Dell PowerEdge User manual

Dell PowerEdge Servers
Portfolio Guide
Dell PowerEdge servers
and the power to do
more:
Achieve more, maximize
eciency, and ensure
business continuity with
Dell PowerEdge servers, the
foundation for adaptive IT
solutions.

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Dell™ PowerEdge™ servers are built to support the work that IT organizations do. They are engineered
to handle the most demanding business applications and designed with specic features to better run
workloads like HPC, collaboration, database, ERP, business intelligence and data warehousing.
As the foundation for a complete, adaptive IT solution, Dell PowerEdge servers deliver dramatic performance
and management advantages that more eectively and eciently power the business applications our
customers run most.
Combined with the innovative OpenManage™ systems management portfolio and industry-leading
workload solutions, PowerEdge servers provide technology that is intelligent, yet simple, giving you the
power to do more in even the most complex environments.
Achieve more
Increase application performance and
availability while gaining scalability.
Maximize eciency
Use IT to boost productivity and get the most
out of every dollar.
Ensure business continuity
Provide secure, continual access to IT services
that power your business.
With Dell, you can do more

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PowerEdge servers are customer inspired and purpose built. We spend countless hours listening to customers
and then put our time and expertise into giving you the features you need to accomplish more, improve
eciency, and ensure business continuity. Our latest generation of PowerEdge servers deliver innovations like:
• Express Flash PCIe solid-state drives—oer more transactions per second, resulting in faster interactions
• Agent-free server management—uses the integrated Dell Remote Access Controller (iDRAC) with Lifecycle
Controller, providing signicant reductions in administration time
• The Dell fresh air program—allows servers to run at much higher ambient temperatures, saving tremendous
operational costs
• More widely integrated GPU technology—provides accelerated HPC research with high sustained GFlops
Our latest generation of servers responds to customer needs in the following areas:
• Memory capacity and scalability—much larger memory footprints
• Virtualization performance—more processor cores and denser memory
• Systems management—complete lifecycle management using iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller and
monitoring and update capabilities with OpenManage Essentials
• Energyeciency—comprehensive optimizations, including Dell OpenManage™ Power Center
• Infrastructureexibility—innovations like Select Network Adapters, oering more and better I/O options
• Reliability—even more RAS features, including a failsafe hypervisor option on most servers
Dell PowerEdge servers deliver value by taking technology that was previously overpriced, complex and
underutilized, and giving you the power to do more while saving time, money and resources.
PowerEdge servers
Engineered by Dell, designed by you

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The newest generation of Dell PowerEdge servers
PowerEdge R320
An enterprise-class, 1-socket,
1U rack-mount server, with
the right computing power,
scalability and value balanced
in a high-performance, dense
chassis.
PowerEdge R420
A 2-socket, 1U rack-mount
server that delivers mainstream
performance and density
combined with internal
expandability for customized
workloads.
PowerEdge R520
A powerful, 2-socket, 2U rack-
mount server that balances
performance with storage
expandability for data-intensive
applications.
PowerEdge R620
A hyper-dense 2-socket, 1U
rack-mount server with a large
memory footprint and impressive
I/O options that make it an
exceptional platform for
space-sensitive environments.
PowerEdge R720xd
An ultra-dense, 2-socket,
2U rack-mount server with
massive internal storage and
performance balanced for data-
intensive operations.
PowerEdge R720
Setting the standard for feature
exibility in a 2-socket, 2U
rack-mount server and built to
run complex workloads using
its highly scalable memory, I/O
capacity and exible network
options.
PowerEdge R820
A high-performance, 4-socket,
2U rack-mount server designed
for dense virtualization and
scalable database applications
for both mid-size and large
enterprise environments.

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The newest generation of Dell PowerEdge servers
PowerEdge C8000
Chassis
Up to 8 dual-socket servers
in a dense 4U rack chassis.
Ideal for balancing high
performance for compact,
scale-out environments
that oer both high
eciency and maximum
exibility.
PowerEdge C6220
Compact 2U shared
infrastructure rack server
designed for performance,
density, and exibility,
supporting up to four
independent server nodes.
PowerEdge T320
Designed for a broad
range of workloads
and applications,
this quiet, 1-socket
tower delivers
performance,
reliability and value
for a wide range of
applications.
PowerEdge T620
A 2-socket, 5U
tower server ideal
for corporate data
centers and remote
sites that require high
availability, exceptional
virtualization, large
internal storage
capacity and energy
eciency.
PowerEdge T420
A powerful,
2-socket tower
server that delivers
performance,
expandability, and
reliability with a
built-in capacity for
non-disruptive
growth in a quiet
oce setting.
PowerEdge C8220
Compact for fast results
with up to 16 cores,
256GB memory, and
two 3.0 expansion slots
in up to eight single-
wide compute sleds
in one 4U PowerEdge
8000 chassis.
PowerEdge C8220X
Pack more computer
power with up to
16 cores, 256GB
memory, and three 3.0
expansion slots in up
to four double-wide
compute sleds in one 4U
PowerEdge 8000 chassis.
PowerEdge C8000XD
Designed for eciency
to pack more compute
power in the same space,
with up to four double-
wide storage sleds in one
4U PowerEdge C8000
chassis.

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The newest generation of Dell PowerEdge servers
PowerEdge M420
A quarter-height blade server
that delivers unprecedented
computational density, allowing
up to 32 individually serviceable
2-socket blade servers per
chassis, with no compromise on
enterprise-class features.
PowerEdge M620
An exceptionally feature-rich
2-socket blade server designed
for maximum performance
combined with extreme density
and power eciency.
PowerEdge M520
An enterprise-class 2-socket,
half-height blade server that
delivers an extraordinary
balance of value and
performance for mainstream
business applications.
PowerEdge M820
A full-height 4-socket
blade server that delivers
exceptional performance and
scalability for core business
applications or consolidated
environments.

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Dell PowerEdge servers
PowerEdge R410
A powerful 2-socket, 1U server ideal
for compute-intense applications in
space-constrained data centers and
HPCC environments.
PowerEdge R310
A high-performance, 1-socket 1U
rack server with exible computing
power, business scalability, simplied
management, data protection and
security options ideal for small- to
mid-size businesses, remote oces
and enterprises.
PowerEdge R515
An AMD processor-based 2-socket
rack server oering immense amounts
of local storage capacity, enterprise-
class features and excellent price/
performance with up to 16 cores in a
2U form factor.
PowerEdge R210 II
PowerEdge R210 II is an
entry-level, yet enterprise
ready, ultra-dense 1-socket 1U
rack server that is well suited
for single-tier architectures,
workloads and SMB
applications.
PowerEdge R415
A 2-socket rack server with enterprise-
class features oering a great balance
of AMD Opteron™ processing power
and value with up to 16 cores in a 1U
form factor.
PowerEdge R510
A multi-purpose 2-socket, 2U core
application rack server oering an
excellent balance of internal storage,
redundancy and value in a compact,
24” deep chassis.
PowerEdge R610
A 2-socket, 1U rack server great
for corporate data centers and
remote sites that require exceptional
virtualization, system management,
density and energy eciency.
PowerEdge R710
A 2U rack server created to eciently
address a wide range of key business
applications which can help lower
TCO with enhanced virtualization
capabilities, improved energy
eciency and innovative system
management tools.

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PowerEdge R910
A scalable 4U, 4-socket server oering
performance and reliability while
allowing large workload consolidation
or max virtualization machine density.
PowerEdge R715
A 2-socket rack server powered by the
latest AMD Opteron processors and
oering excellent price/performance in a
2U form factor.
Dell PowerEdge servers
PowerEdge T110 II
An ideal rst server for small
business with the right
combination of value, reliability,
collaboration and data
protection features to improve
your business continuity and
productivity.
PowerEdge T310
A powerful, reliable,
enterprise-class, 1-socket
tower server featuring
advanced manageability,
redundancy and scalability.
PowerEdge T610
A 2-socket, 5U tower server
ideal for corporate data centers
and remote sites that require
high availability, exceptional
virtualization, large internal
storage capacity and energy
eciency.
PowerEdge T710
A 2-socket, 5U tower server
that oers high internal storage
capacity and enhanced system
performance with more virtual
machine per server capacity than
previous generations.
PowerEdge T410
Dell’s high-value, exible
2-socket tower server
designed to address
the broad needs of the
growing business and
corporate remote oces.
PowerEdge R810
A scalable 2U, 2- or 4-socket server
oering performance and rack density
that allows workload consolidation or
high virtualization machine density.
PowerEdge R815
A 4-socket rack server oering the latest
AMD Opteron processors with up to 64
processor cores and an excellent balance
of advanced manageability, memory
scalability, I/O and redundancy in a
space-saving 2U form factor.

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Dell PowerEdge servers
PowerEdge M710HD
Virtualization-optimized, half-height
2-socket server that oers tremendous
I/O throughput, maximized memory
density and robust Intel®Xeon®
processing power with hot-pluggable
SAS or SSD hard drives.
PowerEdge M610x
A full-height, 2-socket blade server
with PCIe expansion capabilities that
bring exibility and performance to
the Dell M-Series.
PowerEdge M910
A full-height, 4-socket blade server
that allows deployment of large
Enterprise-class applications,
as well as the ability to support
heavy virtualization or workload
consolidation in maximum density.
PowerEdge M915
A full height, 4-socket AMD
processor-based blade server
with robust performance, exibility
and throughput for maximized
performance per watt and cost.
PowerEdge M710
A 2-socket, dual-and quad-core,
full-height blade server that is
ideal for I/O-intensive applications,
virtualization and compute-intense,
business-critical applications.
PowerEdge M610
A 2-socket, half-height blade server
designed for virtualization, mainstream
business and database applications.

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Dell PowerEdge C servers
PowerEdge C2100
Hyperscale-inspired, 2-socket,
six- and quad-core, 2U rack server.
Ideal for scale-out data center
environments with critical memory
and storage density requirements.
PowerEdge C6105
A 4-node 2U shared infrastructure
AMD Opteron series processor-based
hyperscale server designed to maximize
performance per watt per dollar.
PowerEdge C6100
Hyperscale-inspired, 4 x 2-socket,
six- and quad-core, 2U shared
infrastructure server. Ideal for
scale-out environments such as
HPCC, Web 2.0, gaming and cloud
building.
PowerEdge C1100
Hyperscale-inspired, 1-socket,
six- and quad-core, 1U rack server.
Ideal for scale-out power and
space-sensitive data centers
requiring maximum memory
exibility.
PowerEdge C6145
One of the highest performing servers ever,
with two 4-socket AMD Opteron 6200
series processor-based servers in a hyper-
ecient 2U; with 10 PCIe slots to ramp up
expansion possibilities.
PowerEdge C5220
Up to 12 Intel processor-based server
nodes in a shared-infrastructure C5000
chassis. This microserver provides more
density with less to cool. Designed for
lightweight workloads like virtualized
hosting and CDN.
PowerEdge C5000 Chassis
Up to 12 single-socket servers t in this
3U rack chassis. Ideal for scale-out power
and space-sensitive environments, this
server was designed for those looking to
increase revenue per square foot in their
data centers.
PowerEdge C410x
Industry leading 3U PCIe expansion
chassis that enables one to eight
servers to connect to up to 16 PCI
devices. Maximizes space, energy and
cost eciency with unprecedented
exibility.