset rising cloud fees and security risks.
Ideal workloads:
- Compute intensive applications
- Machine learning and artificial intelligence
- GPU database acceleration
Dynamically scale resources as your workloads evolve
The 4U R940xa allows you to flexibly adapt to changing business demands. Large internal storage gives you the space to grow as your databases increase in complexity and size.
- Increase performance with up to four 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and up to 112 processing cores
- Choose up to four double-width GPUs or up to four double-width or eight single-width FPGAs to accelerate workloads
- Address large data set demands with up to 48 DIMMs of memory, 12 of which can be NVDIMMs
- Scale capacity with up to 32 2.5” HDDs/SSDs, including up to four NVME drives
- Expand quickly with up to 12 PCIe slots for external connections
Streamline IT operations across your datacenter
Reduce the time and effort required to manage IT environments with intelligent automation.
- Automate efficiency with unified system management from OpenManage Enterprise, embedded iDRAC9, and SupportAssist
- Leverage existing investments in management consoles with OpenManage Integrations for VMware vCenter, and Microsoft System Center, or Connections for Nagios
- Simplify deployment utilizing server profile configuration to fully deploy and prep server
- Resolve issues with up to 72% less IT effort using automated proactive and predictive technology from ProSupport Plus and SupportAssist.*
Deliver comprehensive data center protection and maximum uptime
Dell EMC provides a cyber-resilient architecture with security embedded into every server to protect your data. High availability features help facilitate continuous operations.
- Protect server configuration and firmware from malicious changes with the Configuration Lock-down feature
- Use System Erase for local storage devices to ensure data privacy when you repurpose or retire servers
- Take control of your firmware consoles with embedded authentication that is designed to allow only properly signed updates to run
- Help ensure uptime with hot-pluggable drives and power supplies
Dell EMC offers complete end-to-end services
Optimizing the IT lifecycle is vital. We have expert services* for all lifecycle phases that save you time and resources, reduce effort, and improve your IT experience.
