Technical Guide
Table Of Contents
- Dell EMC PowerEdge R650xs 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 R650xs and PowerEdge R640:
Table 2. Feature comparison
Feature PowerEdge R650xs PowerEdge R640
Processor Maximum two 3
rd
Generation Intel® Xeon Scalable
Processor
Maximum two 2
nd
Generation Intel® Xeon
Scalable processors with up to 28 cores per
processor
Processor Interconnect Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI)
Memory 16x RDIMM DDR4 with ECC, Up to 3200 MT/s 24 DDR4 DIMM slots, Supports registered ECC
DDR4 DIMMs only, Up to 2933 MT/s
Storage Drives Front bays:
● 0 drive bay
● Up to 4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max
64 TB
● Up to 8x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/
SSD) max 61.44 TB
● Up to 10x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/
SSD) max 76.8 TB
Rear bays:
● Up to 2x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/
SSD) max 15.36 TB
Front bays:
● Up to 10x 2.5-inch with up to 8 NVMe, SAS/
SATA/SSD/NVMe, max 76.8 TB
● Up to 10 NVMe, max 64 TB
● Up to 4x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA, max 56 TB
Rear bays:
● Up to 2x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/SSD/NVMe,
max 15.36 TB
Storage Controllers
Internal controllers: PERC H345, PERC H745,
PERC H755, PERC H755N, HBA355i, S150
Internal Boot: Internal Dual SD Module, Boot
Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS S1):
HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs, USB
External PERC (RAID): PERC H840, HBA355e
Internal Controllers: PERC H330, H730P,
H740P, HBA330
External Controllers: 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 Up to 3 x PCIe Gen4 Up to 3 x PCIe Gen3
Embedded NIC (LOM) 2 x 1 GB 2 x 1GE
Networking options
(OCP 3.0)
Max 1 OCP 3.0 (x16 PCIE lanes) Max 1 OCP 3.0
USB Ports Front ports:
● 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1 x VGA
Rear ports:
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1 x Serial (optional)
● 1 x USB 3.0
Front ports:
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC direct USB
● 1 x USB 2.0
● 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
● 1 x Video
Rear ports:
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC network port
● 1 x Serial
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