Current Configuration
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Server Chassis
Processors
UPSELL Modules and Adapters
Bezel
Memory
Storage Controllers
HDD (3.5") Drives
HDD (2.5") Drives
SSD (2.5") Drives
NVMe Drives
OCP 3.0
GPU
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2):
Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM)
Internal USB Card
Optical drive
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
iDRAC9
Power Supplies
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Tower server | 5U (Rackable)
Processor | Max: 36 Cores2x Gen 3 Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
Memory | Max: 2TB16 DDR4 RDIMM 3200Mhz
Storage | Max: 360TB8x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) Max: 120TB
16x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) Max: 240TB
24x 2.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) Max: 360TB
8x 3.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) Max: 120TB
8x 3.5" SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD) + 8x 2.5" NVMe (SSD) Max: 240TB
Boot Optimized Server Storage (BOSS-S2)
IDSDM
Internal USB
S150 (SW RAID)
PERC H345, H355, H745, H755, H755N, HBA355i, HBA355e (non-RAID), H840
1 x OCP 3.0
2 x 1GbE LOM
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
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- 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
The Dell PowerEdge T550 has a fan cage that holds 8 Hot-Swap Standard fans. When GPU is selected, the standard fans will be replaced and the High-Performance (HPR) fan will be required. Along with upgraded fans, any GPU>75W must require fan redundancy (Fan quantity = 6 or 8).
There is no special GPU shroud like in some servers. There are also no external or extra fans besides those 8 in the fan cage. The only other cooling requirement is with the OCP shroud. No matter if the OCP is installed or not, the OCP shroud must be installed.
DIMM blanks are required for CPU TDP>185 W, but are not required for CPU TDP<=185 W.
| DIMM Type | DIMM Rank | DIMM Capacity | DIMM Rated Voltage and Supported Speed | Speed | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Single Processor | Dual Processor | Single Processor | Dual Processor | |||
| RDIMM | Single rank | 8 GB | 16 GB | DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200 | 3200 | 2933 |
| 16 GB | 32 GB | DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200 | 3200 | 2933 | ||
| Dual rank | 16 GB | 32 GB | DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200 | 3200 | 2933 | |
| 32 GB | 64 GB | DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200 | 3200 | 2933 | ||
| Configuration Type | Riser Configuration | Processors | x16 Processor 1 Slot 1 (FHFL) | x16 Processor 2 Slot 2 (FHFL) | x16 Processor 2 Slot 3 (FHFL) | x16 Processor 2 Slot 4 (FHHL) | X4 PCH Slot 5 (FHHL) | x16 Processor 1 Slot 6 (FHHL) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| C0 | N/A | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C0-1 | N/A | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C1 | 1 x GPU riser | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| C1-1 | 1 x GPU riser | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| C2 | 2 x GPU riser | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
PowerEdge offers a wide variety of options to get information moving to and from our servers. Industry best technologies are chosen, and systems management features are added by our partners to firmware to tie in with iDRAC. These adapters are rigorously validated for worry-free, fully supported use in Dell servers.
OCP shroud are required for all drive configurations, even if the OCP card is not installed.
| Feature | OCP 3.0 |
|---|---|
| Form factor | SFF |
| PCIe Gen | Gen4 |
| Max PCIe width | x16 |
| Max no.of ports | 4 |
| Port type | BT/SFP/SFP+/SFP28/SFP56 |
| Max port speed | 100 GbE |
| NC-SI | Yes |
| SNAPI | Yes |
| WoL | Yes |
| Power consumption | 15 W - 150 W |
The Dell EMC PowerEdge RAID Controller (PERC) family of enterprise-class controllers is designed for enhanced performance, increased reliability, and fault tolerance. PERC controller also simplifies management - providing a powerful, easy-to-manage way to create a robust infrastructure and help maximize system uptime.
The software RAID S150 is supported on either SATA drives with chipset SATA only backplane or NVMe drives in universal slots with processor direct PCIe cable connected backplane.
The Dell PowerEdge T550 also supports the use of fPERCs or Adapter PERCs in one of the many PCIe slots.
| Performance level | Description |
|---|---|
| Entry | S150 (SATA) SW RAID SATA |
| Value | H355, H345, HBA355i, HBA355e |
| Value Performance | H755, H755N |
| Premium performance | H840 |
The Dell PowerEdge T550 supports up to 2 DW or 4 SW GPUs. The GPUs need a few things to work well in this system. Below is a list of requirements for GPUs to be installed.
- GPU's need the GPU Card Holder Installed.
- GPU blank is required at GPU riser slot 2, when a GPU>75 W is installed at GPU riser slot 1.
- When GPU is selected, HPR fan must be required.
- GPU>75W must require fan redundancy (Fan quantity = 6 or 8).
- GPU>75 W does not support TBU.
BOSS
IDSDM
Internal USB- 600 W Platinum 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC
- 700 W Titanium 200–240 VAC/240 VDC
- 800 W Platinum 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC
- 1100 W Titanium 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC
- 1100 W DC/-(48 - 60) V
- 1400 W Platinum 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC
- 1800 W Titanium 200–240 VAC/240 VDC
- 2400 W Titanium 200–240 VAC/240 VDC
- Length: 63.5mm (26.12") – without bezel
--- 680.5mm (26.79") – with bezel - Width: 200.0 mm (7.87 inches)
- Height: 459.0 mm (18.07 inches)
- Weight:
- 8x 3.5" + 8x 2.5" NVMe 44.48 kg (98.06 pound)
- 24x 2.5" SAS/SATA 44.1 kg (97.22 pound)
Current Configuration
(List below serves as quick links to each section)
Server Chassis
Processors
UPSELL Modules and Adapters
Bezel
Memory
Storage Controllers
HDD (3.5") Drives
HDD (2.5") Drives
SSD (2.5") Drives
NVMe Drives
OCP 3.0
GPU
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2):
Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM)
Internal USB Card
Optical drive
Trusted Platform Module (TPM)
iDRAC9
Power Supplies
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Base Standard Capabilities
| Feature | PowerEdge T550 Technical specification | |
|---|---|---|
| Processor | Up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 36 cores per processor | |
| Memory | 16 DDR4 DIMM slots, supports RDIMM 2 TB max, speeds up to 3200 MT/s Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMMs only | |
| Storage controllers | Internal 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 bays | Front bays:
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| Power supplies |
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| Cooling Options | Air cooling | |
| Fans | Standard (STD) fans/High performance (HPR) silver fans Up to eight hot swap fans | |
| Dimensions | Height – 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 Factor | 5U tower server | |
| Embedded Management | iDRAC9 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. | |
| Bezel | Optional LCD bezel or security bezel | |
| OpenManage Software |
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| Mobility | OpenManage Mobile | |
| Integrations and connections | OpenManage Integrations:
| OpenManage Connections:
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| Security |
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| Embedded NIC | 2 x 1 GbE LOM | |
| Network Options | 1 x OCP 3.0 | |
| GPU Options | Up to (2) Double-Wide (DW) 300 W NVIDIA A40, or (5) Single-Wide (SW) 70 W NVIDIA T4 accelerators | |
| Ports | Front Ports
| Rear Ports
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| Internal Ports 1 x USB 3.0 (optional) | ||
| PCIe |
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| Operating System and Hypervisors | Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS Citrix Hypervisor VMware ESXi Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V SUSE Linux Enterprise Server Red Hat Enterprise Linux | |
Spec Sheet 4
| Features | PowerEdge T550 | PowerEdge T640 | ||
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| Processors | Up to two 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with up to 32 cores per processor | Up to two 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors, up to 28 cores per processor | ||
| Memory | DIMM speed
● Up to 3200 MT/s Memory type ● RDIMM Memory module slots ● 16 DDR4 DIMM slots ● Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMM slots only Maximum RAM ● RDIMM 1 TB |
DIMM speed
● Up to 2993 MT/s Memory type ● RDIMM ● LRDIMM ● NVDIMM Memory module slots ● 24 DDR4 DIMM slots (12 NVDIMM only) ● Supports registered ECC DDR4 DIMM slots only Maximum RAM ● RDIMM 3 TB ● LRDIMM 3 TB ● NVDIMM 192 GB |
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| Storage controllers | ● Internal controllers: PERC H345, PERC
H355, PERC H755, H755N, HBA355i
● Internal Boot: Internal Dual SD Module or Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2): HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs or USB ● External controller (RAID): PERC H840 ● External HBAs (non-RAID): HBA355e ● Software RAID: S150 |
● Internal controllers: PERC H330, H730P, H740P,
HBA330
● Internal Boot: Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS) - HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240 GB, 480 GB ● External controller (RAID): H840, 12 Gbps SAS HBA ● Software RAID: S140 |
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| Drive bays | Front bays:
● Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 120 TB ● 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 240 TB ● 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 360 TB ● 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SAS) max 120 TB ● 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) + 8 x 2.5- inch NVMe (SSD) max 240 TB |
Front bays:
● Up to 8 or 18 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), max 216 TB ● Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SSD), max 61 TB ● Up to 32 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SDD), max 122 TB ● Up to 16 x 2.5-inch with up to 8 NVMe, SAS/SSD/NVMe (HDD/SDD), max 112 TB |
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| Power supplies | ● 600 W Platinum 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC
● 700 W Titanium 200–240 VAC/240 VDC ● 800 W Platinum 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC ● 1100 W Titanium 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC ● 1100 W DC/-(48 - 60) V ● 1400 W Platinum 100–240 VAC/ 240 VDC ● 1800 W Titanium 200–240 VAC/240 VDC ● 2400 W Titanium 200–240 VAC/240 VDC |
● 495 W Platinum
● 750 W 240 HVDC Platinum ● 750 W Titanium ● 1100 W 380 HVDC Platinum ● 1100 W AC Platinum ● 1100 W 48 VDC Platinum ● 1600 W AC Platinum ● 2000 W AC Platinum ● 2400 W AC Platinum |
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| Cooling options | Air cooling | Air cooling | ||
| Fans | Standard (STD) fans/High performance (HPR) Silver fans | Up to eight hot swap fans | ||
| Up to eight hot swap fans | ||||
| Dimension | Height: 459.0 mm (18.07 inches) | Height: 443.5 mm (17.05 inches) | ||
| Width: 200.0 mm (7.87 inches) | Width: 304.5 mm (12.00 inches) | |||
| Depth: 680.5 mm (26.79 inches) with bezel | Depth: 692.8 mm (27.03 inches) with bezel | |||
| 663.5 mm (28.12 inches) without bezel | 659.9 mm (25.98 inches) without bezel | |||
| Form factor | 5U tower server | 5U tower server | ||
| Embedded management | ● iDRAC9
● iDRAC Direct ● iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish ● iDRAC Service Manual ● Quick Sync 2 wireless module NOTE: iDRAC Direct and Quick Sync 2 are available only as an upsell on T550. |
● iDRAC9
● iDRAC Direct ● iDRAC Service Module ● Quick Sync 2 wireless module |
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| Bezel | Optional security bezel | Optional LCD bezel or security bezel | ||
| OpenManage software | ● OpenManage Enterprise
● OpenManage Power Manager plug-in ● OpenManage SupportAssist plug-in ● OpenManage Update Manager plug-in |
● OpenManage Enterprise
● OpenManage Power Center |
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| Mobility | OpenManage Mobile | OpenManage Mobile | ||
| Integrations and connections | OpenManage
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 |
OpenManage
Integrations
● BMC TrueSight ● Microsoft System Center ● Red Hat Ansible Modules ● VMware vCenter |
● IBM Tivoli Netcool/
OMNIbus
● IBM Tivoli Network Manager IP Edition ● Micro Focus Operations Manager ● Nagios Core ● Nagios XI |
| Security | ● Chassis Intrusion Alert
● Digitally 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 |
● Cryptographically signed firmware
● Secure Boot ● Secure Erase ● Silicon Root of Trust ● System Lockdown (requires iDRAC9 Enterprise or Datacenter) ● TPM 1.2/2.0 (optional) |
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| Embedded NIC | 2 x 1 GbE LOM | 2 x 10 GbE | ||
| Networking options | OCP x16 Mezz 3.0 | - | ||
| GPU options | Up to two double wide 300 W, or five single wide 70 W accelerators | Up to four double wide 300 W or eight single wide 150 W accelerators | ||
| Ports | Front ports
There are two SKUs:
● Base: Status LED only ○ 1 x USB 2.0 ○ 1 x USB 3.0 Upsell: Status LED only and Quick Sync 2 ● 1 x USB 2.0 ● 1 x USB 3.0 ● 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port |
Rear ports
● 1 x USB 2.0 ● 1 x iDRAC ethernet port ● 1 x USB 3.0 ● 2 x Ethernet ● 1 x VGA |
Front ports
● 1 x Dedicated iDRAC micro-USB ● 1 x USB 2.0 ● 1 x USB 3.0 ● 6 x USB 2.0/3.0 |
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| Internal Port: 1 x USB 2.0 | ||||
| PCIe | 3 x PCIe Gen4 slots (all x16) + 1 x PCIe Gen3 slot (x8) + Upsell: up to 2 PCIe x16 DW for GPU | 8 x PCIe Gen 3 slots (4 x 8) 8 x Gen 3 slots (4 x 16) |
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| Operating System and Hypervisors | ● Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
● Citrix Hypervisor ● Windows Server with Hyper-V ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux ● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ● VMware ESXi |
● Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
● Citrix Hypervisor ● Windows Server LTSC with Hyper-V ● Red Hat Enterprise Linux ● SUSE Linux Enterprise Server ● VMware ESXi |
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