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)
Table 33. Dell Enterprise Category 5, “Unattended Data Center” acoustical specification
category (continued)
Measuremen
t Position re
AC0158
Metric, re
AC0159
Test Modes, re AC0159 (note must be in steady state, see AC0159,
except where noted below)
Simulate (that
is, set air
mover speeds
representative
) for 100%
loading and
maximum
configuration,
at 35° C
Ambient
Standby in
23±2° C
Ambient
Idle in 23±2°
C Ambient
Operating in
23±2° C
Ambient – if
not
otherwise
specified in
the
program’s
configuratio
n document,
then
processor
and hard
drive
operating
modes are
required
Simulate (that is,
set air mover speeds
representative) for Idle at
28° C & 35° C Ambient
Sound
Pressure
LpA-reported,
dBA, re
AC0158 and
program
configuration
document
Report for all
mics
Report for all
mics
Report for all
mics
Report for all mics Report for all
mics
Acoustical performance
Dell EMC PowerEdge T550 is a tower server appropriate for attended data center environment. However, lower acoustical
output is attainable with proper hardware or software configurations.
Table 34. Hardware and software configurations for lower acoustical output
Configuration Minimum Basic Mainstream Feature Rich Hilltop
Processor Type Intel Xeon Scalable
processor
Intel Xeon Scalable
processor
Intel Xeon Scalable
processor
Intel Xeon Scalable
processor
Intel Xeon Scalable
processor
Processor TDP 105 W / 10C 120 W / 12C 150 W / 24C 185 W / 32C 205 W /32C
Processor Quantity 1 1 1 2 2
RDIMM Memory 8 GB DDR4 16 GB DDR4 16 GB DDR4 32 GB DDR4 32 GB DDR4
Memory Quantity 1 2 4 8 16
Backplane Type 8 x 3.5-inch BP 8 x 3.5-inch BP 8 x 2.5-inch BP 8 x 2.5-inch BP + 8
x 2.5-inch BP
8 x 2.5-inch BP + 8
x 2.5-inch BP
HDD Type 3.5-inch 7.2K RPM
SATA
3.5-inch 7.2K RPM
NL-SAS
2.5-inch 10K RPM
SAS
2.5-inch 10K RPM
SAS
2.5-inch 10K RPM
SAS
HDD Quantity 2 4 8 16 16
PSU Type 800 W 800 W 1400 W 1400 W 2400 W
PSU Quantity 1 2 2 2 2
BOSS N/A BOSS 1.5 BOSS 1.5 BOSS 1.5 BOSS 1.5
OCP N/A N/A N/A Dual Port 10GbE Dual Port 25GbE
PCI 1 N/A N/A N/A N/A 300 W DW GPU
PCI 2 N/A N/A N/A N/A 300 W DW GPU
46 Power, thermal, and acoustics