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SKU: DPE-T550-8x2.5-Chassis

Dell PowerEdge T550 Tower Server Chassis (8x2.5")

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Quick Specs

Form Factor:

Tower server | 5U (Rackable)

Processor | Max: 36 Cores

2x Gen 3 Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

Memory | Max: 2TB

16 DDR4 RDIMM 3200Mhz

Storage | Max: 360TB

8x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) Max: 120TB

Boot Options

Boot Optimized Server Storage (BOSS-S2)
IDSDM
Internal USB

RAID Controller:

S150 (SW RAID)
PERC H345, H355, H745, H755, H755N, HBA355i, HBA355e (non-RAID), H840

OCP/LOM

1 x OCP 3.0
2 x 1GbE LOM

Remote Management:

iDRAC9 with Lifecycle Controller

PCIe Slots:

Up to 6 x PCIe Gen4 slots

GPU:

2x DW 300W NVIDIA A40, or 5x SW 70W NVIDIA T4


Ideal for:

  • Artificial Intelligence (AI)
  • Data Analytics
  • High-Performance Computing (HPC)
  • Machine Learning (ML)
  • Virtualization

Flexible two-socket tower server for enterprise workloads outside of the traditional data center

The Dell EMC PowerEdge T550 balances expandability and performance and offers advanced technologies such as accelerators to address enterprise-class workloads.


Drive Configurations:
  • 8 x 3.5" SAS/SATA HHD / SSD
  • 8 x 3.5" SAS/SATA HHD / SSD + 8 NVMe Drives
  • 8 x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD
  • 16 x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD
  • 24 x 2.5" SAS/SATA SSD
  • NOTE - All models come as the "BASE" Configuration. Please look at the CTO's "UPSELL" Section for the UPSELL Front I/O and the DW GPU PCI-e Slots.

Innovate at scale with an expandable tower server for enterprise workloads

The Dell EMC PowerEdge T550 Server, powered by the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is an enterprise-class tower server that offers advanced technologies and support for accelerators. The PowerEdge T550 provides office-friendly acoustics, ease of management and expandability for growth and performance. Powerful and versatile, the PowerEdge T550 addresses business-critical workloads, cloud infrastructure, and database management as well as enterprise-level requirements for data analysis, virtualization, and AI/ML/inferencing.


Increase efficiency and accelerate operations with autonomous collaboration

The Dell EMC OpenManage systems management portfolio tames the complexity of managing and securing IT infrastructure. Using Dell Technologies’ intuitive end-to-end tools, IT can deliver a secure, integrated experience by reducing process and information silos in order to focus on growing the business. The Dell EMC OpenManage portfolio is the key to your innovation engine, unlocking the tools and automation that help you scale, manage, and protect your technology environment.

  • Built-in telemetry streaming, thermal management, and RESTful API with Redfish offer streamlined visibility and control for better server management
  • Intelligent automation lets you enable cooperation between human actions and system capabilities for added productivity
  • Integrated change management capabilities for update planning and seamless, zero-touch configuration and implementation
  • Full-stack management integration with Microsoft, VMware, ServiceNow, Ansible and many other tools

Protect your data assets and infrastructure with proactive resilience

The Dell EMC Power Edge T550 Tower server is designed with a cyber-resilient architecture, integrating security deeply into every phase in the lifecycle, from design to retirement.

  • Operate your workloads on a secure platform anchored by cryptographically trusted booting and silicon root of trust
  • Maintain server firmware safety with digitally signed firmware packages
  • Prevent unauthorized configuration or firmware change with system lockdown
  • Securely and quickly wipe all data from storage media, including hard drives, SSDs and system memory with System Erase

Expandable tower server for enterprise workloads outside the data center

The PowerEdge T550, powered by 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, is designed to address data-intensive workloads.

  • New chassis design offers higher performance technologies in a quieter, more management-friendly enclosure
  • Ideal for traditional corporate IT, virtualization, databases and analytics, and AI/ML and inferencing
  • Enterprise-class tower chassis that provides ease of management and expandability for growth and performance

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Base Standard Capabilities

FeaturePowerEdge T550 Technical specification
ProcessorUp to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 36 cores per processor
Memory16 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 2 TB max, speeds up to 3200 MT/s
Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only
Storage controllersInternal controllers: HBA345, PERC H345, PERC H355, PERC H745, PERC H755, S150, H755N, HBA355i
External PERC (RAID): PERC H840
External HBAs (non-RAID): HBA355e
Internal Boot: Internal Dual SD Module, Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2): HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs, USB
Drive baysFront bays:
  • Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 120 TB
  • Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 240 TB
  • Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 360 TB
  • Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SAS) max 120 TB
  • Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) max 240 TB
Power supplies
  • 600 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
  • 700 W Titanium Mixed Mode (200-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
  • 800 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
  • 1100 W -48Vdc hot swap redundant (CAUTION: only works with -48Vdc to -60Vdc power input)
  • 1100 W Titanium Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
  • 1400 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
  • 1800 W Titanium Mixed Mode (200-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
  • 2400 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
Cooling OptionsAir cooling
FansStandard (STD) fans/High performance (HPR) silver fans
Up to eight hot swap fans
DimensionsHeight – 459.0 mm (18.07 inches)
Width – 200.0 mm (7.87 inches)
Depth – 663.5 mm (26.12 inches) – without bezel
Depth – 680.5 mm (26.79 inches) – with bezel
Form Factor5U tower server
Embedded ManagementiDRAC9
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful with Redfish
iDRAC Service Module
Quick Sync 2 wireless module
NOTE- iDRAC Direct and Quick Sync 2 are available only as an upsell on T550.
BezelOptional LCD bezel or security bezel
OpenManage Software
  • OpenManage Enterprise
  • OpenManage Power Manager plugin
  • OpenManage SupportAssist plugin
  • OpenManage Update Manager plugin
MobilityOpenManage Mobile
Integrations and connectionsOpenManage Integrations:
  • BMC Truesight
  • Microsoft System Center
  • Red Hat Ansible Modules
  • VMware vCenter and vRealize Operations Manager
OpenManage Connections:
  • IBM Tivoli Netcool/OMNIbus
  • IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition
  • Micro Focus Operations Manager
  • Nagios Core
  • Nagios XI
Security
  • Cryptographically signed firmware
  • Secure Boot
  • Secure Erase
  • Silicon Root of Trust
  • System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter)
  • TPM 1.2/2.0 FIPS, CC-TCG certified, TPM 2.0 China NationZ
Embedded NIC2 x 1 GbE LOM
Network Options1 x OCP 3.0
GPU OptionsUp to (2) Double-Wide (DW) 300 W NVIDIA A40,
or (5) Single-Wide (SW) 70 W NVIDIA T4 accelerators
PortsFront Ports
  • 1 x Dedicated iDRAC (Micro-AB USB) port
  • 1 x USB 2.0
  • 1 x USB 3.0
Rear Ports
  • 1 x USB 2.0
  • 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port
  • 1 x USB 3.0
  • 1 x VGA
  • 2 x Ethernet
  • 1 x Serial (optional)
Internal Ports
1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
PCIe
  • Up to 6 x PCIe Gen4 slots
Operating System and HypervisorsCanonical Ubuntu Server LTS
Citrix Hypervisor
VMware ESXi
Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux


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