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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