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
System features and generational
comparison
The following table shows the comparison between the PowerEdge R550 and PowerEdge R540:
Table 2. Feature comparison
Feature PowerEdge R550 PowerEdge R540
Processor Maximum two 3rd Generation Intel
®
Xeon
®
Scalable processors with maximum 24 cores per
processor.
Maximum two 2nd Generation Intel
®
Xeon
®
Scalable
processors with maximum 20 cores per processor.
Processor
Interconnect
Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI)
Memory 16 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports RDIMM 1 TB, Up
to 2933 MT/s
16 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports registered ECC DDR4
DIMMs only, Up to 2666 MT/s
Storage Drives Front bays:
● Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD)
● Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA(HDD/SSD)
● Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD)
Front bays:
● Up to 12 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD max 168 TB
● DVD-ROM, DVD+RW (optional)
Rear bays:
● Up to 2 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA HDD max 28 TB
Storage Controllers
Internal Controllers: PERC H345, PERC H745,
PERC H755, HBA355i
External Controllers: PERC H840, HBA355e
Internal Boot: Internal Dual SD Module, Boot
Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2):
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs, USB
Software RAID: S150
Internal Controllers: PERC H330, H730P, H740P,
HBA330
External Controllers: H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA
Software RAID: S140
Internal Boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem
(BOSS): HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240GB, 480 GB,
Internal Dual SD Module
PCIe Slots
3 x Gen 4 PCIe slots
1 x Gen 3 PCIe slot
Non-rear storage configuration
● 1 x full height/full length
● 1 x half height/half length (2U Right riser) slots
● 3 x half height/half length slots
Rear storage config
● 1 x half height/half length (1U left riser)
● 1 x half height/half length or 1full height/half
length (1U right riser)
Embedded NIC
(LOM)
2 x 1GbE LOM 2 x 1GbE LOM
Networking options
(OCP 3.0)
OCP 3.0 2 x 1GbE LOM+ (optional) LOM Riser 2 x 1GbE, or 2 x
10GE SFP+, or 2 x 10GE BaseT
USB Ports
Front Ports
● 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1 x VGA
Rear Ports
Front Ports
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1 x Video
Rear Ports
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