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Dell PowerEdge T550

Dell's 15th-generation two-socket 5U tower server: 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (up to 32 cores each), 16 DDR4-3200 DIMMs, up to 24 x 2.5" or 8 x 3.5" drives, 6 PCIe slots and up to two double-wide accelerators, for expandable workloads outside the traditional data center.

Memory

Slots
16 x DDR4 DIMM
Max
1 TB (16 x 64 GB RDIMM)
Speed
Up to 3200 MT/s

Storage

Front bays
Up to 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA, max 120 TB; 16 x 2.5", max 240 TB; or 24 x 2.5", max 360 TB
Front bays (alt)
Up to 8 x 3.5" SAS/SATA, max 120 TB, or 8 x 3.5" + 8 x 2.5" NVMe, max 240 TB
Internal controllers
PERC H345, PERC H755, PERC H755N, HBA355i
External controllers
PERC H840, HBA355e
Software RAID
S150
Internal boot
BOSS-S2 (HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSD, 240 GB or 480 GB), or internal dual SD/USB

Graphics

Accelerators
Up to two double-wide 300 W NVIDIA A40, or five single-wide 70 W NVIDIA T4
Video
1 x VGA

Expansion

PCIe
5 x PCIe Gen4 slots + 1 x PCIe Gen3 slot
Config
3 x x16 Gen4 (x16 connector) full height, half length; 1 x x4 Gen3 (x8 connector) full height, half length; 2 x x16 Gen4 (x16 connector) full height, full length (optional)

Networking

On-board
2 x 1 GbE LOM + OCP x16 Mezz 3.0 (optional)

Power

Supplies
600 W / 800 W Platinum, 1100 W Titanium, 1400 W Platinum, or 2400 W Platinum, hot-swap redundant
Cooling
Up to 8 fans with full redundancy

Ports

Front
1 x dedicated iDRAC Direct micro-USB (optional), 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0
Rear
1 x USB 2.0, 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB), 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x serial (optional), 2 x Ethernet, 1 x VGA
Internal
1 x USB 3.0 (optional)

Physical

Height
459.00 mm (18.07 in)
Width
200.00 mm (7.87 in)
Depth
680.50 mm (26.79 in) with bezel, 663.50 mm (26.12 in) without bezel
Weight
Max 44.48 kg (98.06 lb)
Form factor
5U tower server
Bezel
Optional LCD bezel or security bezel

Management

Embedded
iDRAC9, iDRAC Service Module, iDRAC Direct, Quick Sync 2 wireless module
Security
Cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, Secure Erase, Silicon Root of Trust, System Lockdown (iDRAC9 Enterprise/Datacenter), TPM 1.2/2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified
Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise, Power Manager, SupportAssist, Update Manager plugins
Tools
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish, IPMI, RACADM CLI, System Update Utility

Operating systems

Supported
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Citrix Hypervisor, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi

Processors

  • Intel Xeon Silver 4309Y
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4310
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4310T
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4314
  • Intel Xeon Silver 4316
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5317
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318S
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5318Y
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5320
  • Intel Xeon Gold 5320T
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6312U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6314U
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6326
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338
  • Intel Xeon Gold 6338T
  • Intel Xeon Platinum 8352M