Technical Guide

System features and generational
comparison
The following table shows the comparison between the PowerEdge R450 with the PowerEdge R440.
Table 1. Features compared to previous version
Feature PowerEdge R450 PowerEdge R440
Processor
Up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon
Scalable processors with up to 24 cores
per processor
2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable
Processor Family
Processor Interconnect Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (Intel
UPIx3)
Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (Intel UPI)
Memory 16x RDIMM/No NVDIMM 16x DDR4 RDIMM, LRDIMM
Storage Drives
Up to 4 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/
SSD) max 64 TB
Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/
SSD) max 61.44 TB
Up to 10 x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD)
with up to 4 NVMe SSD max 76.8 TB or
Up to 4 x 3.5 SAS/SATA HDD max 64
TB
Storage Controllers
Internal controllers: PERC H345, PERC
H745, PERC H755, HBA355i, S150
Internal Boot: Internal Dual SD Module
or Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
(BOSS-S1): HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs or
USB
External PERC (RAID): PERC H840,
HBA355e
Internal Controllers: PERC H330, H730P,
H740P, HBA330
External Controllers: H840, 12 Gbps SAS
HBA
Software RAID:S140
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
(BOSS):HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB,
480GB Internal Dual SD Module
PCIe Slots 2 x PCIe Gen4 slots 2 x PCIe Gen3 (x16/x16)
Embedded NIC (LOM) 2 x 1GbE 2 x 1GbE + OCP riser: LRC 2 x 1GbE or 2
x 10GbE
Networking options (OCP 3.0) OCP3 x16 Gen4 OCP2 x16 Gen3
I/O Ports Front ports:
● 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB)
port
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1x VGA
Rear ports:
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1 x Serial (optional)
● 1 x USB 3.0
● 2 x Ethernet
● 1 x VGA
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
Internal Port: 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
Front ports:
● 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB)
port
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1x VGA
Rear ports:
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1 x Serial (optional)
● 2 x USB 3.0
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
● Up to 2 x PCIe Gen 3 slots all x16
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