Dell Starter AI Bundle: The perfect test environment for AI workloads

This bundle is the optimal test environment for AI. It allows you to test models in a small, AI-optimized environment and prepare them for later integration.

The Dell PowerEdge server forms the high-performance hardware foundation and is equipped with two NVIDIA L4 graphics cards. Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI provides an AI-optimized operating system – including InstructLab tools for model adaptation and Inference Server for professional model deployment. Ideal for testing your own LLMs locally and deploying them as an inference endpoint.

Configuration Details:

Compute

1 x Dell PowerEdge R660 (incl. 3 years of support)

Software & Services

1 x Red Hat Enterprise Linux AI (incl. 3 years of support)

Benefits at a Glance:

Solid NVIDIA graphics cards

AI-optimized RHEL image with integrated Red Hat AI Inference Server (vLLM-based, OpenAI compatible)

Validated open-source models (IBM Granite) ready to use

InstructLab tools for model adaptation

Container-native with GPU-optimized images for NVIDIA, Intel, and AMD

Easy upgrade to OpenShift AI for MLOps