Product Data Sheet / Brochure

Supported operating systems
The PowerEdge R250 system supports the following operating systems:
● Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
● VMware ESXi
● Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
● Red Hat Enterprise Linux
● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
For more information, go to www.dell.com/ossupport.
Cooling fans specifications
The PowerEdge R250 system supports up to three non hot plug system fans and one optional non hot plug PCIe fan connected
to the system board.
NOTE: For more information about the fan support configuration or matrix, see Thermal restriction matrix.
System battery specifications
The PowerEdge R250 system supports CR 2032 3.0-V lithium coin cell system battery.
Expansion card riser specifications
The PowerEdge R250 system supports up to two PCI express (PCIe) Gen 4 expansion cards.
Table 5. Expansion card slots supported on the system board
PCIe slot Form factor Processor PCIe slot bandwidth PCIe slot connector
Slot 1 Half Height Processor 1 Gen4 x8 lanes x8
Slot 2 Half Height Processor 1 Gen4 x8 lanes x16
Table 6. Riser Configuration 0
PCIe slot Risers Riser width PCIe slot height PCIe slot length PCIe slot width
Slot 1 Butterfly Riser Single Wide Half Height Half Length x8
Slot 2 Butterfly Riser Single Wide Half Height Half Length x8
NOTE: For information on the expansion card installation guidelines, see the system specific Installation and Service
Manual available at https://www.dell.com/poweredgemanuals.
Memory specifications
The PowerEdge R250 system supports the following memory specifications for optimized operation.
Table 7. PowerEdge R250 system memory specifications
DIMM type DIMM rank DIMM capacity
Single processor
Minimum DIMM capacity
Maximum DIMM
capacity
ECC UDIMM Single rank 8 GB 8 GB 32 GB
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