Dell Technologies PowerEdge Customer Newsletter - July 2020

This monthly newsletter is designed to consolidate new and updated information related to the PowerEdge family of products from Dell Technologies including white papers, events and announcements.

Announcements - PowerEdge

Dell EMC Ready Solution for AI: GPU-as-a-Service (GPUaaS)

The newest design includes the latest VMware vSphere 7 with Bitfusion, which VMware announced today and makes it possible to virtualize GPUs on premises. Factory-installed by Dell's flexible supply chain, VMware vSphere 7 in combination with Bitfusion lets developers and data scientists pool their powerful IT resources and share them across data centers. This helps increase utilization rates by providing self-service access to the right resource for the right workload at the right time. Learn more here.

 PowerEdge Configuration Services Now Available

PowerEdge Configuration Services can prepare you to deploy new servers quickly and efficient. We configure them for you, before shipping and right the first time. From system settings for PowerEdge, to services like custom asset tagging, reporting, customer supplied system image, and card placement - we deliver your new PowerEdge servers with expert care, precision, to your specifications, ready to deploy. Learn more here.

Updated Ansible Module for OpenManage

A new version, 2.1, of OpenManage Ansible Module was published recently. These modules allow for data center and IT administrators to use RedHat Ansible to automate and orchestrate the configuration, deployment, and update of Dell EMC PowerEdge Servers by leveraging the management automation capabilities built into the Integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC), OpenManage Enterprise and OpenManage Enterprise Modular. This module is Open Source and is free to download from the GitHub repository at https://github.com/dell/dellemc-openmanage-ansible-modules.

Updated OpenManage-Modular for PowerEdge MX

A new version, 1.10.20, of OpenManage-Modular for the PowerEdge MX7000 was published recently. New in this release: Customization of chassis backup file name, Customization of host operating system reboot if a template deployment fails, and Hard reset of slot-based iDRAC interface from the Chassis Slots page. To learn more, or to download visit this page.

Updated OpenManage Mobile

A new version, 4.0, of OpenManage Mobile was published recently. OpenManage Mobile allows for administration of PowerEdge servers via mobile device. This latest version allows customers to Perform Emergency Power Reduction, monitor internal Storage (PERC and NVMe/SSD), and has significant enhancements to Augmented Reality experience for monitoring MX7000. To learn more, or download this free app, visit this page.

Announcements – Dell Technologies

New VxRail Models Announced

Two new VxRail models were announced in June: “D Series” for Extreme Edge environments and the “E Series” with AMD EPYC Processors. To learn more, visit this blog.

 Direct from Development – Tech Notes

Bringing AMD to the Data Center

This 3-1/2-page tech note discusses AMD’s most recent processors, the EPYC 7002-series. The 7Fxx lineup of processors is highly appropriate for hyper-converged infrastructure, high performance computing and relational database management systems such as SQL. Download here.

Next Generation PowerEdge Servers: Designed for PCIe Gen4 to Deliver Future Ready Bandwidth

This 3-page tech note compares PCIe Gen4 to PCIe Gen3 and describes the key advantages of PCIe Gen4 while highlighting the various innovations that help make PCIe Gen4 work well in PowerEdge platforms. Download here.

 NUMA Configuration settings on AMD EPYC 2nd Generation

This 3-page tech note discusses some of the available NUMA optimizations for AMD Rome processors, and gives some recommendations of the settings for various workloads. Download here.

One Socket PowerEdge R7515 has Equivalent GPU Performance to Two-Socket PowerEdge R7425

This 4-page tech note analyzes how a 1S Rome platform and a 2S Naples platform outputs equivalent T4 GPU performance, and how this is advantageous for PowerEdge users. Download here.

 OpenManage Enterprise Boosts Data Center Staff Productivity

This 3-page tech note describes how the Dell EMC OpenManage Enterprise systems management console delivers powerful automation capabilities that simplify the workflow of the IT Administrator, saving valuable time and reducing the potential for error and downtime. Download here.

OpenManage Mobile Brings the Power of Augmented Reality to PowerEdge MX

This 2-page tech note explains that with OpenManage Mobile’s Augmented Reality capabilities, IT Admins can simply point the camera of their mobile device at the front of the MX chassis, tap the screen, and get a visual health overlay of the MX platform. Download here.

Virtualized GPU Instances on Dell EMC PowerEdge Platforms for Compute Intensive Workloads

This 5-page tech note address how to efficiently share and utilize NVIDIA GPU resources across different teams and projects. Download here.

Reference Architectures

Data Accelerator (DAC) Reference Architecture Now Available

This paper describes the high-level architecture, comprehensive synthetic benchmarking, and initial application testing of a performance-optimized prototype and reference implementation for a solid-state storage Data Accelerator (DAC) subsystem which can be deployed as an add-on to Slurm-enabled HPC systems, significantly boosting the performance of data-intensive HPC and AI workloads. Download this 19-page paper here.

Videos

·      Boost Data Center Staff Productivity with OpenManage Enterprise (3 min)

·      Improve Data Center Efficiency with Server Technology from Dell Technologies and Intel (3 min)

·      Systems Management with OpenManage Mobile (2 min)

Webinars / Events

 Dell Technologies World 2020 Virtual Event in October

The rescheduled Dell Technologies World virtual experience is set for October 2020. Visit https://www.delltechnologiesworld.com for additional details.

·      NDA Server/Storage Series: Did You Find Your Edge Yet? How to Approach Edge Applications - July 8 (1 PM – 2 PM EDT). Register here.

·      VxRail Test Drive for Technical Decision Makers – July 14, 3 seats remaining. Register here.

·      What Makes Dell Technologies Networking Different? – July 15 (1 PM – 2 PM EDT). Register here.

·      Splunk Webinar Series: How to address Splunk Application performance and storage needs – July 22 (11 AM – 12 PM EDT). Register here.

·      Best Practices on Implementing Thermal Vision Solutions – July 23 (11 AM – 11:30 AM EDT). Register here.

On-Demand Webinars

·      Automate and Manage Your Server Infrastructure Remotely (64 min)

·      Harnessing the Power of Machine Data with Dell Technologies and Splunk (30 min)

·      Manage Your Servers from Anywhere (81 min)

·      Taking HCI to Extremes (37 min)

Websites to Bookmark

All Things iDRAC – your centralized site to find up-to-date documents and white papers on PowerEdge iDRAC

Dell Technologies HPC & AI Innovation Lab - Dell EMC HPC & AI Innovation Lab engineers are dedicated to designing solutions and staying on the leading edge of new and emerging technologies to help you keep pace with the constantly evolving landscape.

Dell Technologies Webinars – the central location for previous and future webinars across the Dell Technologies family brands.

Direct from PowerEdge Development - brief papers designed by PowerEdge Engineering to help simplify technologies found within PowerEdge servers. 

Residency Services - Dell EMC Resident Experts optimize configurations, processes and procedures, and share knowledge with your IT staff. Transition to new capabilities quickly, while keeping your IT infrastructure running at its peak. Free IT staff from the tactical to give them more time to innovate.

White Papers

Boost Data Center Staff Productivity with OpenManage Enterprise

This 7-page white paper by Principled Technologies presents time-and-effort measurements of key capabilities of the OpenManage Enterprise systems management console. Download here.

SupportAssist Enterprise Security

This paper explores how security is built into the design, implementation and operation of SupportAssist for enterprise systems to ensure a secure automated IT support experience for complex data center infrastructure. Download here.

For additional information on anything included in this newsletter, or to suggest additions to this newsletter, please contact your Dell Technologies account team. Thank you for your continued business!