Deployment Guide

Component overview
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Key capabilities:
• Unthrottled performance and superior thermal efficiency with patent-pending interleaved GPU system
design*
• No-compromise (CPU + GPU) acceleration technology up to 500 TFLOPS / U+ using the NVIDIA®
Tesla™V100 with NVLink™
• 2.4KW PSUs help future-proof for next generation GPUs
Front view of a Dell EMC PowerEdge C4140
Rear view of a Dell EMC PowerEdge C4140
Internal view of a Dell EMC PowerEdge R740xd displaying a NVIDIA T4 GPU card
3.3 Dell EMC vSAN Ready Node R740xd
Dell EMC vSAN Ready Nodes are pre-configured building blocks that reduce deployment risks with certified
configurations, improve storage efficiency by up to 50%, and can help you build or scale your vSAN cluster
faster. Whether you're just getting started, and/or expanding your existing VMware environment, Dell EMC is
here for you every step of the way with consulting, education, deployment and support services for the entire
solution.
The Dell EMC vSAN Ready Node R740xd is a two socket, 2U rack servers designed to run complex
workloads using highly scalable memory, I/O capacity and network options. The vSAN RN R740xd is
available in All-Flash and Hybrid configurations and features the latest Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable
processor family. Being a vSAN RN all approve configurations can be access in the VMware Compatibility
Guide. The vSAN RN R740xd adds extraordinary storage capacity options, making it well-suited for data-
intensive applications that require greater storage, while not sacrificing I/O performance. Being that these are
ready nodes, they take the guesswork and hassle out of procurement, deployment and management.