Dell PowerEdge XE8712

Dell PowerEdge XE8712

Brand: Dell | Category: Servers

SKU: DELL-XE8712 | Part #: XE8712 | MPN: XE8712

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About the Dell PowerEdge XE8712

The Dell EMC PowerEdge XE8712 is a liquid-cooled, rack-scale AI supercomputer node built around the NVIDIA GB200 NVL72 architecture, integrating 72 NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs and 36 NVIDIA Grace CPUs interconnected via a fifth-generation NVLink72 fabric delivering 130 TB/s of all-to-all GPU bandwidth within a single NVLink domain. This architecture eliminates traditional PCIe bottlenecks by treating all 72 GPUs as a single unified compute fabric, enabling transformer models with trillions of parameters to execute tensor-parallel and pipeline-parallel strategies with near-linear scaling efficiency. The system is purpose-engineered for enterprise AI factories requiring deterministic, high-throughput training performance at scale, and represents Dell EMC's flagship contribution to the 2025-generation infrastructure ecosystem.

Ideal for

  • Large Language Model (LLM) pre-training and fine-tuning at trillion-parameter scale using distributed tensor-parallel and pipeline-parallel strategies
  • Multimodal foundation model training combining vision, language, and audio modalities requiring massive unified GPU memory pools
  • Hyperscale AI inference serving for real-time enterprise applications demanding ultra-low latency across thousands of concurrent sessions
  • Genomics and drug discovery workloads utilizing deep learning models for protein structure prediction and molecular dynamics simulation
  • Scientific high-performance computing applications including climate modeling, plasma physics simulation, and computational fluid dynamics at exascale-class throughput
  • Enterprise AI factory buildouts requiring standardized, rack-scale compute nodes with deterministic interconnect performance and centralized orchestration

Technical specifications

ManufacturerDell EMC
Product LinePowerEdge XE Series
ModelPowerEdge XE8712
Form FactorRack-scale NVL72 tray unit (multi-rack liquid-cooled chassis)
GPU Configuration72x NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs via GB200 NVL72 module
CPU Configuration36x NVIDIA Grace CPUs (Arm Neoverse V2-based, 72-core each)
NVLink InterconnectNVLink72 (5th Generation), 130 TB/s all-to-all GPU bandwidth within NVLink domain
GPU Memory13,824 GB total HBM3e aggregate (192 GB HBM3e per B200 GPU)
CPU MemoryUp to 2,160 GB LPDDR5X unified CPU memory (60 GB per Grace CPU die)
CPU-GPU InterconnectNVLink-C2C at 900 GB/s bidirectional per Grace-Blackwell Superchip pair
Peak AI ComputeUp to 13.5 ExaFLOPS FP4 / 6.75 ExaFLOPS FP8 aggregate across 72 B200 GPUs
Network InterfacesNVIDIA ConnectX-8 / BlueField-3 DPUs; support for NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand HDR400 and Spectrum-X Ethernet 400GbE
Storage ConnectivityNVMe-oF over RDMA; support for Dell PowerStore and ECS object storage backend integration
Cooling SystemDirect Liquid Cooling (DLC) with rear-door heat exchanger; facility inlet water temperature support up to 45°C
Power Input48V DC high-efficiency power distribution; per-tray power draw up to 120 kW (GB200 NVL72 thermal design)
Chassis ManagementDell OpenManage Enterprise with NVIDIA DGX Cloud and Base Command Manager integration; Redfish/iDRAC 10 BMC
OS SupportUbuntu 22.04 LTS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x, Rocky Linux 9.x
Software StackNVIDIA AI Enterprise, CUDA 12.x, cuDNN, NCCL, Triton Inference Server, NeMo Framework pre-validated
Security FeaturesSilicon Root of Trust, UEFI Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, encrypted NVMe namespaces, iDRAC10 Zero Trust management plane
Standards ComplianceASHRAE A4 liquid-cooled profile, OCP Open Rack v3.0 compatible chassis design
Target DeploymentEnterprise AI factory data centers, national AI research infrastructure, cloud-scale private AI buildouts
Launch Generation2025 Q2 (Blackwell NVL72 platform)

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Technical Specifications

BrandDell
CategoryServers
SKUDELL-XE8712
Part NumberXE8712
ConditionNew
Product LinePowerEdge XE Series
ModelPowerEdge XE8712
Form FactorRack-scale NVL72 tray unit (multi-rack liquid-cooled chassis)
GPU Configuration72x NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs via GB200 NVL72 module
CPU Configuration36x NVIDIA Grace CPUs (Arm Neoverse V2-based, 72-core each)
NVLink InterconnectNVLink72 (5th Generation), 130 TB/s all-to-all GPU bandwidth within NVLink domain
GPU Memory13,824 GB total HBM3e aggregate (192 GB HBM3e per B200 GPU)
CPU MemoryUp to 2,160 GB LPDDR5X unified CPU memory (60 GB per Grace CPU die)
CPU-GPU InterconnectNVLink-C2C at 900 GB/s bidirectional per Grace-Blackwell Superchip pair
Peak AI ComputeUp to 13.5 ExaFLOPS FP4 / 6.75 ExaFLOPS FP8 aggregate across 72 B200 GPUs
Network InterfacesNVIDIA ConnectX-8 / BlueField-3 DPUs; support for NVIDIA Quantum-2 InfiniBand HDR400 and Spectrum-X Ethernet 400GbE
Storage ConnectivityNVMe-oF over RDMA; support for Dell PowerStore and ECS object storage backend integration
Cooling SystemDirect Liquid Cooling (DLC) with rear-door heat exchanger; facility inlet water temperature support up to 45°C
Power Input48V DC high-efficiency power distribution; per-tray power draw up to 120 kW (GB200 NVL72 thermal design)
Chassis ManagementDell OpenManage Enterprise with NVIDIA DGX Cloud and Base Command Manager integration; Redfish/iDRAC 10 BMC
OS SupportUbuntu 22.04 LTS, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9.x, Rocky Linux 9.x
Software StackNVIDIA AI Enterprise, CUDA 12.x, cuDNN, NCCL, Triton Inference Server, NeMo Framework pre-validated
Security FeaturesSilicon Root of Trust, UEFI Secure Boot, TPM 2.0, encrypted NVMe namespaces, iDRAC10 Zero Trust management plane
Standards ComplianceASHRAE A4 liquid-cooled profile, OCP Open Rack v3.0 compatible chassis design
Target DeploymentEnterprise AI factory data centers, national AI research infrastructure, cloud-scale private AI buildouts
Launch Generation2025 Q2 (Blackwell NVL72 platform)

Frequently Asked Questions about Dell PowerEdge XE8712

What does the Dell PowerEdge XE8712 do?

The Dell PowerEdge XE8712 is built for enterprise data-center workloads — virtualization (VMware, Proxmox, Nutanix), private cloud, database hosting, and AI/ML training. It fits standard EIA-310 server racks and supports redundant PSUs and hot-swap drives common in production environments.

What are the headline specs of the Dell PowerEdge XE8712?

Key specifications for the Dell PowerEdge XE8712: new condition; manufacturer Dell EMC; product line PowerEdge XE Series; model PowerEdge XE8712; form factor Rack-scale NVL72 tray unit (multi-rack liquid-cooled chassis); gpu configuration 72x NVIDIA Blackwell B200 GPUs via GB200 NVL72 module; cpu configuration 36x NVIDIA Grace CPUs (Arm Neoverse V2-based, 72-core each). Manufacturer part number XE8712. For the full datasheet with electrical, environmental, and compliance details, contact our pre-sales engineering team.