Dell PowerEdge server portfolio:

platforms and solutions

for enterprise applications
Dell PowerEdge server portfolio: platforms and
solutions for enterprise applications
• Next-generation PowerEdge server
technologies
As the foundation for a • Future-ready PowerEdge solutions for any size
complete, adaptive IT enterprise

solution, Dell PowerEdge • Application environments

–– Unified communications and collaboration
servers deliver superior agility Dell solutions for Microsoft Exchange, Skype for
Business and SharePoint
and reliability, outstanding –– Business processing and decision support
operational efficiencies, and –– High-performance computing
–– Virtualization and cloud computing
top performance at any scale.
With its next-generation • PowerEdge platforms: traditional infrastructure
–– PowerEdge rack servers
servers, Dell is making server –– PowerEdge tower servers

innovations more affordable • PowerEdge platforms: converged infrastructure

–– PowerEdge FX server nodes
and accessible, putting more –– PowerEdge VRTX
power into the hands of more –– PowerEdge blade servers
–– PowerEdge C series
people than ever before.
• Dell’s comprehensive enterprise solutions
portfolio

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Next-generation PowerEdge server technologies
T he 13th generation of PowerEdge
servers represents Dell’s most
advanced lineup of rack, tower and
converged infrastructure platforms and
is designed for the widest range of web,
enterprise and hyperscale applications.
Delivering new levels of flexibility,
efficiency and performance, these systems
allow IT organizations to:

Build a scalable, adaptable

infrastructure
The flexible, adaptable portfolio of
PowerEdge servers can be used as
PowerEdge servers: the industry’s latest technologies
modular building blocks to create an
combined with Dell‘s unique innovations
agile, future-ready infrastructure, from the
remote office to a large-scale data center.
• More processing power — Latest-generation Intel® Xeon® processors boost virtualized
Manage from anywhere with more environments and performance-hungry business applications.
automation and new access options
• High-capacity, low-power memory — DDR4 memory accelerates workloads like enterprise
Dell’s OpenManage™ portfolio of systems resource planning and database apllications.
management tools continues to make
• Scalable, efficient local storage — Wide range of in-server storage options enables all-flash
enterprise management easier and more configurations, in-box hybrid tiered solutions, low-cost dense capacity platforms, and matching
efficient with increased automation, server-based storage with application requirements for best performance and value.
simpler tools and mobile device access.
• Simplified, intelligent management — Dell OpenManage tools accelerate time-to-production
Increase application performance with with enhanced local access, new mobile devices for secure monitoring of the data center from
scalable, efficient in-server storage your handheld device and new automated processes to save time and costs spent on daily tasks.

Versatile, powerful in-server storage allows • Energy efficiency — Innovative power and cooling technologies such as Dell Fresh Air 2.0 allow
you to accelerate performance of targeted data centers to run at constant temperatures of up to 40°C/104°F, reducing cooling demands and
applications with flexible configurations enabling significant operational cost savings.
designed to maximize your data center
efficiency.
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Future-ready PowerEdge solutions for any size
for any size enterprise
Today’s application and end-user demands drive many businesses Key application environments
to seek the performance and efficiency benefits typically delivered
by hyperscale solutions. IT managers are looking for consistent, Empower users to be more productive and
stable architectures and scalable server platforms optimized for their engaged while lowering communications
specific applications. But many customers don’t find these solutions costs. With large memory, high bandwidth
Unified and flexible local storage options, PowerEdge
affordable or accessible and continue to look for flexible designs that communications servers enable business continuity,
can help advance their business. and collaboration
(UC&C) performance and quality of experience
for enterprise telephony, messaging,
Applying efficiencies of hyperscale business to general-purpose conferencing and collaborative applications.
computing Accelerate performance and improve the
reliability of your business-critical applications
Dell brings learned efficiencies from our industry-leading hyperscale with a range of platforms that enable IT to
business into the general-purpose computing of data centers Business support data-intensive applications, including
processing and
and office IT environments. Dell’s latest-generation PowerEdge decision support decision support, analytics, enterprise
servers deliver performance and flexibility with unmatched systems resource planning (ERP) and customer
relationship management (CRM).
management and versatile onboard storage configurations optimized
Deliver faster and more predictable results
for key enterprise applications. to compute-intensive applications that
rely on HPC cluster performance, whether
Portfolio optimized for key applications High-performance for scientific research, financial markets or
computing (HPC) commercial big data. With latest-generation
From general-purpose to distributed applications, the PowerEdge processors, higher I/O, more GPU options
server portfolio offers choices for any size enterprise. As applications and ultra-dense designs, PowerEdge
drive infrastructure design, PowerEdge servers fulfill the needs servers support a broad range of technical
of various IT environments with a range of offerings designed for computing needs.
efficiency, simplicity and performance. Optimize your virtualization and cloud
environments for improved VM density,
streamlined management and enhanced
Virtualization and performance. In-server hybrid storage and
cloud computing increased networking bandwidth provide a
scalable, software-defined virtual storage
platform.

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Unified communications and collaboration
Dell solutions for Microsoft Exchange
Enhanced messaging, calendar and contacts Ideal for single server or clustered Exchange environments

Microsoft® Exchange 2013 and the Microsoft Outlook® 2013 client are key For Exchange environments that utilize
elements of the industry’s most comprehensive UC&C solution. Together, they local storage, the PowerEdge R730xd R730xd
delivers massive internal storage capacity
enable email, calendar, contacts and voicemail on a wide range of phones, in just 2U of rack space. Combined with
tablets, notebooks and desktop devices with enhanced security for mobility Dell Storage MD1400 DAS storage arrays,
initiatives. the R730xd can offer even more mailbox
capacity to deliver the most economical
Application requirements solution for Exchange deployments.

While Exchange has evolved to enable very large mailboxes, many legacy
Ideal for shared storage environments
deployments are not capable of handling the demands placed on processor,
network and storage systems. Modern Exchange environments require in- Converged infrastructure servers, like the FC630, M630, rack-optimized
1U R630 or 2U R730, provide the performance, memory density, flexible
memory cache for faster response times, flexible memory capacities for a I/O and networking options that shared-storage Exchange environments
range of implementations and a streamlined architecture to support Microsoft’s demand. When combined with Dell Storage Fibre Channel or iSCSI SAN arrays,
managed availability strategy. Access to large local storage delivers capacity and they can deliver the response times and scalability needed for large-scale
performance advantages. communications infrastructures.

R730 FC630 M630

PowerEdge servers for Microsoft Exchange
Email volume and security threats are stretching older infrastructures to the
limit. Organizations are at risk of losing business continuity, data and reputation, R630
especially if running older versions of Exchange. Designed to tackle storage
capacity and performance challenges associated with today’s email, PowerEdge
servers can provide more, larger and better performing mailboxes on a single
server, enabling: Ideal for remote and small offices
• Reduced time managing small mailboxes
• Faster response times Designed for single-server small and
medium-size businesses, the T630 tower VRTX
• Greater capacity for archiving, data protection and enterprise search server delivers storage scalability and T630
• Non-disruptive scalability with high-capacity internal storage performance that growing Exchange
• High availability and greater uptime with combined server/storage environments require.
components For multiple server environments, the
• Improved availability and responsiveness with agent-free, automated and compact VRTX integrated solutions
embedded systems management that can monitor performance of the most platform with up to four M520, M620,
M630 or M830 server nodes and extensive
critical components as well as overall system performance. internal storage capacity delivers data
center capabilities with the ease and
automation remote or branch offices

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Unified communications and collaboration
Dell solutions for Skype for Business
Real-time communications Recommended for Skype for Business shared database
The PowerEdge R730 is an excellent
Instant messaging, presence awareness, audio and video conferencing, mobility platform for Skype for Business
support and enterprise voice are unified in Skype® for Business so that your backend infrastructure roles where R730
users can instantly and intuitively engage others to solve a problem or act on high availability is crucial, such as
an opportunity. Combined in a comprehensive UC&C solution with Microsoft phone and messaging databases.
Exchange and Microsoft® SharePoint®, Skype for Business can empower your The R730 offers scalable memory
density, expanded I/O and the raw
workers to achieve faster, better outcomes. performance required to support
peak transaction loads.
Application requirements
The shift to a more mobile and dispersed workforce using latency- Ideal for front-end, edge or mediation
sensitive enterprise voice and video conferencing means that many existing
PowerEdge 2-socket servers — the R730, FC630, R630 or M520 and M630 —
infrastructures may need performance, memory and throughput boosts to are well suited for audio and video conferencing due to large memory capacity
avert quality problems for users. The often virtualized Skype for Business and excellent I/O bandwidth. These servers provide highly scalable features to
environments require high floating point operations for CPU throughput, high support peak demand requests and routing to databases.
bandwidth for memory load transfers and high compute power for adding
concurrent users without performance degradation. R630 R730

PowerEdge servers for Skype for Business

FC630
Next-generation PowerEdge servers offer up to 18 cores per processor, higher
memory bandwidth and modular network options to provide: M1000e with M630 or M520
• Increased hardware consolidation and related IT efficiencies
• More concurrent users
• Higher performance and lower latency for a better quality experience in real-
time communications Recommended for small or remote offices
• Network interface options to eliminate unnecessary “forklift” upgrades
Designed for small and medium-size
• Future-ready scalability to add users and features such as enterprise voice businesses, as well as data centers, VRTX
• Improved availability and responsiveness with agent-free, automated, the PowerEdge T630 rackable T630
embedded systems management that monitors performance of the most tower server delivers scalability and
critical application components as well as overall system performance. performance for A/V conferencing
and other Skype for Business roles in
a virtualized environment. For large
offices or branch offices, PowerEdge
VRTX supports 2-socket M520,
M620 or M630 front-end, edge or
mediation roles as well as 4-socket
M830 backend database roles.

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Unified communications and collaboration
Dell solutions for Microsoft SharePoint
Collaboration, workflows and content management Recommended for consolidated SharePoint deployments

Microsoft SharePoint provides unparalleled versatility as a framework for Dell offers many 2- and 4-socket
content collaboration, intranet portal and internet site creation, document rack or blade platforms suitable R730
management, business workflows and more. With SharePoint 2013, new social for consolidated enterprise
features build communities and deliver content and notifications based on SharePoint deployments,
supporting web, application and
user interest, while the enterprise search function across SharePoint, Skype for
SQL database servers that make
Business and Exchange helps find information quickly. Integrated archiving and up the multi-tier architecture. R630
eDiscovery preserve data in-place across all platforms to help solve growing In any consolidated SharePoint
governance and compliance demands. environment, availability and
application performance are key.
Application requirements FC630
SharePoint application and web
From web serving to managing rapidly expanding data stores, older tier servers can be demanding, and
infrastructures may not be able to deliver the response times, storage capacity PowerEdge R730, R630, FC630
and high availability needed to support websites, business processing, content and M630 deliver the best-in-
class performance and reliability
management and data management. SharePoint servers are often virtualized, M630
that you demand to ensure your
so scalable memory and flexible I/O options to better support network and environment offers the availability and
especially storage traffic are critical. responsiveness required for effective
collaboration.
PowerEdge servers for Microsoft SharePoint
Processing power to support more VMs and transactions, memory density
and scalability, local storage capacity, tiered storage and networking choices
make the next-generation of PowerEdge servers ideal for the wide range of
SharePoint uses, delivering: Recommended for the largest SharePoint deployments
• Faster response times
If greater virtual scalability or dedicated database
M830
• More concurrent users
servers are needed for the largest deployments,
• Improved throughput for Microsoft SQL Server® backend access
PowerEdge M830 and R930 4-socket servers
• Flexibility and scalability to support new uses have the memory expandability and I/O flexibility
• Agent-free, automated embedded management that consumes to run the backend database or consolidate even
R930
no processor overhead, eliminating negative impact on application the most taxing server roles.
performance.

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Business processing and decision support
Dell solutions for database, CRM and ERP
Business-critical, data-intensive application Recommended for core data center infrastructure
R930
Businesses today increasingly rely on highly demanding, performance-hungry Dell 4-socket servers represent the cutting-edge of
applications to deliver the information their customers and stakeholders business processing applications to handle your most
critical data — from the flagship expandability and
demand. Business-critical, data-intensive applications such as ERP, CRM, reliability of the PowerEdge R930, to the density and
analytics and collaborative decision support demand the highest levels of modularity of the 1U FC830 or M830. Achieve additional FC830
performance as these systems become core to the company’s mission. To run acceleration of OLAP with SanDisk DAS Cache for local
these critical applications, enterprises are looking for an IT infrastructure that or DAS storage, or OLTP workloads using Fluid Cache for
can handle growing, variable transaction volumes, can store massive amounts SAN in shared storage environments.
M830
of data on scalable and cost-efficient storage, and can easily add new users
while processing more transactions with lower latency.

Oracle, Microsoft and SAP application requirements Ideal for midrange environments
The next generation of PowerEdge servers have been optimized for business Dell’s 2-socket lineup for business processing is nearly as capable as the 4-socket
computing and decision support applications based on Oracle®, Microsoft lineup. PowerEdge R730, R630, FC630 and M630 deliver performance and memory
density well suited for clustered database environments, such as Oracle® Real
SQL Server, SAP® HANA or SAP ASE databases with enhanced in-server flash
Application Clusters (Oracle RAC), while the R730xd, with its large internal storage
storage, a larger memory footprint, and greater memory bandwidth to deliver capacity, is the perfect choice for a self-contained database server.
more OLTP or OLAP database transactions in less time for a greater number of
concurrent users, with streamlined, more automated management. R730 FC630

PowerEdge servers for business computing

R630 R730xd
Analytical and transactional processing power, memory density and scalability
and massive local storage capacity including flash storage make the next
generation PowerEdge servers ideal for the wide range of database, data M630
warehouse and business processing applications, delivering
• Faster average transaction response times Ideal for remote or small offices
• More concurrent users with higher number of transactions
With massive shared storage, a large VRTX
• Improved throughput for data analysis applications T630
amount of flash and support for M520,
• Streamlined systems management M620, M630 and M830 compute
• Built-in reliability and high availability nodes, the PowerEdge VRTX converged
• Easy scalability as data needs increase infrastructure platform, designed for
• Improved availability and responsiveness with agent-free, automated office environments, drives all classes of
applications from front-end web tech to
systems management that can monitor the performance of the most backend database.
critical server components, as well as overall system performance. For single-server deployments, the T630
delivers the performance and capacity
needed to drive your business forward.
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High-performance computing
Dell solutions for technical and research computing
Performance needed for compute-intensive environments Purpose-built for HPC
High-performance computing (HPC) is at the cutting edge of industry and Demanding workloads require flexible and efficient
solutions built to meet your specific needs. The C4130
academia, and the capabilities of HPC clusters are critical to the success of
PowerEdge C4130 delivers HPC results faster with up
compute-intensive applications such as scientific research, commercial big data, to four 300W PCIe accelerators coupled with up to
medical imaging, financial trading, oil and gas exploration or data warehousing. two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 processors for
industry-leading density and supercomputing agility
Application requirements with a uniquely balanced architecture.

Requirements vary for specific workloads: head node servers, which manage the Ideal for midrange environments
compute nodes in the cluster, require I/O flexibility for external storage options,
The 2-socket, 2U R730 or 1U R630 servers R730
ability to connect to multiple networks (private, enterprise, and application
are ideal for managing the entire cluster
networks) and HA reliability; compute nodes require high I/O to storage, thanks to a very high processor core count,
memory density to support caching and minimize I/O, high performance high availability, flexible, low-latency I/O
processors and RAS features. For design applications that involve renderings and options and robust peripheral support with
modelling, accelerators are critical. PCIe expansion slots. These nodes can also R630
be effectively used as login nodes and storage
gateways, which can utilize SanDisk DAS Cache
PowerEdge servers for high-performance computing for even greater storage performance.
Dell PowerEdge servers deliver outstanding performance to compute-
intensive HPC environments. With the latest generation of Intel processors, Recommended for compute nodes
more GPU and internal solid-state storage options and ultra-dense designs, R630
these servers readily support a variety of technical computing workloads, For the greatest levels of density, the 1U 2-socket
R630 is a great building block for commercial
enabling:
HPC deployments due to its compute density,
• Double the number of floating point operations per cycle large memory footprint, RAS features and SSD
R730
• Faster movement of data in and out of memory support. The 2U R730 provides broad support for
acceleration technology, expandability with PCIe
• Faster storage access for reduced latency
slots, large compute, power and memory, and fast
• Expanded accelerator options with Intel Xeon Phi™, NVIDIA® Tesla® and storage.
AMD® FirePro™ FX2 with FC430
• Agent-free, automated embedded management that consumes no The FC430 is a modular way to add high density
processor overhead, eliminating negative impact on application compute to a data center, with eight quarter-width
performance 2-socket servers in a 2U chassis, or in combination
• Enhanced management for Linux users with the Dell OpenManage Nagios® with FD332 DAS storage blocks. The FC830 also has
M1000e with M630
plug-in. a low-latency InfiniBand option.

For the supercomputing centers for which

blades are the preferred computational form
factor because of the ultra-efficient converged
infrastructure, the M630 blade server delivers high
memory and flexible I/O combined with power and
cooling and management efficiencies.
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Virtualization and cloud computing
Dell solutions for infrastructure optimization
Recommended for virtual and private cloud data centers

Large scale benefits of virtualization For large scale virtualization that demands the highest R930
performance and density of VMs per computation node,
From a few virtual machines running on a single physical computer to a whole the 4-socket R930 and FC830 are the best choices. Ideal
server farm across multiple root servers, virtualization optimizes investments in for random I/O workloads, the R930 delivers unmatched
I/O performance and throughput for mission-critical
FC830
hardware and network infrastructure by reducing server sprawl. Virtualization
applications and the 1U FC830 doubles the density.
helps you realize large-scale benefits such as improved utilization, optimized
support resources, reduced floor space and power costs, along with providing a For space-constrained environments, the ultra- R630
robust infrastructure that can deliver greater availability and resiliency. dense 1U, 2-socket R630 can deliver high memory
and extreme I/O performance with all-flash
configurations in half the space of comparable FC630
Application requirements servers. The FC630 offers a denser footprint with
greater infrastructure flexibility.
Workloads such as desktop virtualization or private cloud rely on efficient and
high-performance IT infrastructures. In VDI deployments, consolidation, density The M1000e blade server solution is available for
and performance are critical. Virtualization platforms must deliver performance enterprises looking for converged infrastructure M1000e
efficiency and power and cooling costs savings. with M630
with high core counts, substantial memory density, and flexible I/O to be able to or M830
Achieve additional acceleration for VDI workloads
assign appropriate levels of system resources to VMs.
with Fluid Cache for SAN in shared storage
environments.
PowerEdge servers for virtualized environments
Dell PowerEdge servers deliver outstanding performance to virtualized Recommended for server and desktop virtualization
environments with up to 18 processing cores per socket, high memory densities With up to 1.5TB of memory and I/O optimized
R730
and flexible I/O, enabling: for virtual desktop infrastructure, the R730
delivers optimal VDI scalability. Expanded
• Non-disruptive scalability GPU options support graphics-intensive FC630
• Better support for graphics-intensive applications in VDI VDI implementations, such as CAD/CAM, for
• More VMs per server better performance. When populated with
• Flexible allocation of resources among VMs with switch independent PowerEdge M520, M620, M630 or M820 blade VRTX
partitioning technology nodes, PowerEdge VRTX becomes a versatile
and powerful platform for server or desktop
• Full support and compatibility with the virtual storage solutions such as virtualization. The FC630 is also a proven choice
VMware® Virtual SAN™ and Microsoft Storage Spaces. for virtual desktop environments.
• Maximized application uptime with automatic failover of redundant
hypervisors and failsafe memory fault isolation
• Streamlined management and control with Dell OpenManage Integration Recommended for virtual software-defined storage
Suite for Microsoft System Center and Dell OpenManage Integration for Compatible with software-defined storage
VMware vCenter™ virtualization consoles. solutions, such as Microsoft Storage Spaces, R730xd
VMware Virtual SAN or OpenStack™ Ceph, this
server is a great virtualized storage platform.
When combined with Dell Storage MD1400
Series DAS storage arrays, it can create an even
larger pool of cost-efficient virtualized storage.
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PowerEdge rack and tower servers

PowerEdge rack servers PowerEdge tower servers

Performance, availability and density Excellent performance,
with rack-optimized designs for extensive capacity for
mid-sized and larger businesses growth, and simplified
management

A complete portfolio of 1-, 2- and A portfolio of 1- and 2-socket tower

4-socket rack servers designed to servers that delivers powerful
reduce complexity in building and performance, extensive expandability
managing a data center. PowerEdge and reliability, helping users to drive
rack servers deliver excellent business success.
performance and functionality, and
outstanding reliability while ensuring
superior customer value.

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PowerEdge rack servers
Platform Description Processor(s) Memory PCI slots Communications Hard drives

• Up to 24 x 2.5” HDDs
R930 Compute-intensive 4U, 4-socket rack Up to 96 DDR4
Intel Xeon processor hot-plug 12Gb/6Gb
server designed for demanding enterprise DIMMs 4 x 1GbE
E7-4800 v3, E7-8800 v3 SAS HDD or SAS/
applications and features industry-leading 10 PCIe 3.0
product family; up to 18 Up to 2 x 10GbE SATA SSD
internal storage and memory scalability to
cores per socket 1866MT/s • Up to 8 Express Flash
optimize application performance.
NVMe PCIe SSDs

R820 Up to 48
Intel Xeon processor 4 x 1GbE • Up to 16 x 2.5” HDD/
High-performance, 2U, 4-socket rack DIMMs
E5-4600 v2 product SSD
server designed for dense virtualization 7 PCIe 3.0 2 x 10GbE
family; up to 8 cores per Up to
and scalable database applications.
socket 1866MT/s

• 18 x 1.8” + 8 x 3.5” +
2 x 2.5” (back)
• 24 x 2.5” HDD + 2 x
2.5” (back)
• 24 x 2.5” HDD
A performace 2U, 2-socket rack server • 12 x 3.5” HDD + 4 x
R730xd Intel Xeon processor Up to 24 DDR4
that offers highly dense, flexible storage 4 x 1GbE 3.5”
E5-2600 v3 product DIMMs
options – including in-box tiering and 6 PCIe 3.0
family; up to 18 cores 2 x 10GbE (internal) + 2 x 2.5”
a massive internal storage capacity Up to 2133MT/s
per socket (back)
designed for future scale out.
• 12 x 3.5” HDD + 2 x
2.5” (back)
• 12 x 3.5” HDD
• Up to 4 NVMe
Express Flash PCIe

R730 A performance 2U, 2-socket rack server Intel Xeon processor • Up to 16 x 2.5” HDDs
Up to 24 DDR4
delivers tremendous functional flexibility E5-2600 v3 product 4 x 1GbE • Up to 8 x 3.5” HDDs
DIMMs 7 PCIe 3.0
with a combination of compute power, family; up to 18 cores 2 x 10GbE • Up to 2 optional GPU
large memory and very fast storage. per socket Up to 2133MT/s
accelerators

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PowerEdge rack servers
Platform Description Processor(s) Memory PCI slots Embedded Hard drives
NICs
• Up to 24 x 1.8”
A performance 1U, 2-socket rack Up to 24 DDR4 HDDs or 10 x 2.5”
R630 Intel Xeon processor
server that delivers incredible DIMMs 4 x 1GbE HDDs or 8 x 2.5”
E5-2600 v3 product 3 PCIe 3.0
density across a range of resources HDDs
family; up to 18 cores Up to 1600MT/s 2 x 10GbE
enabling highly flexible data center • Up to 4 NVMe
per socket
scaling. Express Flash PCIe
SSDs

Powerful 2U, 2-socket rack

R530 Intel Xeon processor Up to 12 DDR4
server designed for core 5 PCIe slots,
E5-2600 v3 product DIMMs 1 dual-port • Up to 8 x 3.5” HDDs
medium business databases including
family; up to 18 cores 1GbE NIC
and applications, and for 3 PCIe 3.0
per socket
consolidation and virtualization.

• Up to 10 x 2.5” SATA
R430 1U, 2-socket rack server delivers Intel Xeon processor only
Up to 12 DDR4 4 x 1GbE
performance, density and internal E5-2600 v3 product • Up to 8 x 2.5” SAS,
DIMMs 2 PCIe 3.0 LOM
expandability for customized family; up to 18 cores SATA, SSD
workloads. per socket • Up to 4 x 3.5” SAS,
SATA, SSD

• Up to 4 x 3.5” cabled
R330
1U, 1-socket entry rack server HDD plus optional 2
Intel Xeon processor 2 x PCIe 3.0 2 x 1GbE x 1.8” SSD cabled
with enhanced high availability Up to 4 DDR4
E3-1200 v5 product + 1 slot for internal • Up to 4 x 3.5” hot-
and serviceability, excellent for DIMMs
family, Intel Pentium®, storage
SMB and ROBO. swap HDD
Intel CoreTM i3
• Up to 8 x 2.5” hot-
swap HDD

• Up to 4 x 3.5” cabled
R230 Intel Xeon processor
1U, 1-socket rack server delivers or hot-plug HDD
E3-1200 v5 product Up to 4 DDR4
performance and efficiency to 2 x PCIe 3.0 2 x 1GbE • Up to 4 x 2.5” HDD
family, Intel Pentium, DIMMs
small businesses. in hybrid drive
Intel Core i3
carrier

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PowerEdge tower servers
Platform Description Processor(s) Memory PCI slots Embedded Hard drives
NICs
T630
Up to 32 x 2.5” or
Intel Xeon processor 18 x 3.5” HDDs
A high-performance 5U, 2-socket rackable Up to 24
E5-2600 v3 product 6 PCIe 3.0 4 x 1GbE
tower server with a versatile mix of configuration DDR4 DIMMs Up to 4 optional
family; up to 18 cores
options, performance and scalability, and 1 PCIe 2.0 2 x 10GbE PowerEdge Express
per socket; up to 4
massive internal storage capacity. Flash PCIe SSDs
GPU accelerators

T430 Up to 4 x 3.5”
cabled SAS or SATA
Rackable 2-socket tower server delivers Intel Xeon processor Up to 12 DDR4 drives, or up to 8
6 PCIe 3.0 2 x 1GbE LOM
performance, expandability, and reliability with a E5-2600 v3 product DIMMs hot-plug 3.5” drives,
room to grow in a quiet office setting. family or up to 16 hot-
plug 2.5” SAS or
SATA drives

Two chassis
T330 models:
Intel Xeon processor
Rackable 1-socket tower server delivers • Up to 4 x 3.5”
E3-1200 v5 product Up to 4 DDR4
performance, efficiency and expandability for 4 x PCIe 3.0 2 x 1GbE hot-swap HDD
family, Intel Pentium, DIMMs
small businesses and organizations. • Up to 8 x 3.5”
Intel Core i3
hot-swap HDD

T130
Intel Xeon processor
1-socket mini tower server excellent for
E3-1200 v5 product Up to 4 DDR4 Up to 4 x 3.5”
collaboration and productivity applications in 4 x PCIe 3.0 2 x 1GbE
family, Intel Pentium, DIMMs cabled HDD
small office/home office (SOHO).
Intel Celeron

T20
Intel Xeon processor
1-socket mini tower server packs large internal E3-1225 v3 product 1 dual-port Up to 4 x 3.5” SATA
Up to 4 DDR3 1 PCIe 3.0
storage capacity and performance to deliver family; up to 4 cores embedded drives plus up to 2 x
DIMMs 3 PCIe 2.0
efficient and worry-free operation in a small or per socket, Intel 10/100/1000 2.5” SATA drives
home office. Pentium G3220; Intel plus 1 PCI NIC
Celeron

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PowerEdge converged infrastructure
PowerEdge FX series PowerEdge VRTX A converged IT platform
A revolutionary design
Individually tailored IT Integrated solutions designed from the ground
for IT platforms that
platform for enterprise platform for remote and up for office environments,
integrates servers, DAS
data centers branch offices the PowerEdge VRTX
storage, networking
and management in a integrates servers,
2U chassis to enable storage, networking and
a workload-optimized management into a single
infrastructure. office-optimized chassis to
deliver greater simplicity,
efficiency and versatility.

PowerEdge M series Designed for data centers PowerEdge C series

A complete portfolio of
Dense modular IT with in need of maximum Flexible, scale-out cloud hyperscale-inspired shared
central management density, efficiency and and HPC solutions systems capable of housing
manageability, the multiple server nodes,
PowerEdge M series the PowerEdge C series is
integrates servers, optimized for distributed
storage, networking and workloads, ultra-dense
management into a single scaled-out environments
chassis to deliver greater and cloud deployments.
simplicity, efficiency and
versatility.

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PowerEdge FX2/FX2s chassis
Chassis Description Power supplies Cooling fans I/O modules Management modules

2U chassis houses flexible modules of

IT resources — servers, DAS storage
and I/O — while offering the efficiency Choice of rack or chassis
FX2/FX2s Up to 2 pass-through I/O
of shared power, cooling, management management (CMC),
Choice of up to 8 hot-pluggable, modules (standard), IOAs
and PCIe slots. The PowerEdge FX2s integrated, redundant
2 hot-pluggable redundant fan (optional) for simpler cabling,
switched configuration supports up management fabric
power supplies modules east/west traffic and LAN/
to 8 x low-profile PCIe 3.0 expansion
SAN convergence
slots. The unswitched FX2 configuration
is a lower-cost alternative that does not
have expansion slots.

PowerEdge FX server nodes

Platform Description Server nodes Memory PCIe slots Communications Supported drives

Full-width, 4-socket server with massive Access to 4

FC830 Up to 4 Intel Xeon Up to 48 DDR4 PCIe slots, up Two NDCs
memory scalability, expandable storage
E5-4600 v3 DIMMS (1.5TB) to 8 in certain supporting up to 2- Up to 8 x 2.5” HDD/
and powerful processing. Great for
processors; up to 18 configurations or 4-port 10Gb or SSD or 16 x 1.8” SSD
core applications and cutting-edge Up to 2133MT/s
cores per socket 4-port 1Gb
virtualization.

FC630 Half-width 2-socket server best suited

Up to 2 Intel Xeon Up to 24 DDR4
for hosting virtualization or running Up to 2 x 2.5” HDD/
E5-2600 v3 DIMMs Access to up to Up to 2- or 4-port
business intelligence applications and 10Gb SNA or SSD or 8 x 1.8” SSD
processors, up to 18 2 PCIe slots
databases — ideal for private clouds; up Up to 2133MT/s 4-port 1Gb SNA
cores per socket
to 4 in a 2U FX2 chassis.

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PowerEdge FX server nodes
Platform Description Server nodes Memory PCIe slots Communications Supported drives

FC430
An ultra-dense 2-socket, quarter-width Up to 2 x 1.8” SSD or
Up to 2 Intel Xeon Up to 8 DDR4 Access to up LOM: 2 x 10GbE or
mainstream server, ideal for distributed
E5-2600 v3 DIMMS ( 256GB) to 1 PCIe slot 1 x 1.8” SSD (with an
environments requiring multi-node 2 x 1Gb (optional
processors; up to 14 InfiniBand port)
reliability and efficiency, with an Up to 2133MT/s InifiniBand version)
cores per socket
alternate version for low latency.

Half-width server block that houses

4 separate microservers and provides Each microserver has Up to 2 DDR3
FM120x4
a high-density, low-cost solution that a single Intel Atom™ DIMMs No PCIe Up to 2 x 1.8” SSD or
2 x 1Gb LOMs
is ideal for web serving and dedicated C2000 processor; up Up to 1600MT/s support 1 x 2.5” HDD/SSD
hosting; up to 4 in a 2U FX2 chassis to 8 cores.
(16 servers).

PowerEdge FX storage block

Platform Description I/O

PowerEdge RAID
FD332 Controller 9 (PERC9),
Half-width storage block that enables pass-through I/O;
up to 16 small form factor (SFF) 2.5” single or dual SAS
storage devices; up to 3 x FD332 per controllers; mix
FX2 chassis and match for dual
controllers (RAID/
non-RAID)

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PowerEdge VRTX
Platform Description Server nodes Memory PCIe slots Networking Supported drives

1GbE internal
VRTX Up to 4 x 2S, half- switch module
height M520 server (standard) with
nodes 16 x 1GbE ports
Up to 4 x 2S, half- and 8 external
Tower or 5U rackable platform that
height M620 or M630 Dependent upon 3 full-height ports Up to 12 x hot-plug
integrates up to 4 server nodes,
server nodes chosen server and 5 half- Ethernet pass- 3.5”SAS or SSD drives or
storage, networking and management
nodes length through module up to 25 hot-plug 2.5”
into a compact chassis optimized for Up to 2 x 4S, full- with 8 external SAS or SSD drives
office environments. height M620 or M630 ports (optional)
server nodes 10GbE (optional)
Or a combination of and 1GbE
server nodes (standard) switch
modules

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PowerEdge M1000e blade chassis
Chassis Description Power supplies Cooling fans I/O modules Management modules

M1000e
Up to 6 I/O modules for 1 standard or 2 redundant
A 10U fully modular blade 3 redundant fabrics with Chassis Management
Choice of up to 6
enclosure for up to 8 full-height, 9 hot-pluggable, choices of pass-through, Controllers (CMCs);
hot-pluggable power
16 half-height or 32 quarter- redundant fan modules I/O Aggregators or optional integrated KVM
supplies
height PowerEdge blade servers. switches from Dell, Cisco®, switch for "crash cart"
Brocade® and Mellanox® management

PowerEdge blade servers

Platform Description Processor(s) Memory PCI slots Embedded NICs Hard drives
Up to 12 x 1.8” SSD,
M830 Full-height, 4-socket blade server 2 x quad-port 4 x 2.5” SATA HDD/
Intel Xeon processor Up to 48 DDR4 2 PCIe 3.0
delivers exceptional performance modular 10GbE SSD or SAS HDD/
E5-4600 v3 product DIMMs mezzanine
and scalability for core business NIC SSD, 2 x 2.5” PCIe
family; up to 18 cores I/O expansion
applications or consolidated Up to 2133MT/s SSD and 2 x 2.5” SATA
per socket slots
environments. Up to 8 in an M1000e. HDD/SSD or SAS
HDD/SSD
M630

Half-height 2S blade server designed Intel Xeon processor 2 PCIe 3.0 1 x 2 or 4 port Up to 2 hot-plug 2.5”
Up to 24 DDR4
for maximum performance, high E5-2600 v3 product mezzanine 10Gb or 4 port SAS, SATA, SSD or up
DIMMs
density and power efficiency. Up to 16 family up to 18 cores I/O expansion 1Gb modular SNA to 4 x 1.8” SSD drives
in an M1000e chassis per socket Up to 2133MT/s slots

M520

Half-height 2S blade server delivers Intel Xeon processor Up to 12 DDR3 1 x quad-port

2 PCIe 3.0 Up to 2 hot-plug 2.5”
balance of value and performance for E5-2400 v2 product DIMMs 1GbE LOM
mezzanine SAS, SATA or SSD
mainstream business applications. Up family; up to 10 cores
Up to 1600MT/s card slots drives
to 16 in an M1000e. per socket

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PowerEdge C series
Platform Description Processor(s) Memory PCIe slots Communications Supported drives

C6320 Ultra-dense, 4 x 2-socket 1 x16 PCIe 3.0 2x Intel 82599ES

Intel Xeon processor Up to 16 DDR4 10GbE (SFP+)
independent server nodes in shared half-height, half- 24 x 2.5” or 12 x
E5-2600 v3 product DIMMs
2U chassis, optimized for HPC and length Additional 1GbE, 3.5” SASA/SATA
family; up to four
scale out workloads and hyper- 10GbE or InfiniBand hard drive options
converged solutions. 2-socket servers Up to 2133MT/s
1 x8 PCIe 3.0 options available
mezzanine
C4130 Up to 2 x Intel Xeon 2 x 1GbE LOM Up to 2 x 1.8” SATA
Purpose-built, ultra-dense 1U rack processor E5-2600 v3 Up to 16 DDR4 SSD boot drives
server with industry-leading GPU Up to 2 x low- Additional 1GbE,
product family DIMMs
compute capabilities to accelerate profile PCIe 3.0 10GbE, or InfiniBand Optional data
the most demanding HPC workloads Supports up to 4 300W Up to 2133MT/s (rear) options available drive tray supports
flexibly and efficiently. NVIDIA Tesla GPUs or up to 4 x 2.5” SAS/
Intel coprocessors SATA drives

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