Base Standard Capabilities
Features | Technical Specifications | |
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Processor | Up to four 4th Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processor with up to 60 cores per processor and with optional Intel® QuickAssist Technology | |
Memory | • 64 DDR5 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 16 TB max, speeds up to 4800 MT/s • Supports registered ECC DDR5 DIMMs only | |
Storage controllers | • Internal Controllers: PERC H965i, PERC H755, PERC H355, HBA355i • External Controller: PERC H965e • Internal Boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-N1): HWRAID 2 x M.2 NVMe SSDs or USB • External HBA (non-RAID): HBA355e • Software Raid: S160 | |
Drive Bays | Front bays: • Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) drives max 122.88 TB • Up to 8 x EDSFF E3.S Gen5 NVMe (SSD) max 61.44 TB • Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) drives max 245.76 TB • Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA/NVMe (HDD/SSD) drives max 368.34 TB • Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) drives + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) drives max 368.34 TB Rear bays: • Up to 2 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) max 30.72 TB | |
Power Supplies | • 1100 W Titanium 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant • 1400 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant • 1800 W Titanium 200—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant • 2400 W Platinum 100—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant • 2800 W Titanium 200—240 VAC or 240 HVDC, hot swap redundant | |
Cooling Options | • Air cooling • Optional Direct Liquid Cooling (DLC)* Note: DLC is a rack solution and requires rack manifolds and a cooling distribution unit (CDU) to operate. (There is no mention of a DLC in any other manuals. Since this server is so new the manuals might get updated. As of now, you will not see any DLC options untill they do update their manuals. | |
Fans | • Standard (STD) fans • Up to 6 sets hot plug fans | |
Dimensions | • Height – 86.8 mm (3.41 inches) • Width – 482 mm (18.97 inches) • Depth – 883.2 mm (34.77 inches) with bezel 869.2 mm (34.22 inches) without bezel | |
Form Factor | 2U rack server | |
Embedded Management | • iDRAC9 • iDRAC Direct • iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish • iDRAC Service Module • Quick Sync 2 wireless module | |
Bezel | Optional LCD bezel or security bezel | |
OpenManage Software* | • CloudIQ for PowerEdge plug in • OpenManage Enterprise • OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter • OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center • OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center • OpenManage Power Manager plugin • OpenManage Service plugin • OpenManage Update Manager plugin | |
Mobility* | OpenManage Mobile | |
OpenManage Integrations* | • BMC Truesight • Microsoft System Center • OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow • Red Hat Ansible Modules • Terraform Providers • VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manager | |
Security | • Cryptographically signed firmware • Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt) • Secure Boot • Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check) • Secure Erase • Silicon Root of Trust • System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter) • TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ | |
Embedded NIC | 2 x 1 GbE LOM card (optional) | |
Network Options | 1 x OCP card 3.0 (optional) Note: The system allows either LOM card or an OCP card or both to be installed in the system. | |
GPU Options | N/A | |
Ports | Front Ports • 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port • 1 x USB 2.0 • 1 x VGA | Rear Ports • 1 x Dedicated iDRAC ethernet port • 1 x USB 3.0 • 1 x USB 2.0 • 1 x Serial (optional) • 1 x VGA (optional for Direct Liquid Cooling configuration) |
Internal Ports • 1 x USB 3.0 (optional) | ||
PCIe | Up to eight PCIe slots: • Slot 1: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length • Slot 2: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length • Slot 3: 1 x16 Gen5 Low profile, Half length • Slot 4: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length • Slot 5: 1 x16 Gen5 Full height, Half length • Slot 6: 1 x16 Gen5 Low profile, Half length • Slot 7: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length • Slot 8: 1 x16 Gen5 or 1 x8 Gen4 Full height, Half length | |
Operating System and Hypervisors | • Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS • Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V • Red Hat Enterprise Linux • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server • VMware ESXi |
Compare Servers
Features | PowerEdge R860 | PowerEdge R840 | ||
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Processors | 4 x 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processors | 4 x 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable Processor | ||
Processor interconnect | Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) | Intel Ultra Path Interconnect (UPI) | ||
Memory | ● 64 x DDR5 RDIMM ● Up to 4800 MT/s (1 DPC) / 4400 MT/s (2 DPC) | ● 48 x DDR4 DIMM RDIMM /LRDIMM ● 24 x PMem ( Intel Optane Persistent Memory) ● 12 x NVDIMM | ||
Storage Controllers | ● PERC 11G: H755, H355 ● PERC 12G: H965i, H965e ● HBA 11: HBA355i, HBA355e ● BOSS-N1 ● Software RAID: S160 | ● PERC 9G: H330, H730p ● PERC 10G: H740p, H840 ● HBA 9: HBA330, 12 Gbps SAS HBA ● BOSS adapter ● Software RAID: S140 ● Internal Dual SD Module | ||
Drive Bays | Front bays: ● 2.5 inches - 24Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA ● 2.5 inches - Gen3/4 NVMe ● EDSFF E3.S - NVMe Gen5 Rear bay: ● 2.5 inches - 24Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA, Gen3/4 NVMe | Front bays: ● 2.5 inches - 24Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA ● 2.5 inches - Gen3/4 NVMe Rear bay: ● 2.5 inches - 12Gb SAS, 6Gb SATA | ||
Power Supplies | ● AC (Platinum): 1400 W, 2400 W ● AC (Titanium): 1100 W, 1800 W, 2800 W | ● AC (Platinum): 750 W, 1100 W, 1600 W, 2000 W,
2400 W ● AC (Titanium): 1600 W, 2600 W ● LVDC @-48VDC Input: 1100 W | ||
Cooling Options | ● Air Cooling | ● Air Cooling | ||
Fans | Standard (STD) fans | Standard (STD) fans | ||
Up to 6 sets (dual fan module) hot plug fans | Up to six hot plug fans | |||
Dimension | Height: 86.8 mm (3.41 inches) | Height: 86.8mm (3.4 inches) | ||
Width: 482 mm (18.97 inches) | Width: 434.0mm (17.08 inches) | |||
Depth: 883.2 mm (34.77 inches) with bezel | Depth: 879.8 mm (34.63 inches) with bezel | |||
Depth: 869.2 mm (34.22 inches) without bezel | Depth: 865.9 mm (34.09 inches) without bezel | |||
Form Factor | 2U rack server | 2U rack server | ||
Embedded Management | ● iDRAC9 ● iDRAC Direct ● iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish ● iDRAC Service Manual ● Quick Sync 2 wireless module | ● iDRAC9 ● iDRAC Direct ● Quick Sync 2 BLE/wireless module | ||
Bezel | Optional LCD bezel or security bezel | Optional LCD bezel or security bezel | ||
OpenManage Software | ● CloudIQ for PowerEdge plug in ● OpenManage Enterprise ● OpenManage Enterprise Integration for VMware vCenter ● OpenManage Integration for Microsoft System Center ● OpenManage Integration with Windows Admin Center ● OpenManage Power Manager plug-in ● OpenManage Services plug-in ● OpenManage Update Manager plug-in | ● OpenManage Enterprise ● OpenManage Power Center | ||
Mobility | OpenManage Mobile | OpenManage Mobile | ||
Integrations and Connections | OpenManage Integrations ● BMC Truesight ● Microsoft System Center ● OpenManage Integration with ServiceNow ● Red Hat Ansible Modules ● Terraform Providers ● VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manager | OpenManage Integrations ● BMC Truesight ® ● Microsoft System Center ● Red Hat Ansible Modules ● VMware vCenter |
OpenManage Connections ● IBM Tivoli Netcool/ OMNIbus ● Micro Focus Operations Manager ● Nagios® Core & Nagios® XI | |
Security | ● Cryptographically signed firmware ● Data at Rest Encryption (SEDs with local or external key mgmt) ● Secure Boot ● Secured Component Verification (Hardware integrity check) ● Secure Erase ● Silicon Root of Trust ● System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter) ● TPM 2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ | ● Cryptographically signed firmware ● Secure Boot ● Secure Erase ● Silicon Root of Trust ● System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter) ● TPM 1.2/2.0, TCM 2.0 optional | ||
Embedded NIC | 2 x 1GbE LOM card (optional) | 4 x 1GbE Network Daughter Card (optional) | ||
Networking Options | OCP x16 (optional) Mezz 3.0 NOTE: The system allows either LOM card or OCP card or both to be installed in the system. | NA | ||
GPU Options | NA | Up to 2 doublewidth GPUs or up to 2 full height FPGAs | ||
Ports | Front Ports ● 1 x USB 2.0 ● 1 x VGA ● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC micro-USB | Rear Ports ● 1 x USB 2.0 ● 1 x iDRAC Direct/ethernet port ● 1 x USB 3.0 ● 1 x Serial port (optional) ● 1 x VGA | Front Ports ● 2 x USB 2.0 ● 1 x USB 3.0 (optional) ● 1 x VGA ● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC micro-USB | Rear Ports ● 2 x USB 3.0 ● 1 x iDRAC Direct/ethernet port ● 1 x Serial port (optional) ● 1 x VGA |
Internal Port: 1 x USB 3.0 | Internal Port: 1 x USB 3.0 | |||
PCIe | Up to 8 x PCIe slots ● 8 x PCIe Gen5 slots ● 4 x PCIe Gen4 slots | Up to 6 x PCIe Gen3 slots | ||
Operating System and Hypervisors | ● Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS ● Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux ● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ● VMware ESXi | ● Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS ● Citrix Hypervisor ● Microsoft Windows Server LTSC with Hyper-V ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux ● VMware ESXi |