Dell PowerEdge HS5620
Dell's 2U, two-socket "Cloud Scale" rack server sold exclusively to select Cloud Service Provider customers through the Hyperscale Next program. Supports 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 32 cores each, with 5th Gen support added later), 16 DDR5 DIMM slots, and storage-dense configurations up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA plus 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe drives, aimed at virtualization, medium VM density/VDI and software-defined storage.
Memory
- Slots
- 16 x DDR5 RDIMM, 288-pin (8 per CPU)
- Type
- Registered ECC DDR5 only, 1.1 V
- Modules
- 16 GB (1R), 32/64 GB (2R), 128 GB (4R), all rated 4800 MT/s in the Rev. A00 guide
- Max
- 2 TB with two CPUs (16 x 128 GB)
- Speed
- Up to 4800 MT/s (1DPC) with 4th Gen Xeon Scalable per the Technical Guide; Dell's product page lists up to 5600 MT/s overall
- Population
- Single CPU: sockets A1-A8; dual CPU: A1-A8 and B1-B8, processor 1 and 2 populations should match; 1, 2, 4, 6 or 8 DIMMs per CPU
Storage
- Front bays
- 0 drive, up to 8 x 3.5" SAS/SATA (max 160 TB), up to 12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA (max 240 TB), up to 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe (max 122.88 TB), or up to 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5" NVMe (max 244.48 TB), hot-plug
- Rear bays
- Optional 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe, max 30.72 TB (12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA config only)
- Controllers
- Internal: PERC H755, PERC H755N, PERC H355, HBA355i, HBA465i; External: HBA355e; Software RAID: S160
- Boot
- BOSS-N1: hardware RAID 1 of 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs or USB
- Drive types
- 2.5" SAS 12 Gb SSD to 7.62 TB; SAS 24 Gb SSD to 7.68 TB; SATA 6 Gb SSD to 3.84 TB; NVMe Gen4 SSD to 15.63 TB; SAS 12 Gb 10K HDD to 2.4 TB; 3.5" SATA/SAS 7.2K HDD to 20 TB
- External
- 12 Gb MD-series JBOD, external USB tape, NAS/IDM appliance software
Graphics
- GPU
- Up to 2 x 75 W single-width, low-profile GPUs (e.g. NVIDIA A2)
Expansion
- Configuration 0-1 (1 CPU)
- Slots 1-2: x16, x8, low profile half length, controlled by CPU1
- Configuration 0-2 (2 CPU)
- Slots 1-2 (CPU1): x16, x8; slots 5-6 (CPU2): x16, x16, low profile half length
- Configuration 1, Riser 1C (2 CPU)
- Slots 1-3 (CPU1): x16, x8, x16; slots 4-6 (CPU2): x16, x16, x16
- Configuration 2, Riser 1D (1 CPU)
- Slots 1-4 (CPU1): x16, x8, x8, x8
- OCP
- 1 x OCP NIC 3.0 (x8 PCIe lanes)
- Notes
- Slots 1, 2, 5, 6 are Gen4; slots 3, 4 on the cable risers are Gen5; only one cable riser installs at a time; expansion slots are not hot-swappable
Networking
- LOM
- 2 x 1 GbE (Broadcom BCM5720, Flex I/O board)
- OCP 3.0 cards
- Broadcom and Intel 1/10/25 GbE (BT and SFP28), 2 or 4 port
Power
- PSU options
- 700 W Titanium 200-240 VAC/240 VDC; 800 W Platinum 100-240 VAC/240 VDC; 1100 W Titanium 100-240 VAC/240 VDC; 1100 W DC -48 to -60 V; 1400 W Platinum 100-240 VAC/240 VDC; 1800 W Titanium 200-240 VAC/240 VDC (the April 2023 Technical Guide lists this unit as 1800 W Platinum)
- Redundancy
- Two hot-plug 60 mm PSUs, 1+1 redundant; larger PSU wins on a wattage mismatch, with a BIOS/iDRAC/LCD warning
- Efficiency
- Platinum efficiency, up to 94% at 50% load (600 W AC unit)
- Fans
- Up to 6 hot-swappable fans: Standard, High Performance Silver, or High Performance Gold
Ports
- Front
- 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB), 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x VGA
- Rear
- 1 x dedicated iDRAC Ethernet port, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, 2 x 1 GbE LOM, 1 x VGA, optional serial
- Internal
- 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
Physical
- Form factor
- 2U rack
- Dimensions
- 482.0 mm (18.97 in) W x 86.8 mm (3.41 in) H; depth 707.78 mm (27.85 in) without bezel, 721.62 mm (28.4 in) with bezel
- Weight
- 28.6-28.82 kg (63.0-63.53 lb) max, fully populated
Management
- BMC
- iDRAC9, iDRAC Direct, iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish, iDRAC Service Module
- Alternative
- Dell Open Server Manager, built on OpenBMC
- Wireless
- Optional Quick Sync 2 (OpenManage Mobile)
- Bezel
- Optional LCD bezel or security bezel
- Security
- Cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, Secure Erase, Secured Component Verification, Silicon Root of Trust, System Lockdown (iDRAC9 Enterprise/Datacenter), TPM 2.0 FIPS/CC-TCG/China NationZ
Processors
- Intel Xeon 6448Y
- Intel Xeon 6444Y
- Intel Xeon 6442Y
- Intel Xeon 6438Y+
- Intel Xeon 6426Y
- Intel Xeon 6414U
- Intel Xeon 5420+
- Intel Xeon 5418Y
- Intel Xeon 5416S
- Intel Xeon 5415+
- Intel Xeon 5412U
- Intel Xeon 4416+
- Intel Xeon 4410Y
- Intel Xeon 4410T
- Intel Xeon 3408U