Technical Guide

Table 38. 10 x 2.5-inch NVMe and 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe storage configuration
Dell EMC PowerEdge Server
Standard Operating Support
(ASHRAE A2 compliant)
All options supported unless
otherwise noted.
Dell EMC PowerEdge Server
Extended Inletient 40 ° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A3 compliant)
Dell EMC PowerEdge Server
Extended Inletient 45 ° C Operating
Support (ASHRAE A4 compliant)
NVMe at HDD#0~ HDD#3 and SM
Blank x 3 are required at HDD#4
~HDD#9
● 10 x 2.5-inch NVMe config Processor
TDP >220 W, RIO do not support
PCIe2
● 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe config do not
support Processor TDP >220 W
● The Following OCP3.0 NIC only
support optic cable with thermal
Spec 85C and power <=1.2W
○ Broadcom Thor QP 25G SFP28
○ Solarflare Medford2 DP 25GbE
SFP28 in both configuration
● The Following PCIe NIC only support
optic cable with thermal Spec 85C
and power <=2.5 W
○ Channel Devices Intel
Columbiaville DP 100GbE
● Not support Non-Dell qualified
peripheral cards and Channel devices
(FW) cards
● Not support NIC consuming power
>= 25 W. Ex: CX6 card
● Not support Configuration with RM
● Not support OCP transfer rate >25G
or cooling tier > 10
● Optic cable with spec 85C is required
● Two PSUs are required. System
performance may be reduced in the
event of a PSU failure
● Not support Non-Dell qualified
peripheral cards and Channel devices
(FW) cards
● Not support NIC consuming power
>= 25 W. Ex: CX6 card
● Not support Configuration with RM
● Not support OCP transfer rate >25G
or cooling tier > 10
● Optic cable with spec 85C is required
● Two PSUs are required. System
performance may be reduced in the
event of a PSU failure
Appendix A: Additional specifications 57