Dell PowerEdge R760XS Specs and Features
Versatile 2U Platform — Six Drive Configurations, One Chassis
Form factor — 2U rack server; 86.8 mm H × 482.0 mm W × 685.78 mm D; max weight 28.82 kg
Processors — Up to two 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Sapphire Rapids, LGA-4677), up to 32 cores per socket and 64 total cores
Memory — 16 DDR5 DIMM slots (8 per CPU); up to 1 TB ECC RDIMM at speeds up to 4800 MT/s
Six drive configurations — 8×3.5” LFF, 12×3.5” LFF, 8×2.5” SFF/NVMe, 16×2.5” SFF, and the flagship 16×2.5” SAS/SATA + 8×2.5” NVMe (24 drives, up to 244.48 TB)
PCIe expansion — Up to 6 PCIe slots including 2×Gen5 (slots 3 & 4) and 4×Gen4; 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes per CPU
GPU ready — Supports up to 2×75 W low-profile NVIDIA A2 GPUs in PCIe Gen5 slots
PSU flexibility — Seven power supply options from 600 W Platinum to 1800 W Titanium; hot-swap redundancy
Regulatory model — E88S / E88S001; April 2023, Rev. A00
Built for Virtualization, VDI, and Scale-Out Enterprise Workloads
Medium-density VM hosting on dual 32-core CPUs with up to 1 TB DDR5 ECC RAM
Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with NVIDIA A2 GPU acceleration for smooth desktop delivery
Distributed database workloads on PCIe Gen5 NVMe storage and high-bandwidth DDR5 memory
In-memory analytics accelerated by 4th Gen Xeon built-in accelerators for data compression and crypto
ERP, CRM, Oracle, and SAP workloads on a proven 2U platform with flexible storage configurations
Private cloud and hybrid deployments with VMware vSAN, ESXi, and Hyper-V certification
4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable — PCIe Gen5, Up to 64 Cores
Generation — 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable (Sapphire Rapids, LGA-4677) exclusively; dual-socket support
Core counts — Up to 32 cores per socket; up to 64 total cores in dual-socket configuration
PCIe lanes — 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes per CPU at 32 GT/s for maximum I/O bandwidth
Intel UPI — Up to 4 UPI links per CPU at speeds of 12.8, 14.4, or 16 GT/s for high inter-socket bandwidth
Chipset — Intel C741; up to 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes from chipset; 10 USB 3.1 + 14 USB 2.0 ports
TDP range — 125 W (3408U entry 8-core) to 250 W (6414U 32-core); Turbo Boost on all SKUs
Memory tiers — CPU SKU determines memory speed: 5th-tier (4000 MT/s), 4th-tier (4400 MT/s), 6th-tier (4800 MT/s)
Built-in accelerators — Native acceleration for data analytics, networking, storage, crypto, and data compression
16 DDR5 DIMM Slots — Up to 1 TB at 4800 MT/s
DIMM type — DDR5 ECC RDIMM only; 1.1 V operating voltage; no DDR4 or NVDIMM support
Slot count — 16 DIMM slots total: 8 per CPU (sockets A1–A8 for CPU1, B1–B8 for CPU2)
Capacity options — 16 GB (1R), 32 GB (2R), 64 GB (2R); mix of capacities not supported
Maximum capacity — 1 TB total (dual-socket, 16×64 GB)
Operating speeds — 4800 MT/s (1 DIMM per channel), 4400 MT/s, or 4000 MT/s depending on CPU SKU and profile
Population rules — Single processor: 1/2/4/6/8 DIMMs (sockets A1–A8); Dual processor: 2/4/8/12/16 DIMMs; always populate channels equally for best performance
Optimizer mode — Default mode; DRAM controllers operate independently in 64-bit mode for maximum throughput
Six Drive Bay Configurations — Up to 24 Drives or 100% NVMe
Config 1 — 8×3.5” LFF — SAS/SATA HDD or SSD; up to 160 TB with 20 TB drives
Config 2 — 12×3.5” LFF — SAS/SATA HDD or SSD; up to 240 TB; optional 2×2.5” rear bays (+30.72 TB)
Config 3 — 8×2.5” SFF — SAS/SATA/NVMe Gen4 mix; up to 122.88 TB
Config 4 — 16×2.5” SFF — SAS/SATA HDD or SSD; up to 121.6 TB
Config 5 — 24-bay flagship — 16×2.5” SAS/SATA + 8×2.5” NVMe; up to 244.48 TB maximum raw capacity
NVMe Gen4 drives — Up to 15.63 TB per 2.5” NVMe SSD (Gen4); DC NVMe options include 3.84 TB and 960 GB
3.5” LFF SAS/SATA — 7.2K HDDs up to 20 TB; 24 Gb SAS SSDs up to 7.68 TB; SATA SSDs up to 3.84 TB
External storage — JBOD via 12 Gb MD-series JBODs; NAS software; USB tape; HBA355e external SAS HBA
PERC 12 + BOSS-N1 — Complete Storage Controller Suite
PERC H965i (Premium) — 24 Gb/s SAS, 8 GB NV flash-backed cache, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60, up to 16 drives; front-mount fPERC form factor
PERC H755 / H755N (Value Performance) — 12 Gb/s SAS, 8 GB NV cache, RAID 0/1/5/6/10/50/60; H755N supports NVMe-only configurations
PERC H355 (Value) — 12 Gb/s SAS, no cache, RAID 0/1/10, up to 32 drives; entry-level hardware RAID
HBA355i / HBA355e — Pass-through HBA; no RAID overhead; 16-port 12 Gb SAS; HBA355e supports up to 240 external drives
S160 Software RAID — PCIe Gen4 NVMe; RAID 0/1/5/10; Windows-only; no hardware controller needed
BOSS-N1 — Dedicated boot module; HWRAID 1/0 with 2×M.2 NVMe SSDs (480 GB or 960 GB); Marvell 88NR2241 NVMe RAID controller; full hot-plug; rear-facing access
External — HBA355e (post-RTS: H965e); 4×4 external SAS; up to 240 drives in external JBOD
NVIDIA A2 Low-Profile GPUs — PCIe Gen5 Accelerator Support
Supported GPU — NVIDIA A2 (60 W, low-profile); ideal for AI inference, VDI, and edge-computing acceleration
Maximum count — Up to 2×75 W software GPUs in a single 2U chassis
GPU slots — Slots 3 & 4 on Riser 1C; both are PCIe Gen5 ×16 for full-bandwidth GPU operation
Form factor requirement — Low-profile (LP), half-length cards only; 75 W max power per slot
Riser requirement — Riser 1C must be installed; GPU occupies the same Gen5 slots used for high-performance expansion cards
A2 use cases — Virtual desktops, media transcoding, machine learning inference at the edge, and lightweight AI workloads
New in Gen 16 — GPU support is a new addition to the XS platform; the R750XS (Gen 15) did not support GPU cards
Up to 6 PCIe Slots — Gen5 on Slots 3 & 4
Total slots — Up to 6 PCIe low-profile, half-length slots (75 W each); configuration depends on riser installed
PCIe Gen5 slots — Slots 3 & 4 (on Riser 1C or 1D) are PCIe 5.0 ×16; 2× the bandwidth of Gen4 for future-proof expansion
PCIe Gen4 slots — Slots 1, 2, 5, 6 are Gen4 (up to ×16); controlled by CPU1 (slots 1, 2) and CPU2 (slots 5, 6)
Riser 1C (Config 1) — All 6 slots active: slots 1–3 (CPU1) + slots 4–6 (CPU2); supports 400 Gb Mellanox and 100 Gb NICs in slots 3&4
Riser 1D (Config 2) — Slots 1–4 (CPU1 only); ideal for single-CPU setups requiring Gen5 bandwidth
No-riser configs — Config 0-1: slots 1&2 (CPU1 only); Config 0-2: slots 1, 2, 5, 6 (dual CPU, no Gen5)
Per-CPU PCIe bandwidth — 80 PCIe 5.0 lanes per processor; Intel C741 chipset adds up to 20 PCIe 3.0 lanes
2×1 GbE LOM + OCP 3.0 — Up to 100 GbE
Onboard LOM — 2×1 GbE (Broadcom BCM5720); always present; Wake-on-LAN (WoL) supported
OCP 3.0 slot — Optional OCP Mezzanine 3.0; PCIe Gen4 ×8; SFF form factor; up to 4 ports
OCP max speed — Up to 100 GbE per OCP slot; supported port types: BT, SFP, SFP+, SFP28
OCP power — 15 W to 150 W; NC-SI (Network Controller Sideband Interface) enabled
OCP options — Intel 100 Gb, Mellanox 100 Gb, Broadcom 25 Gb, Intel 25 Gb, Mellanox 25 Gb, Broadcom 10 Gb, Broadcom 1 Gb OCP
Dedicated management — 1×dedicated iDRAC Ethernet port on rear panel (separate from data traffic)
High-density add-in — Up to 400 Gb add-in NICs (Mellanox HDR/HDR100) in PCIe Gen5 slots 3&4 via Riser 1C
Optional serial port — Available with STD RIO board for legacy serial connectivity needs
Seven PSU Options — 600 W to 1800 W Titanium
600 W Platinum — 100–240 V AC / 240 V DC; autoranging; suitable for single-CPU, light workloads
700 W Titanium — 200–240 V AC only (high-line); maximum efficiency for data center deployments
800 W Platinum — 100–240 V AC / 240 V DC; autoranging; balanced power for mid-density configurations
1100 W DC — −48–(−60) V DC; 27 A; telecom and DC-powered data center environments
1100 W Titanium — 100–240 V AC / 240 V DC; highest efficiency tier for standard 1100 W loads
1400 W Platinum — 100–240 V AC / 240 V DC; dual CPU, high-memory, multi-GPU configurations
1800 W Titanium — 200–240 V AC / 240 V DC (high-line); 10 A; maximum power headroom for fully loaded dual-CPU systems
Power management — Hot-swap redundancy; 1% monitoring accuracy (vs. 5% industry standard); Intel Node Manager power capping via iDRAC9
Efficient Air Cooling — STD, HPR Silver & Gold Fan Tiers
Air cooling only — The R760XS uses air cooling exclusively; no liquid cooling option is available on this platform
Fan types — Three tiers: Standard (STD), High-Performance Redundant (HPR) Silver, and HPR Gold; fan type selected to match system TDP and configuration
Fan count — Up to 6 hot-plug fans plus optional fan zone 1 for enhanced thermal coverage with GPUs or high-TDP CPUs
Acoustic performance — Quietest configuration reaches 32 dB(A) at idle (single CPU, 8×2.5″ backplane, 600 W PSU, 25°C ambient)
ASHRAE A2 compliant — All configurations meet ASHRAE A2 (up to 35°C inlet); select configurations meet A3 (up to 40°C) and A4 (up to 45°C)
A3/A4 restrictions — The 12×3.5” LFF configuration is not supported in A3/A4 extended ambient environments
Adaptive fan control — Extensive sensors automatically track thermal activity; fan speed adjusts dynamically to minimize noise and power consumption
Front & Rear I/O — Dedicated iDRAC Management Port
Front panel — 1×USB 2.0 (Type-A), 1×iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB for direct laptop/tablet management), 1×VGA
Rear panel — 1×USB 2.0, 1×USB 3.0, 1×VGA, 1×dedicated iDRAC Ethernet management port, 2×1 GbE LOM
Internal — Optional 1×USB 3.0 internal connector
Status indicators — Front left control panel: Status LEDs (drive, temperature, electrical, memory, PCIe), System Health/ID indicator
Power button — Right front panel; ACPI-compliant graceful shutdown; press to power on/off
iDRAC Quick Sync 2 — Optional wireless module (BLE) for mobile device management via smartphone or tablet
Serial port — Optional with STD RIO board; dedicated connector (not a PCIe slot)
QRL label — Service Tag EST has unique QRL linking to as-built configuration, warranty info, and iDRAC default password
Cyber Resilient Architecture — Silicon Root of Trust to Software
Silicon Root of Trust — BIOS and all firmware cryptographically anchored to the hardware; unauthorized firmware cannot execute
TPM 2.0 — Trusted Platform Module v2.0 for hardware-based key storage, measured boot, and attestation
UEFI Secure Boot — Validates boot loader signatures before allowing OS execution; prevents rootkit and firmware attacks
System Lockdown — iDRAC System Lockdown mode prevents unauthorized configuration changes to firmware or hardware
Secure Component Verification (SCV) — Factory-set verification that server components have not been tampered with during shipping
Secure Enterprise Key Management (SEKM) — Centralized cryptographic key management for self-encrypting drives across the enterprise
Security Freeze Lock — Sends Security Freeze Lock command to all embedded SATA drives during POST to block unauthorized access
iDRAC9 agent-free security — Firmware-level security management without requiring an OS-level security agent
iDRAC9 — Zero-Touch Provisioning and Autonomous Lifecycle
Embedded iDRAC9 — Agent-free management embedded in every R760XS; operational before OS install; no additional software required
Zero Touch Provisioning (ZTP) — DHCP-triggered profile-based configuration at first power-on; automates deployment at scale (requires Enterprise license)
Redfish API — Full RESTful API for scriptable, at-scale server management; supports Dell OpenManage extensions
License tiers — Basic (entry-level); Express (default on R760XS, expanded lifecycle features); Enterprise (virtual console, AD/LDAP); Datacenter (telemetry streaming, thermal management, automated certs)
OpenManage Enterprise — Central console with Power Manager, Update Manager, SupportAssist, and CloudIQ plug-ins
Integrations — VMware vCenter/vROps, Microsoft SCOM/WAC, Ansible, ServiceNow, Nagios, Tivoli, and Microfocus connectors included
iDRAC Group Manager — Manage up to 100 servers simultaneously without a separate management console
QuickSync 2.0 — Optional BLE wireless module; manage server inventory and iDRAC settings from a smartphone on the data center floor
Certified for Enterprise OS, Hypervisors & HCI Platforms
Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS — Full validation on Long-Term Support releases; preferred for cloud-native and DevOps workloads
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) — Tier-1 certification; full driver pack and Lifecycle Controller support
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server (SLES) — Enterprise Linux support for SAP, HPC, and mission-critical workloads
Microsoft Windows Server + Hyper-V — Full WHQL certification; supports all current Windows Server editions and Hyper-V clustering
VMware vSAN / ESXi — Validated for VMware vSAN Ready-Node configuration and ESXi hypervisor; ideal for HCI deployments
OS management integration — OpenManage integration with VMware vCenter/vROps, Microsoft SCOM, and Windows Admin Center
Driver pack — Dell Driver Pack and Lifecycle Controller Driver Pack ensure a clean, pre-validated OS deployment from the first boot
Full OS list — See Dell.com/ossupport for the complete certified operating system matrix including minor release versions
ReadyRails 2U — Full-Extension Sliding for In-Rack Serviceability
A11 Sliding Rails (Stab-in/Drop-in) — Full extension out of the rack for in-rack service access to internal components; no tool required for square or unthreaded round hole racks
A8 Static Rails — Wider rack compatibility including 2-post Telco racks; tooled installation for threaded racks; no CMA/SRB support
Rack compatibility — 19-inch EIA-310-E compliant; square, unthreaded round, and threaded round-hole 4-post racks; Dell Titan and Titan-D racks (A11 tool-less)
Cable Management Arm (CMA) — Optional; side-mountable without tools; large U-shaped baskets; supports cable cycling without disconnection; hook-and-loop straps
Strain Relief Bar (SRB) — Optional; tool-less rail attachment; two depth positions; prevents cable connector stress at rear
Drop-in installation — Chassis standoffs lower into J-slots in extended rails; rotate front down to seat; push in until lock levers click
Stab-in installation — Inner rail members attach to chassis sides, then the assembly slides into outer rack members
R760XS vs R750XS — Gen 16 vs Gen 15
| Feature | R760XS (Gen 16) | R750XS (Gen 15) |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Sapphire Rapids) | 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable (Ice Lake) |
| CPU Interconnect | Up to 4 UPI links @ 16 GT/s | Up to 3 UPI links |
| Memory | DDR5 RDIMM, up to 4800 MT/s | DDR4 RDIMM, up to 3200 MT/s |
| PCIe Slots | Up to 6 slots (2×Gen5, 4×Gen4) | Up to 6 slots (5×Gen4, 1×Gen5) |
| GPU Support | NVIDIA A2 (up to 2×75 W LP) | Not supported |
| Max Storage | 24 drives, up to 244.48 TB | 24 drives, up to 184.32 TB |
| Boot Device | BOSS-N1 (M.2 NVMe HWRAID) | BOSS-S2 (M.2 SATA HWRAID) |
| Primary RAID | H965i (24 Gb SAS, 8 GB NV cache) | H755 (12 Gb SAS, 8 GB NV cache) |
| Power (max) | 1800 W Titanium | 1800 W Platinum |
| Form Factor | 2U Rack | 2U Rack |
Frequently Asked Questions — Dell PowerEdge R760XS
The Dell PowerEdge R760XS supports up to two 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with a maximum of 32 cores per socket — 64 total cores in a dual-socket configuration. Memory maxes out at 1 TB DDR5 ECC across 16 DIMM slots (8 per CPU), running at up to 4800 MT/s in a 1 DIMM-per-channel configuration.
The R760XS supports six distinct front bay configurations, with the maximum being 16×2.5″ SAS/SATA plus 8×2.5″ NVMe — 24 drives total, reaching up to 244.48 TB of raw capacity. Other configurations include 8×3.5″ LFF (160 TB), 12×3.5″ LFF (240 TB), 8×2.5″ SFF/NVMe (122.88 TB), and 16×2.5″ SFF (121.6 TB). An optional rear bay adds up to 2 additional 2.5″ drives (30.72 TB).
Yes — the R760XS supports up to 2×75 W low-profile NVIDIA A2 GPUs installed in PCIe Gen5 slots 3 and 4 on Riser 1C. This is a new capability for the XS platform; the predecessor R750XS (Gen 15) did not support GPU cards. The NVIDIA A2 is ideal for AI inference, virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI), and edge-computing workloads requiring GPU acceleration in a 2U footprint.
Yes. Express Computer Systems stocks professionally reconditioned refurbished Dell PowerEdge R760XS servers tested, cleaned, and configured to your specifications — ready to deploy at significant cost savings versus new. Shop refurbished Dell R760XS servers at ECS.
The R760XS (Gen 16) delivers several meaningful upgrades over the R750XS (Gen 15): 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 4 UPI links (vs. 3rd Gen with up to 3 UPI links), DDR5 memory at 4800 MT/s replacing DDR4 at 3200 MT/s, and twice as many PCIe Gen5 slots (2×Gen5 vs. 1×Gen5). The R760XS also adds NVIDIA A2 GPU support (not available on the R750XS), upgrades the boot device from BOSS-S2 (M.2 SATA) to BOSS-N1 (M.2 NVMe), introduces the premium H965i 24 Gb RAID controller, and increases maximum raw storage to 244.48 TB (up from 184.32 TB).
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