For a mid-level or large-level organization, the blade server is the essential data center component. It gives flexibility, performance, and optimization for deployments in data centers, remote sites, and the cloud.
This blog will provide you with an overview of the Dell PowerEdge MX7000 modular chassis with its computing unit MX740C blade server. This kinetic infrastructure enables you to manage your on-premise or hybrid cloud infrastructure in a software-defined manner.
It can handle your ERP, big data solutions, fintech infrastructure, virtualization, and mobile applications with an outstanding total cost of ownership (TCO) ratio.
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You have two compute options when choosing the Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000. Namely, the single-width Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740C with dual processors or the double-width Dell EMC PowerEdge MX840C with four processors.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 Chassis can accommodate eight single-width PowerEdge MX740C or four double-width PowerEdge MX840C blade servers in 12Gbps single-width storage sled combinations. And you can use it as a combination of both.
Since Dell PowerEdge MX7000 does not have any backplane, all the server sleds, storage, and I/O modules are connected through expansion cards, giving much faster inter-connectivity. The MX740C sled connects directly to the fabric interface with redundancy through a direct orthogonal connection.
The Dell EMC PowerEdge MX7000 is the next-generation M1000E follow-on chassis and a revolutionary architecture set to be the future foundation of modular architecture supporting at least the next three generations of CPU technology. It features:
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Dell EMC PowerEdge MX740C server is a two-socket compute module that uses the second-generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up 56 threads and commits to giving support up to the next three generations of microprocessors. This is best for large or big data infrastructures because it supports 192 gigabytes of NVDIMMs in-memory databases.
Storage is on the front of the sled with six 2.5-inch storage bays that can support SAS or SATA HDDs or SSDs or U.2 PCI-E NVME drives. However, if you go with NVDIMs memory modules, you only have four drive bays available because of the additional battery required to protect the DIMMs during a power loss to preserve your upfront storage.
You can choose an M.2 boot optimized storage solution (BOSS) to increase the bootup speed. BOSS supports two M.2 drives and can be used to host your OS in mirror mode for redundancy, or you can install a dual SD card module (IDSD) for a hypervisor that features two SD cards.
The PowerEdge MX740C, with dense, compute, large memory capacity, and rich set of storage subsystem options, is ideal for virtualization, collaborative and software-defined workloads in a 2-socket, single-width sled. A maximum of eight MX740C sleds can be installed in the PowerEdge MX7000 chassis.
The PERC and the BOSS both have a dedicated PCI slot on the system board and use the mini mezzanine connector to connect the storage fabric C. There are two redundant MX9002m Management Modules on the back of the chassis to control the overall chassis power, cooling, and physical user interfaces.
It supports the embedded management solution called the Dell OpenManage Enterprise Modular Edition (OME). QuckSync 2 and OpenManage are the options for the chassis management of the system.
Two I/O mezzanine cards at the rear of the sled are PCI 3.0 compatible and have dual ports for redundancy connecting to I/O fabrics A and B. The third PCI slot is a mini mezzanine slot that connects to the storage fabric C. The mezzanine cards connect directly to I/O fabric modules at the back of the MX7000 chassis, which can be configured for different connection network speeds using different modules.
Fabric C is currently used in SAS or fiber channel storage connectivity but is also future-ready to support next-generation technologies. The MX5016s storage sled uses fabric C to communicate directly with the I/O modules.
MX7000 and MX740C are ideal for various workloads, including dense virtualization, software-defined workloads, software-defined storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure or big data environment.
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