Quick Specs
2U rack server
Processor:(PER BLADE)
Memory:(PER BLADE)
Storage:(PER BLADE)
Rear Storage:None
PCIe Slots:FX2s Only
Full-width: up to 2 FC830 per FX2 chassis
PowerEdge FC630:Half-width: up to 4 FC630 per FX2 chassis
PowerEdge FC430:Quarter-width: up to 8 FC430 per FX2 chassis
PowerEdge FM120x4:Half-width: up to 4 FM120 per FX2 chassis
This is the enclosure, each Blade is a separate CTO you must configure.
The Dell FX2 is a new 2U rack-based hybrid computing platform that provides a greater dimension of functional flexibility along with a higher density of processing power. It combines the density of blades with the advantages of rack-based systems.
- (FX2 Only)
- (FX2s Only)
- “switched” configuration supporting up to eight low-profile PCIe 3.0 expansion slots
- : lower-cost “unswitched” configuration that does not offer expansion slots.
PowerEdge FX2 does not support storage sleds.
PowerEdge FX2 does not support PCIe slots.
The FM120x4 half-width compute sled cannot be mixed with the other compute sleds.
FX2 2 Bay Chassis View The 2 Bay Chassis
(2) Full-Width Compute Sleds
Full-Width I/O Ports:(4) I/O Ports Per
FX2 3 Bay Chassis View The 3 Bay Chassis
(1) Full-Width (2) Half-Width Compute Sleds
Half-Width I/O Ports: Dual Port NDC (1 I/O Port Per) or
Quad Port NDC (2 I/O Ports Per)
FX2 4 Bay Chassis 2P NDC View The 4 Bay Chassis
(4) Half-Width Compute Sleds
Half-Width I/O Ports:Dual Port NDC (1 I/O Port Per)
FX2 4 Bay Chassis 4P NDC View The 4 Bay Chassis
(4) Half-Width Compute Sleds
Half-Width I/O Ports:Quad Port NDC (2 I/O Ports Per)
FX2 6 Bay Chassis View The 6 Bay Chassis
(2) Half-Width (4) Quarter-Width Compute Sleds
Half-Width I/O Ports:
Dual Port NDC (1 I/O Port Per) or
Quad Port NDC (2 I/O Ports Per)
FX2 8 Bay Chassis View The 8 Bay Chassis
(8) Quarter-Width Compute Sleds
Quarter-Width I/O Ports:1 I/O Port Per Sled
IOA - Eth Version
Flex Network I/O Aggregator 1GE, 8 port, RJ45
Name: Dell PowerEdge FX2 8 Port 1GbE Pass-through Module
IOA - SFP Version
Flex Network I/O Aggregator 10GE, 8 port, SFP
Name: Dell PowerEdge FX2 8 Port 10GbE Pass-through Module
IOA - SFP Version
Flex Network I/O Aggregator 10GE, 4 port, SFP
Official Name: Dell PowerEdge FN 410S I/O Aggregator
IOA - 10G Base-T Version
Flex Network I/O Aggregator 10GE, 4 port, 10GE Base-T
Official Name: Dell PowerEdge FN 410T I/O Aggregator
IOA - Combo (2 Ethernet 2 FC) Version
Flex Network I/O Aggregator 10GE, 2 Eth 2FC port, SFP
Official Name: Dell PowerEdge FN 2210S I/O Aggregator
Enterprise computing needs are dynamically changing as business and technology leaders embrace strategic computing innovations to create opportunities and gain competitive advantage. The increasing demand for cloud computing, the expansion of mobile use, the widespread adoption of big data techniques, and the rise of software-defined infrastructures are driving IT decision-makers to evaluate fresh approaches in the data center.
IT organizations are looking to adopt the latest application workload paradigms that industry leaders are pioneering. Wherever possible, they want to gain the economic advantages that scale-out technologies have achieved for public cloud providers.
Unfortunately, most enterprises lack the agility to rapidly support IT transformation, which hampers their ability to increase agility, scale for improved business results and simplify operations.
Scalable Architecture
To address the challenges introduced by the latest computing trends as well as to reduce reliance on legacy, siloed equipment and operations, the PowerEdge FX converged architecture is designed to give enterprises the flexibility to tailor their IT infrastructure to specific workloads — and the ability to scale and adapt that infrastructure as needs change over time with zero-growth form-factor options. PowerEdge FX helps deliver the agility, flexibility and secure foundation that businesses need to simplify their operations and increase their business results.
Innovative modular design
The PowerEdge FX architecture is based on a modular, concept that makes it easy for enterprises to focus processing resources precisely where they are needed. This concept is realized through the PowerEdge FX2 chassis, the foundation of the FX architecture. The FX2 is a 2U platform that combines the density and efficiencies of blades with the simplicity and cost advantages of rack-based systems. The FX2 hosts flexible blocks of server and storage resources while providing outstanding efficiencies through shared power, networking, I/O and management within the chassis itself. Although each server block has some local storage, the FX architecture allows servers to access multiple types of storage, such as a centralized storage area network (SAN) or direct-attached storage (DAS) in FX storage blocks. Software-defined storage environments including VMware vSAN can readily benefit with the FX2 high-density storage elements.
The PowerEdge FX architecture lets data centers easily support an IT-as-a-service approach because it is specifically designed to fit the scale-out model that this approach embraces. In data centers of all sizes, deployments incorporating the FX architecture are designed to be right-sized, efficient and cost effective.
Easy workload optimization
The ultimate power of the FX architecture lies in the flexibility it gives IT professionals when they are designing and constructing their infrastructure. A key tenet of the PowerEdge FX architecture is ease of workload optimization. By providing a wide
