Dell EMC PowerEdge R550 Technical Specifications Part Number: E75S Series Regulatory Type: E75S001 July 2021 Rev.
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Contents Chapter 1: Technical specifications............................................................................................... 4 Chassis dimensions..............................................................................................................................................................4 Chassis weight.....................................................................................................................................................................
1 Technical specifications The technical and environmental specifications of your system are outlined in this section. Topics: • • • • • • • • • • • • • Chassis dimensions Chassis weight Processor specifications PSU specifications Supported operating systems Cooling fan specifications System battery specifications Expansion card riser specifications Memory specifications Storage controller specifications Drives Ports and connectors specifications Environmental specifications Chassis dimensions Figure 1.
Table 1. PowerEdge R550 chassis dimensions Drives Xa Xb Y Za Zb Zc 16 drives 482.0 mm (18.97 inches) 434.0 mm (17.08 inches) 86.8 mm (3.41 inches) 22.0 mm (0.86 inches) Without bezel 35.84 mm (1.41 inches) With bezel 675.04 mm (26.57 inches) Ear to L bracket housing 650.24 mm (25.6 inches) Ear to PSU surface 685.78 mm (26.99 inches)Ear to PSU handle without velcro strap 8 drives NOTE: Zb is the nominal rear wall external surface where the system board I/O connectors reside.
NOTE: Heat dissipation is calculated using the PSU wattage rating. NOTE: When selecting or upgrading the system configuration, to ensure optimum power utilization, verify the system power consumption with the Dell Energy Smart Solution Advisor available at Dell.com/ESSA.
System battery specifications The PowerEdge R550 system supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery. Expansion card riser specifications The PowerEdge R550 supports up to four PCI express (PCIe) slots (3 Gen4 and 1 Gen3 slots) on the system board. Table 6.
Drives The PowerEdge R550 system supports: ● 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD/SSD. ● 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD/SSD. ● 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD/SSD. Ports and connectors specifications USB ports specifications Table 10. PowerEdge R550 USB specifications Front USB port type USB 2.0compliant port Rear No. of ports USB port type Internal (Optional) No. of ports One USB 2.0compliant port One iDRAC Direct port One (Micro-AB USB 2.0-compliant port) USB 3.0compliant ports USB 3.
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Table 15. Operational climatic range category A4 (continued) Temperature Specifications Operational altitude de-rating Maximum temperature is reduced by 1°C/125 m (1.8°F/410 Ft) above 900 m (2953 Ft) Table 16.
Table 19. Particulate contamination specifications (continued) Particulate contamination Specifications Conductive dust Air must be free of conductive dust, zinc whiskers, or other conductive particles. NOTE: This condition applies to data center and non-data center environments. Corrosive dust ● Air must be free of corrosive dust. ● Residual dust present in the air must have a deliquescent point less than 60% relative humidity.
PCIe adapter cards and other slot restrictions ● Can support Mellanox CX6-DX with Finisar 100G QSFP28 optical transceiver for all the slots. ● Mellanox Starlord CX6 Dx DP 100GbE with QSFP56 (MFS1S00-V003E) restricted to slot1, slot3 and slot6 in all the configurations. Table 23. Processor and heat sink matrix Heat sink Processor TDP 2U STD HSK < 165 W 2U HPR HSK >= 165 W ASHRAE A3 and A4 environment thermal restriction ● ● ● ● ● ● ● ● 12 Two PSUs are required in redundant mode.
