Technical Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge T550 Technical Guide
- Contents
- Product overview
- System features
- Chassis views and features
- Processor
- Memory
- Storage
- Networking and PCIe
- Power, thermal, and acoustics
- Supported Operating Systems
- Dell EMC OpenManage systems management
- Appendix A. Additional specifications
- Appendix B. Standards compliance
- Appendix C Additional resources
- Appendix D. Support and Deployment Services
- Dell Financial Services (DFS)
Supported OCP cards
Table 17. Supported OCP
Form Factor Vendor Port type Port speed Port count
OCP 3.0 Intel SFP+ 10 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 Broadcom BT 1 GbE 4
OCP 3.0 Broadcom BT 10 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 Broadcom SFP28 25 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 Broadcom SFP28 25 GbE 4
OCP 3.0 Broadcom SFP+ 10 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 QLogic BT 10 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 QLogic SFP+ 10 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 QLogic SFP28 25 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 Intel BT 1 GbE 4
OCP 3.0 Intel BT 10 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 Intel SFP+ 10 GbE 4
OCP 3.0 Intel SFP28 25 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 Mellanox SFP28 25 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 SolarFlare SFP28 25 GbE 2
OCP 3.0 SolarFlare SFP28 25 GbE 2
OCP NIC 3.0 vs. rack Network Daughter Card comparisons
Table 18. OCP 3.0, 2.0, and rNDC NIC comparison
Form Factor Dell rNDC OCP 2.0 (LOM Mezz) OCP 3.0 Notes
PCIe Gen Gen 3 Gen 3 Gen 4 Supported OCP3 are
SFF (small form factor)
Max PCIe Lanes x8 Up to x16 Up to x16 See server slot priority
matrix
Shared LOM Yes Yes Yes This is iDRAC port
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Aux Power Yes Yes Yes Used for Shared LOM
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