User Manual
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R250 Technical Guide
- Contents
- System overview
- System features and generational comparison
- Chassis views and features
- Processor
- Memory subsystem
- Storage
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Power, thermal, and acoustics
- Rack, rails, and cable management
- Supported operating systems
- Dell EMC OpenManage systems management
- Dell Technologies Services
- Dell EMC ProDeploy Enterprise Suite
- Dell EMC Remote Consulting Services
- Dell EMC Data Migration Service
- Dell EMC ProSupport Enterprise Suite
- Dell EMC ProSupport Plus for Enterprise
- Dell EMC ProSupport for Enterprise
- Dell EMC ProSupport One for Data Center
- ProSupport for HPC
- Support Technologies
- Dell Technologies Education Services
- Dell Technologies Consulting Services
- Dell EMC Managed Services
- Appendix A: Additional specifications
- Appendix B. Standards compliance
- Appendix C Additional resources
Chapter 1: System overview.......................................................................................................... 5
New technologies................................................................................................................................................................ 5
Key workloads...................................................................................................................................................................... 6
Chapter 2: System features and generational comparison............................................................. 7
Chapter 3: Chassis views and features.......................................................................................... 9
Chassis views....................................................................................................................................................................... 9
Front view of the system.............................................................................................................................................9
Rear view of the system.............................................................................................................................................10
Inside the system.......................................................................................................................................................... 11
Quick Resource Locator............................................................................................................................................. 13
Chapter 4: Processor................................................................................................................... 14
Processor features ........................................................................................................................................................... 14
Supported processors.......................................................................................................................................................14
Chapter 5: Memory subsystem.................................................................................................... 15
Supported memory............................................................................................................................................................ 15
Memory speed.................................................................................................................................................................... 15
Chapter 6: Storage...................................................................................................................... 16
Storage controllers............................................................................................................................................................ 16
Storage controller feature matrix.............................................................................................................................16
Internal storage configuration................................................................................................................................... 17
Server storage controllers User Guide....................................................................................................................17
IDSDM............................................................................................................................................................................. 17
Internal USB.................................................................................................................................................................. 19
RAID - Redundant Array of Independent Disks.....................................................................................................19
Datasheets and PERC performance scaling decks.............................................................................................. 19
Boot Optimized Storage Solution............................................................................................................................20
Supported Drives...............................................................................................................................................................20
Hard Disk Drives (HDDs)............................................................................................................................................21
Solid State Drives (SSDs)......................................................................................................................................... 23
External Storage................................................................................................................................................................25
Chapter 7: Expansion cards and expansion card risers................................................................. 26
Expansion card installation guidelines.......................................................................................................................... 26
Chapter 8: Power, thermal, and acoustics................................................................................... 28
Power................................................................................................................................................................................... 28
Thermal................................................................................................................................................................................ 29
Acoustics............................................................................................................................................................................. 29
Acoustical performance............................................................................................................................................. 29
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