Dell AI Factory Opens for Business

Dell PowerScale F910 all-flash file storage addresses the needs of demanding AI workloads, said Dell. It delivers faster time to AI insights with up to 127% improvement in performance and superior density.

PowerScale: Project Lightning is a new, parallel file system software architecture that will be integrated into PowerScale to accelerate training times for large-scale and complex AI workflows.

Dell Solution for AI Data Protection helps customers protect critical AI applications and data with Dell data protection software, appliances and a reference design to streamline deployment.

Dell PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON (pictured), powered by the Broadcom Tomahawk chipset, doubles network performance of AI applications through a modern network architecture. It reportedly delivers high throughput, low latency and easy scalability, catering to the most demanding networking environments.

Dell PowerEdge XE9680 supports Broadcom 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters. Dell said the combination of PowerEdge hardware, PowerSwitch Z9864F-ON and 400G PCIe Gen 5.0 Ethernet adapters allow organizations “to achieve greater performance, scalability and efficiency by building robust ethernet fabrics.”

Enterprise SONiC Distribution innovations enhance AI performance while SmartFabric Manager for SONiC software simplifies deployment, orchestration and life-cycle management with a single view of SONiC fabrics.

For example, Dell is the first infrastructure provider to collaborate with Hugging Face to offer optimized on-premise deployment of generative AI models. Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face allows organizations to train and deploy open, customized large language models (LLMs) on-premise on Dell infrastructure. This accelerates time to value for customers building their own AI applications for use cases like chatbots and customer support, and is accessible directly within Hugging Face’s open platform for AI builders, the company said.

Dell also is continuing to work with Meta to simplify deployment of Meta Llama 3 models on-premises with Dell infrastructure, providing test results, performance data and deployment recipes.

Meanwhile, Dell AI Solution for Microsoft Azure AI Services speeds deployment of AI services. These include speech transcription and translation capabilities, built on Dell APEX Cloud Platform for Microsoft Azure.

Implementation services for Microsoft Copilot solutions help organizations transform the way they work with guidance on embracing Microsoft Copilot experiences across GitHub, Security, Windows and Sales.

Accelerator services for Dell Enterprise Hub on Hugging Face reduce time to value for rapid AI prototyping using the Dell Portal on Hugging Face with strategic counsel on tool and model selection and use case alignment.