Dell Power Edge R520

Dell Power Edge R520

The Dell PowerEdge R520 is a flexible computing platform suitable for a number of common uses and data-intensive business applications. This two-socket PowerEdge server can meet the needs of both large and small data center environments and easily scale as your business needs change.

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Dell PowerEdge R520 Server – Specifications

Processor – 2 Sockets

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-2400 and E5-2400 v2 product families
Internal interconnect:

  • Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) link: 6.4GT/s; 7.2GT/s; 8.0 GT/s

Cache:

  • 2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 16
Operating System (Dell Recommends Windows 10 Pro)
  • Microsoft® Windows Server® 2012
  • Microsoft Windows Server 2008 R2 SP1, x64 (includes Hyper-V®
  • Novell® SUSE® Linux Enterprise Server
  • Red Hat® Enterprise Linux®

Virtualization options:

  • Citrix® XenServer®
  • VMware® vSphere® ESXi™
  • Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization®
Chipset

Intel C602

Memory

Up to 384GB (12 DIMM slots) 2GB/4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB DDR3 up to 1600MT/s

Storage

Maximum internal storage: Up to 32TB

Drive Bays

Up to eight 3.5” hot-plug SAS, SATA or SSD

Slots

4 PCIe slots:

  • With two processors:
    • One x16 PCIe slot with x16 bandwidth, half-length, half-height
    • One x16 PCIe slot with x8 bandwidth, full-length, full-height
    • Two x16 PCIe slots with x8 bandwidth, half-length, full-height
  • With one processor:
    • One x8 PCIe slot with x4 bandwidth, half-length, half-height
    • One x16 PCIe slot with x8 bandwidth, full-length, full-height
    • Two x8 PCIe slots with x4 bandwidth, half-length, full-height
Raid Controllers

Internal:

  • PERC S110 (SW RAID)
  • PERC H310
  • PERC H710
  • PPERC H710P

External HBAs (RAID):

  • PERC H810

External HBAs (non-RAID):

  • 6Gbps SAS HBA
Network Controller

Embedded NIC:

  • Broadcom® 5720 Dual Port 1Gb LOM

I/O adapter options:

  • 1Gb Ethernet:
    • Broadcom 5720 Dual Port 1Gb NIC
    • Broadcom 5719 Quad Port 1Gb NIC
    • Intel I350 Dual Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
    • Intel I350 Quad Port 1Gb stand-up adapter
  • 10Gb Converged Ethernet:
    • Brocade® BR1020 Dual Port 10Gb CNA
    • QLogic® QLE8262 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+
    • Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb Base-T CNA
    • Broadcom 57810S Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ CNA
  • 10Gb Ethernet:
    • Intel X520 Dual Port 10Gb DA/SFP+ server adapter
    • Intel X540 Dual Port 10Gb Base-T adapter
  • FC16/FC8/FC4 HBA:
    • QLogic QLE2460 4Gb Single Port FC HBA
    • QLogic QLE2462 4Gb Dual Port FC HBA
    • QLogic QLE2560 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
    • QLogic QLE2562 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
    • QLogic QLE2660 16Gb Single Port FC HBA
    • QLogic QLE2662 16Gb Dual Port FC HBA
    • Emulex® LPe-12000-E 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
    • Emulex LPe-12002-E 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
    • Brocade 815 8Gb Single Port FC HBA
    • Brocade 825 8Gb Dual Port FC HBA
Power
  • Titanium efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W power supply
  • Platinum efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W or 495W power supply
  • Silver efficiency, cabled 550W power supply
  • 91% efficiency, 1100W DC power supply
  • Auto-ranging power supplies
Availability
  • High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies
  • DC power supply
  • TPM
  • Dual internal SD support
  • Fan fault tolerance
  • Optional bezel
  • Luggage tag
  • ECC memory
  • Interactive LCD screen
  • ENERGY STAR® compliant
  • Extended power range
  • Switch independent partitioning
Chassis

2U Rack

Management

Remote management:

  • Basic management (default)
  • iDRAC7 with Lifecycle Controller
  • iDRAC7 Express (upgrade), iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade)
  • 8GB vFlash (upgrade), 16GB vFlash (upgrade)

Systems management:

  • IPMI 2.0 compliant
  • OpenManage™ Essentials
  • OpenManage Power Center
  • Dell OpenManage Connections:
    • OpenManage Integration Suite for Microsoft® System Center
    • Dell plug-in for VMware® vCenter®
    • HP Operations Manager, IBM Tivoli® Netcool®, and CA Network and Systems Management (NSM)
Rack Support

ReadyRails™ II sliding rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded hole racks, with support for optional tool-less cable management arm

ReadyRails static rails for tool-less mounting in 4-post racks with square or unthreaded round holes or tooled mounting in 4-post threaded and 2-post (Telco) racks