Technical Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R550 Technical Guide
- Contents
- System overview
- System features and generational comparison
- Chassis views and features
- Processor
- Memory subsystem
- Storage
- Networking
- Expansion cards and expansion card risers
- Power, thermal, and acoustics
- Rack, rails, and cable management
- Supported Operating Systems
- Dell EMC OpenManage systems management
- Dell Technologies Services
- Dell EMC ProDeploy Enterprise Suite
- Dell EMC Remote Consulting Services
- Dell EMC Data Migration Service
- Dell EMC ProSupport Enterprise Suite
- Dell EMC ProSupport Plus for Enterprise
- Dell EMC ProSupport for Enterprise
- Dell EMC ProSupport One for Data Center
- ProSupport for HPC
- Support Technologies
- Dell Technologies Education Services
- Dell Technologies Consulting Services
- Dell EMC Managed Services
- Appendix A: Additional specifications
- Appendix B. Standards compliance
- Appendix C Additional resources
Table 7. Supported drives (continued)
Form Factor Type Speed Rotational Speed Capacities
3.5-inch SATA 6 GB 7.2K 2 TB,4 TB, 8 TB, 12 TB,
16 TB
M.2 SATA 6 GB SSD 240 GB, 480 GB
uSD NA NA NA 16 GB, 32 GB, 64 GB
External storage
The R550 supports the external storage device types listed in the table below.
Table 8. Supported external storage devices
Device Type Description
External Tape Supports connection to external tape products
NAS/IDM appliance software Supports NAS software stack
JBOD Supports connection to 12 GB MD/ME - series JBODs
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