DELL PowerEdge XE9680 16NVMe
- Condition
- New
- Manufacturer
- Dell
- RAM
- 4096GB (DDR5 ECC REG)
- GPU
- 8 x NVIDIA H200
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Submit a requestDell PowerEdge XE9680 16NVMe is a GPU-accelerated 6U two-socket rack server storage configuration with 16 front EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe drive bays. It is designed for generative AI, large-model training, deep learning, and high-performance computing workloads, combining sixteen direct-attached EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe drives with Dell enterprise management and a platform sized for the target workload.
Key features:
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16 front EDSFF E3.S NVMe bays: Provides sixteen front EDSFF E3.S hot-swap positions for PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs, creating a dense, low-latency local data tier for the accelerator platform.
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Sixteen EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe drives: The sixteen-drive option uses EDSFF E3.S PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDs and is not a conventional 2.5-inch U.2, SAS, or SATA basket. The separate eight-drive U.2/SAS4/SATA or NVMe arrangement uses another front storage design. The sixteen-E3.S configuration is not supported with Intel Gaudi3 GPUs.
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Direct-attached NVMe architecture: The E3.S data drives connect through the platform’s PCIe fabric rather than a conventional SAS/SATA PERC path. BOSS-N1, when selected, remains a separate mirrored M.2 boot subsystem and is not part of the sixteen-drive data basket.
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Accelerator-dense 6U platform: Two 4th or 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and an eight-accelerator architecture support NVIDIA HGX, AMD Instinct, or Intel Gaudi configurations, with PCIe Gen5 networking and iDRAC9 management.
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Enterprise serviceability and management: Front hot-swap E3.S access, iDRAC9, Dell OpenManage, and a dedicated boot-storage path simplify monitoring and planned maintenance in GPU-dense AI infrastructure.
Use cases:
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Generative AI training: Provides a fast local NVMe tier for large training datasets, checkpoints, and repeated model-development cycles.
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Large language models: Supports data staging and checkpoint traffic for NLP, recommendation, speech, conversational AI, and fine-tuning workloads.
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HPC and simulation: Delivers low-latency local scratch storage for accelerator-driven simulation, modeling, and technical computing.
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GPU data pipelines: Helps feed high-bandwidth accelerator fabrics with preprocessing data, temporary files, embeddings, and active working sets.
Dell PowerEdge XE9680 16NVMe is a precisely defined 16-bay EDSFF E3.S NVMe storage configuration for organizations that need sixteen direct-attached E3.S Gen5 NVMe drives for AI and HPC data, Dell-validated connectivity, and dependable lifecycle management.
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