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Dell PowerEdge R530xd

Dense-storage variant of Dell's 13th-generation PowerEdge R530: a two-socket 2U rack server (Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3) with up to fourteen drive bays, aimed at data centers needing more local storage than the standard R530.

Memory

Slots
Sixteen 288-pin DDR4 DIMM slots
Max
256 GB with one processor; 512 GB with two processors
Speed
1333, 1600, 1866, or 2133 MT/s
Type
Registered ECC DDR4 (RDIMM), 4/8/16/32 GB modules; supports advanced ECC or memory-optimized operation

Storage

Controller
PERC H330, PERC H730, PERC H730P, or 12 Gb SAS HBA (internal); PERC H830 (external RAID); 12 Gbps SAS HBA (external non-RAID)
Bays
Up to twelve 3.5" or 2.5" (hybrid drive carrier) hot-swap SAS/SATA/nearline-SAS/SSD
Internal
Up to two 2.5" internal cabled SATA, controlled by the PCH chipset (OS only, not RAID)

Expansion

With dual riser module
Slot 1: full-height/full-length x16 (CPU1); Slot 2: half-length low-profile x8 (CPU1); Slot 3: half-length low-profile x8 (CPU1); Slot 4: half-length low-profile x8 (CPU1); internal PERC riser Slot 5: half-length low-profile x8 (CPU2)
Without expansion risers
Slot 1: half-length low-profile x16 (CPU1); Slot 2: half-length low-profile x16 (CPU1); Slot 3: half-length low-profile x4 (PCH)

Networking

Embedded
Two 10/100/1000 LAN ports
iDRAC8 Enterprise (optional)
One dedicated 1 GbE iDRAC port plus up to two optional shared NIC ports

Power

Supplies
1100 W Platinum AC; 750 W Platinum AC; 750 W Platinum DC (China only); 495 W Platinum AC — all hot-swap, 100-240 V AC autoranging
Heat dissipation
1908 BTU/hr (495 W PSU) - 2891 BTU/hr (750 W PSU) - 4100 BTU/hr (1100 W PSU) maximum

Ports

Front
1 x USB 2.0 management port, 1 x 15-pin VGA
Rear
2 x 10/100/1000 LAN, 1 x 9-pin serial (DTE, 16550-compatible), 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x 15-pin VGA, 1 x optional dedicated iDRAC8 Ethernet port
Internal
1 x Mini-SAS connector, 1 x USB 3.0, two optional flash-memory card slots (Internal Dual SD Module)

Physical

Form factor
2U rack server
Dimensions
Height 8.68 cm (3.41 in); Width 48.24 cm (18.99 in); Depth 64.6 cm (25.43 in) with bezel
Weight
Empty 11.4 kg (25.13 lb); maximum configuration 27.3 kg (60.18 lb)

Management

Embedded
iDRAC8 with Lifecycle Controller; iDRAC8 Express (default); iDRAC8 Enterprise (upgrade); 8 GB or 16 GB vFlash media (upgrade)
Software
IPMI 2.0 compliant; Dell OpenManage Essentials; Dell OpenManage Mobile; Dell OpenManage Power Center
Video
Integrated Matrox G200, 16 MB shared video memory

Operating systems

Supported
Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Server 2012, Windows Server 2012 R2, Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, Red Hat Enterprise Linux
Hypervisors
Citrix XenServer, VMware vSphere ESXi, Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization

Processors

  • Intel Xeon E5-2660 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2650 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2640 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2630 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2620 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2609 v3
  • Intel Xeon E5-2603 v3