Dell EMC PowerEdge R550 Server Xeon Silver

Processor

Up to two 2nd Generation Intel^® Xeon^® Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per processor

Operating System

Ubuntu® Server LTS
Citrix® Hypervisor ®
Microsoft® Windows Server® with Hyper-V
Red Hat® Enterprise Linux
SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
VMware® ESXi®

Accelerators

Up to three 300W or six 150W GPUs
Up to three double-wide FPGAs or four single-wide
FPGAs
GPU and FPGA options are available only on 24 x 2.5”
drive chassis. Up to two GPUs are supported on NVMe configurations.

Memory

DIMM Speed
Up to 2933MT/s

Memory Type
RDIMM
LRDIMM
NVDIMM
DCPMM (Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory)

Memory Module Slots
24 DDR4 DIMM slots (12 NVDIMM or 12 DCPMM only)
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only

Maximum RAM
RDIMM 1.53TB
LRDIMM 3TB

Storage

Front Bays
Up to 24 x 2.5” SAS/SSD/NVMe, max 184TB
Up to 12 x 3.5” SAS, max 192TB

Mid Bay
Up to 4 x 3.5” SAS, max 64TB
Up to 4 x 2.5” SAS/SSD, max 30.72TB

Rear Bays
Up to 4 x 2.5” SAS/SSD, max 30.72TB
Up to 2 x 3.5” SAS, max 32TB

Storage Controllers

Internal Controllers:
PERC H330, H730P, H740P, HBA330

External Controllers (RAID):
H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA

Software RAID:
S140

Internal Boot:
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS):
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480 GB

Internal Dual SD Module

Management

Power Supplies

495W Platinum
750W Platinum
750 Titanium
750W 240VDCⁱ
1100W Platinum
1100W 380VDCⁱ
1600W Platinum
2000W Platinum
2400W Platinum
1100W -48VDC Gold
Hot-plug power supplies with full redundancy option
Up to 6 hot plugs fans with full redundancy

Ports

Network Options
4 x 1GbE
2 x 10GbE + 2 x 1bGE
4 x 10GbE
2 x 25GbE

Front Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
2 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
1 x VGA

Rear Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
1 x Serial
2 x USB 3.0
1 x VGA

Slots

PCIe
8 x Gen3 slots (4 x 16)

Video Card
1 x VGA

Bezel

Optional LCD bezel or security bezel

Form Factor

2U Rack Server

Dimensions & Weight

Height
86.8m (3.4”)

Width
434mm (17.1″)

Depth
737.5mm (29.0″)

Weight
33.1kg (73.0lbs.)

Rack Support

ReadyRails™ sliding rails with optional cable management arm for 4-post racks (optional adapter brackets required for threaded hole racks).

Recommended Support

Choose Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more information. Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region.

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