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Dell PowerEdge R660

Dell's 16th-generation two-socket 1U rack server: 4th or 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (up to 64 cores each), 32 DDR5 RDIMM slots, up to three PCIe Gen5/Gen4 slots and up to 10 x 2.5-inch or 16 x E3.S NVMe drives. Aimed at dense virtualization, database analytics and mixed-workload standardization.

Memory

Slots
32 DDR5 DIMM (16 per CPU, 8 channels x 2 DIMMs), 288-pin; RDIMM only, 1.1 V
4th Gen Xeon
16 GB 1R, 32/64 GB 2R, 128 GB 4R, 256 GB 8R RDIMMs; 4800 MT/s at 1 DPC, 4400 MT/s at 2 DPC; max 8 TB (4 TB with one CPU)
5th Gen Xeon
16 GB 1R, 32/64/96/128 GB 2R, 128 GB 4R RDIMMs; 6400/5600 MT/s rated DIMMs run up to 5600 MT/s at 1 DPC, 4400 MT/s at 2 DPC; max 4 TB (2 TB with one CPU)
Speed by CPU
4th Gen: Platinum 8400 and Gold 6400 4800 MT/s, Gold 5400 4400 MT/s, Silver 4400 and Bronze 3408U 4000 MT/s; 5th Gen: Platinum 8500 5600 MT/s (8558U 4800), Gold 6500 5200 MT/s (6534 4800), Gold 5512U 4800 MT/s, Silver 4500 4400 MT/s
Xeon Max
64 GB HBM per CPU; runs with no DIMMs, or 1, 2, 4, 8 or 16 DIMMs per CPU in flat or cache mode
Population
1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 12 or 16 DIMMs per CPU; white-tab sockets first; no mixing of capacities, x4/x8 or 3DS/non-3DS DIMMs; 4R 128 GB is end of life

Storage

Front bays
8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe (122.88 TB), 10 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe (153.6 TB), 14 x E3.S Gen5 NVMe (179.2 TB) or 16 x E3.S Gen5 NVMe (204.8 TB); hot-plug; diskless option
Rear bays
Optional 2 x 2.5" SAS/SATA/NVMe (30.72 TB) or 2 x E3.S Gen5 NVMe (25.6 TB); only with riser config 7 (R3P) or 9 (R2S+R3S)
Configurations
No backplane; 8 x 2.5" NVMe direct, NVMe RAID, SAS4/SATA or universal; 10 x 2.5" SAS4/SATA (optionally + 2 rear, or with 4 or 2 universal slots); 10 x 2.5" NVMe direct (optionally + 2 rear NVMe); 14 x E3.S (optionally + 2 rear E3.S); 16 x E3.S dual-controller NVMe RAID
Internal RAID/HBA
Front PERC: H965i, H755, H755N, H355; HBA355i, HBA465i; S160 software RAID
External
PERC H965e, HBA355e (HBA465e post-launch); USB tape, 12 Gb MD-series JBODs
Boot
BOSS-N1 (rear, hot-plug): hardware RAID 1 on 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs; or internal USB
Drive types
2.5" SAS 10K 600 GB-2.4 TB; SAS 24 Gb SSD 800 GB-7.68 TB; vSAS SSD 960 GB-7.62 TB; SATA SSD 480 GB-3.84 TB; NVMe Gen4 SSD 400 GB-15.63 TB (as listed); E3.S NVMe Gen5 SSD 3.84/7.68 TB

Graphics

Onboard
Matrox G200 with 16 MB frame buffer, up to 1920 x 1200 at 60 Hz
Accelerators
Up to 3 x 75 W single-width GPUs: NVIDIA A2 and NVIDIA L4 (slot-priority tables also list Intel GPUs)
GPU slots
3 x LP configs: slot priority 2, 1, 3; 2 x FH (R1P+R4P): slots 1, 2; riser R2Q config 6-2 is specific to A2/L4

Expansion

Slot 1
R2A: x16 Gen4 LP (CPU1); R2P/R2Q/R2S: x16 Gen5 LP (CPU1); R2R: x8 Gen5 LP (CPU1); R1P: x16 Gen5 full-height 3/4-length (CPU1)
Slot 2
R2A/R2P/R2R: x16 Gen4 LP (CPU2; CPU1 on R2R); R2Q: x16 Gen5 LP (CPU2); R4P: x16 Gen5 full-height 3/4-length (CPU2)
Slot 3
R3A: x16 Gen4 LP (CPU2); R3P/R3S: x16 Gen5 LP (CPU2); R3Q: x16 Gen5 LP SNAP I/O (CPU1 + CPU2); R3R: x8 Gen5 LP (CPU1)
Configs
0 no risers; 1 R2A+R3A (3 x LP Gen4); 2 R2P+R3P (2 x Gen5 + 1 x Gen4 LP); 3 R1P+R4P (2 x FH Gen5); 4 R2R+R3R (1 CPU); 5 R2A+R3Q (SNAP I/O); 6 R2Q (2 x LP Gen5); 7 R3P (+ rear drives); 8 R2A (1 CPU); 9 R2S+R3S (2 x LP Gen5 + rear drives)
Other
Optional serial port and rear VGA cards use the slot 3 position; slots are not hot-swappable

Networking

LOM
Optional 2 x 1GbE LOM card (Broadcom BCM5720)
OCP 3.0
1 x OCP NIC 3.0 (SFF, PCIe Gen4 x8; x16 with OCP cable on the MAX board): 1GbE x4, 10GbE x2/x4, 25GbE x2/x4, 100GbE x2 (Broadcom, Intel, Mellanox)
MIC / DPU
Optional Management Interface Card for a Dell DPU (25GbE x2 or 100GbE x2; Mellanox and Pensando DPUs in the 2 x FH riser config); LOM and MIC are mutually exclusive
Add-in
PCIe NICs up to 100GbE, Mellanox NDR200/NDR400, HDR/HDR100 VPI, 32/64 Gb Fibre Channel HBAs

Power

PSU options
700 W Titanium HLAC (200-240 VAC / 240 VDC); 800 W Platinum; 1100 W Titanium; 1400 W Platinum; 1400 W Titanium (100-240 VAC / 240 VDC); 1800 W Titanium HLAC; 1400 W Titanium 277 VAC / 336 VDC; 800 W and 1100 W -48 to -60 VDC
Low line
1100 W and 1400 W AC PSUs deliver 1050 W at 100-120 VAC; 700 W and 1800 W are high-line only
Form factor
60 mm PSUs, two hot-plug, 1+1 redundant, one at each side of the rear panel
Cords
C13 (700-1400 W AC, 1100 W DC), C15 (1800 W), LOTES APOW0097 (800 W DC), APP 2006G1 (1400 W 277 VAC)
Fans
Up to 4 hot-plug dual-fan modules: standard or High Performance Gold; N+1 redundant
Cooling
Air, or optional Direct Liquid Cooling (needs rack manifolds and a CDU)

Ports

Front
VGA, 1 x USB 2.0, iDRAC Direct micro-USB
Rear
1 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, VGA (optional on liquid-cooled systems), optional serial (DB-9), iDRAC9 dedicated Ethernet, optional 2 x 1GbE LOM
Internal
1 x USB 3.0 (optional internal USB card)

Physical

Form factor
1U rack
Dimensions
42.8 mm H x 482 mm W (434 mm without ears) x 809.04 mm D without bezel (822.88 mm with bezel)
Depth by chassis
Ear to rear wall 751.47 mm (8/10 x 2.5" and E3.S) or 700.7 mm (no drives); ear to PSU handle 787.04 / 736.27 mm
Weight
22.51 kg with all drives; 18.5 kg without drives and PSUs
Operating temp
10-35 C (ASHRAE A2); A3 (5-40 C) and A4 (5-45 C) with configuration restrictions
Rails
A15 ReadyRails II sliding (drop-in), A16 stab-in/drop-in sliding, A14 static (2/4-post); optional CMA (not with DLC) or strain relief bar
NEBS
NEBS Level 3 / ETSI configuration available (CPUs up to 185 W, -5 to 40 C continuous)

Management

BMC
iDRAC9 (Express standard on 600+ series; Enterprise and Datacenter upgrades) with Lifecycle Controller, iDRAC Direct (front micro-USB), iDRAC Service Module, Redfish RESTful API, optional Quick Sync 2 wireless
Software
OpenManage Enterprise with Power Manager, Service, Update Manager and CloudIQ plug-ins; OpenManage Mobile; integrations for VMware vCenter/vRealize, Microsoft System Center, Windows Admin Center, ServiceNow, Red Hat Ansible, Terraform, BMC TrueSight; connections for IBM Tivoli, Micro Focus, Nagios
Security
TPM 2.0 FIPS / CC-TCG certified (TPM 2.0 China NationZ), cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, Secured Component Verification, Secure Erase, Silicon Root of Trust, SED data-at-rest encryption, System Lockdown (iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel

Operating systems

Supported
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
Details
Versions and certifications on Dell.com/OSsupport

Processors

  • Intel Xeon CPU Max 9480
  • Intel Xeon CPU Max 9470
  • Intel Xeon CPU Max 9460
  • Intel Xeon CPU Max 9462
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8480+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8471N
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470Q
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470N
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8470
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8468
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8462Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8460Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8452Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6458Q
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6454S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6444Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6434
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6430
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6428N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6421N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6414U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5418N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5412U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5411N
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
  • Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8592+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8580
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8568Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8562Y+
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8558U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548N
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6548Y+
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6542Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6534
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5512U
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4510
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y