Technical Guide

Table 15. Power tools and technologies (continued)
Feature Description
● Energy Smart containment rack enclosures.
● Find additional
information at: http://content.dell.com/us/en/
enterprise/power-and-cooling-technologies-components-
rack-infrastructure.aspx.
Thermal
PowerEdge servers have an extensive collection of sensors that automatically track thermal activity, which helps regulate
temperature thereby reducing server noise and power consumption.
Acoustics
Acoustical performance
Dell EMC PowerEdge R550 are rack-mount server whose acoustical out ranges from that appropriate for an office to that of
data centers.
Acoustical performance is provided in terms of the following configurations:
● R550 single socket
● R550 typical 3.5-inch
● R550 typical 2.5-inch
● R550 feature rich
Acoustical configuration details are provided in the tables below.
Table 16. Acoustical configurations of R550
Configuration R550 single socket R550 typical 3.5-inch R550 typical 2.5-inch R550 feature rich
Processor Type 3rd Generation
Intel
®
Xeon Scalable
Processor
3rd Generation
Intel
®
Xeon Scalable
Processor
3rd Generation
Intel
®
Xeon Scalable
Processor
3rd Generation
Intel
®
Xeon Scalable
Processor
Processor TDP 105 W 105 W 105 W 150 W
Processor Quantity 1 2 2 2
RDIMM Memory 8 GB, DDR4 8 GB, DDR4 8 GB, DDR4 16 GB, DDR4
Memory Quantity 2 4 4 8
Backplane Type 8 x 3.5-inch 8 x 3.5-inch 8 x 2.5-inch 16 x 2.5-inch
HDD Type SATA 3.5-inch 7.2K SAS 3.5-inch 7.2K SAS 2.5-inch 7.2K SAS 2.5-inch 7.2K
HDD Quantity 6 6 8 16
Flash Drives NA NA NA NA
Flash Quantity NA NA NA NA
PSU Type 800 W 800 W 800 W 1400 W
PSU Quantity 1 2 2 2
OCP 4 x 1G 4 x 1G 4 x 1G 2 x 10G
PCI 1 NA NA NA NA
24 Power, thermal, and acoustics