Dell PowerEdge T560
A 2-socket, 4.5U office-friendly tower server for traditional corporate IT, virtualization, database/analytics, and AI/ML inferencing, built around 4th or 5th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with GPU acceleration options. It scales from 8 to 24 hot-plug drive bays, 16 DDR5 DIMM slots (up to 1.5 TB), and up to six PCIe Gen4/Gen5 slots including two GPU risers for up to six GPUs.
Memory
- Slots
- 16 x 288-pin DDR5 DIMM
- Type
- Registered ECC DDR5 RDIMM only
- Speeds
- 4000/4400/4800 MT/s with 4th Gen Xeon Scalable; 4800/5200/5600 MT/s with 5th Gen Xeon Scalable (1 DIMM per channel)
- Capacities
- 16, 32, 64, or 96 GB per DIMM
- Max
- 1.5 TB (16 x 96 GB, 5th Gen dual-socket); 1 TB max with 4th Gen dual-socket (16 x 64 GB)
Storage
- Bays
- Up to 12 x 3.5" SAS/SATA HDD (180 TB max); 8 x 3.5" SAS/SATA (120 TB max); 8 x 3.5" SAS/SATA + 8 x 2.5" NVMe SSD (240 TB max); 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA (120 TB max); 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA (240 TB max); 24 x 2.5" SAS/SATA (360 TB max)
- Drive types
- 2.5" SAS 12/24 Gb SSD (up to 7.68 TB), 2.5" SATA 6 Gb SSD (up to 7.68 TB), 2.5" NVMe Gen4 SSD (up to 15.63 TB), 2.5" SAS 12 Gb 10K HDD (up to 2.4 TB), 3.5" SATA/SAS 7.2K HDD (up to 20 TB)
- Internal controllers
- fPERC H965i, fPERC H755N, fPERC H755, fPERC H355, fPERC HBA355i, HBA465i fPERC
- External controller
- PERC HBA355e (non-RAID)
- Software RAID
- S160 (NVMe drives only)
- Boot (BOSS)
- BOSS-N1 module: 2 x M.2 NVMe SSD, HWRAID 0/1, or USB boot
- External storage
- USB-attached tape, 12 Gb SAS MD-series JBOD, NAS/IDM appliance software stack
Graphics
- Integrated
- Matrox G200, 16 MB video frame buffer
- Max resolution
- 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz, up to 32-bit color
- GPU capacity
- Up to 2 x 300 W double-width GPUs (PCIe slot 1) or up to 6 x 75 W single-width GPUs (PCIe slot 2)
- Supported GPUs
- Nvidia A40, L40 (300 W, HPRx8 fans, max 2); Nvidia A30 (165 W, HPRx8, max 2); Nvidia A2 (<75 W, max 6); Nvidia L4 (<75 W, max 5)
Expansion
- Slot 1
- PCIe Gen5 x16, full height, full length - GPU riser, connected to Processor 2
- Slot 2
- PCIe Gen5 x16, full height, full length - GPU riser, connected to Processor 1
- Slot 3
- PCIe Gen4 x16, full height, half length, connected to Processor 2
- Slot 4
- PCIe Gen4 x16, full height, half length, connected to Processor 2
- Slot 5
- PCIe Gen4 x16 slot with x8 lanes, full height, half length, connected to Processor 1
- Slot 6
- PCIe Gen4 x16, full height, half length, connected to Processor 1
Networking
- Embedded NIC (LOM)
- 2 x 1 GbE RJ45, on planar
- OCP
- 1 x OCP 3.0 x8 slot (PCIe Gen4, up to 4 ports, up to 100 GbE with OCP cable); LOM on planar and the OCP card can both be installed at once
- Dedicated management
- 1 x iDRAC9 RJ45 port
Power
- PSU options
- 600 W Platinum (100-240 VAC); 700 W Titanium (200-240 VAC); 800 W Platinum (100-240 VAC); 1100 W Titanium (100-240 VAC); 1100 W DC (-48 to -60 V); 1400 W Platinum (100-240 VAC); 1400 W Titanium (100-240 VAC); 1400 W Titanium (277 VAC/336 VDC); 1800 W Titanium (200-240 VAC); 2400 W Platinum (100-240 VAC); 2800 W Titanium (200-240 VAC)
- Redundancy
- Up to 2 hot-plug PSUs
- Fans
- Up to 8 Standard (STD) or High Performance (HPR) cooling fans
Ports
- Front
- 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
- Rear
- 1 x USB 2.0, 1 x USB 3.0, 1 x serial port (optional), 1 x dedicated iDRAC9 (RJ45), 1 x VGA, 2 x 1 GbE (RJ45)
- Internal
- 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
Display
- Controller
- Integrated Matrox G200, 16 MB video frame buffer
- Max resolution
- 1920 x 1200 @ 60 Hz, 8/16/32-bit color
Physical
- Form factor
- 4.5U tower server
- Height
- 446.0 mm without feet; 464.0 mm with feet; 508.8 mm with caster wheels
- Width
- 200.0 mm
- Depth
- 660.6 mm without bezel; 678.2 mm with bezel
- Weight
- 39.40 kg (8 x 2.5") to 48.0 kg (12 x 3.5", fully populated)
Management
- BMC
- iDRAC9, iDRAC Direct, iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish, iDRAC Service Module, optional Quick Sync 2 wireless module
- Software
- OpenManage Enterprise; Power Manager, Service, and Update Manager plugins; CloudIQ for PowerEdge plugin; integrations for VMware vCenter/vRealize, Microsoft System Center, Windows Admin Center, ServiceNow, BMC TrueSight, Red Hat Ansible, Terraform; OpenManage Mobile
- Security
- Cryptographically signed firmware, Secure Boot, Secure Erase, Secured Component Verification, Silicon Root of Trust, System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter), TPM 2.0 FIPS/CC-TCG/China NationZ, data-at-rest encryption (SEDs with local or external key management)
Operating systems
- Supported
- Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS, Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V, Red Hat Enterprise Linux, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server, VMware ESXi
Processors
- Intel Xeon Gold 6448Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 6442Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 6438Y+
- Intel Xeon Gold 6438M
- Intel Xeon Gold 6434
- Intel Xeon Gold 6426Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5420+
- Intel Xeon Gold 5418Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5416S
- Intel Xeon Gold 5415+
- Intel Xeon Gold 5412U
- Intel Xeon Silver 4416+
- Intel Xeon Silver 4410Y
- Intel Xeon Silver 4410T
- Intel Xeon Bronze 3408U
- Intel Xeon Gold 6534
- Intel Xeon Gold 6526Y
- Intel Xeon Gold 5512U
- Intel Xeon Silver 4514Y
- Intel Xeon Silver 4510
- Intel Xeon Silver 4509Y