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.
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