Specifications

Table of contents
1 System overview ..................................................................................................................................................................5
Introduction .........................................................................................................................................................................5
New technologies ............................................................................................................................................................. 6
2 System features ................................................................................................................................................................... 7
Comparison of PowerEdge systems ............................................................................................................................... 7
Specifications ..................................................................................................................................................................... 8
3 Chassis views and features ............................................................................................................................................. 10
Chassis views .................................................................................................................................................................... 10
Chassis features ................................................................................................................................................................ 13
4 Processor ............................................................................................................................................................................ 16
Processor features ............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Supported processors ...................................................................................................................................................... 16
GPU support ...................................................................................................................................................................... 17
Chipset ................................................................................................................................................................................ 17
5 Memory ...............................................................................................................................................................................18
Supported memory ..........................................................................................................................................................18
Memory configurations ................................................................................................................................................... 19
Memory speed ................................................................................................................................................................. 20
Memory RAS features...................................................................................................................................................... 20
6 Storage ............................................................................................................................................................................... 22
Internal storage ................................................................................................................................................................ 22
External storage ............................................................................................................................................................... 22
Storage controllers .......................................................................................................................................................... 23
Optical drive ..................................................................................................................................................................... 24
Tape drive .......................................................................................................................................................................... 24
7 Networking and PCIe ...................................................................................................................................................... 25
Embedded NIC controller .............................................................................................................................................. 25
PCIe expansion ................................................................................................................................................................ 25
8 Power, thermal, and acoustics ...................................................................................................................................... 27
Power consumption and energy efficiency ................................................................................................................ 27
Power supply units .......................................................................................................................................................... 28
Thermal and acoustics.................................................................................................................................................... 29
9 Rack rails and cable management ................................................................................................................................ 32
Sliding rails ........................................................................................................................................................................ 32
Cable management arm................................................................................................................................................. 33
10 Operating systems and virtualization ........................................................................................................................... 34
Supported operating systems ........................................................................................................................................ 34
Supported virtualization ................................................................................................................................................. 35
11 Dell OpenManage systems management .................................................................................................................... 35
Systems management solutions ................................................................................................................................... 36
OpenManage systems management ........................................................................................................................... 37
Dell server management operations ............................................................................................................................ 42
Appendix A. Additional specifications .......................................................................................................................... 44
Chassis dimensions and weight .................................................................................................................................... 44
Power supply specifications .......................................................................................................................................... 44
Environmental specifications ........................................................................................................................................ 45
Video specifications ........................................................................................................................................................ 46
Rack rail specifications ................................................................................................................................................... 46
USB peripherals ................................................................................................................................................................ 47
Appendix B. Standards compliance ............................................................................................................................. 48