Technical Specifications

Drives
The PowerEdge R550 system supports:
● 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD/SSD.
● 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD/SSD.
● 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD/SSD.
Ports and connectors specifications
USB ports specifications
Table 10. PowerEdge R550 USB specifications
Front Rear Internal (Optional)
USB port type No. of ports USB port type No. of ports USB port type No. of ports
USB 2.0-
compliant port
One USB 2.0-
compliant port
One Internal USB 3.0-
compliant port
One
iDRAC Direct port
(Micro-AB USB
2.0-compliant
port)
One USB 3.0-
compliant
ports USB 3.0-
compliant port
One
NOTE: The micro-AB USB 2.0 compliant port can only be used as an iDRAC Direct or a management port.
NIC port specifications
The PowerEdge R550 system supports up to two 10/100/1000 Mbps Network Interface Controller (NIC) ports embedded on
the LAN on Motherboard (LOM) and integrated on the optional Open Compute Project (OCP) cards.
Table 11. NIC port specification for the system
Feature Specifications
LOM card 1 GbE x 2
OCP card (OCP 3.0) 1 GbE x 4, 10 GbE x 2, 25 GbE x 2
Serial connector specifications
The PowerEdge R550 system supports one optional card type serial connector on rear of the system, which is a 9-pin
connector, Data Terminal Equipment (DTE), 16550-compliant .
The process to install the optional serial connector card is similar to an expansion card filler bracket.
VGA ports specifications
The PowerEdge R550 system supports two DB-15 VGA ports, one each on the front and rear panels of the system.
Video specifications
The PowerEdge R550 system supports integrated Matrox G200 graphics controller with 16 MB of video frame buffer.
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Technical specifications