Key Information
Brand
Dell
Model
PowerEdge XE9680L
Release Year
2025
Form Factor
Rack server
Rack Units
4U
Physical Dimensions
Height
174.3 mm (6.86 in)
Width
447 mm (upper 2U) / 434 mm (lower 2U)
Depth
1037.6 mm (with bezel) / 1025.6 mm (without bezel)
Weight
95.6 kg (â 210.8 lb)
Processors
Socket Count
2
Series
5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable
Max Cores per CPU
64
Architecture
x86-64
Memory
Memory Type
DDR5 RDIMM (ECC)
Max Capacity
4 TB
DIMM Slots
32
Max Speed
5600 MT/s (1 DPC)
Supported DIMMs
- RDIMM DDR5 ECC
GPU Accelerators
Supported Count
8
Supported Types
- NVIDIA HGX B200 180 GB SXM6
- NVIDIA HGX H200 141 GB SXM5
Interconnect
NVLink + NVSwitch
Storage
Front Drive Bays
Up to 8 Ã 2.5" NVMe SSD drives
Internal
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (NVMe BOSS-N1): 2 Ã M.2 SSDs (RAID 1)
Supported Drive Types
- NVMe SSD 2.5"
- M.2 NVMe SSD
RAID Support
- HWRAID 1 (for BOSS-N1)
Boot Options
- M.2 NVMe (via BOSS-N1)
PCIe Expansion
Slots
12
Generation
PCIe Gen5
Lane Configuration
x16, full-height / half-length
Networking
Onboard NIC
2 Ã 1 GbE
Supported Speeds
- 1 GbE
OEM Modules
- 1 Ã OCP 3.0 slot (PCIe x8)
Management & Monitoring
BMC
iDRAC9
Remote Management
- iDRAC Direct
- iDRAC RESTful API (Redfish)
- iDRAC Service Module
Monitoring
- OpenManage Enterprise
- CloudIQ for PowerEdge
Firmware Update
- OpenManage Update Manager
Security
TPM
TPM 2.0 (FIPS, CC-TCG certified)
Secure Boot
Yes
Silicon Root of Trust
Yes
Lock Options
- System lockdown (iDRAC Enterprise/Datacenter)
Firmware Signing
Yes
Data at Rest Encryption
Supported (SEDs)
Cooling
Type
Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC)
Fan Count
12
Liquid Cooling Support
CPUs, GPUs, NVLink switches
Power
PSU Count
2
PSU Wattage Options
- 2800W Titanium
- 3000W Titanium
Efficiency Rating
Titanium
Redundancy
Hot-swap redundant
Operating Systems
Supported OS
- Ubuntu Server LTS
- Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
- VMware ESXi
- Other OS as supported by Dell (see OS support matrix)
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