Dell Power Edge R820

Dell Power Edge R820

The Dell PowerEdge R820 is an extreme performance server made for mid to large-sized businesses that require maximum expandability and agile storage/RAID solutions. Impressive compute-intensive performance, highly scalable memory, and improved I/O capacity make this server a superb choice for IT Administrators.

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Dell PowerEdge R820 Server – Specifications

Form Factor

2U rack

Chipset

Intel C602

Processor

Intel® Xeon® processor E5-4600 & E5-4600v2 processor families

Processor Sockets

4

Internal Interconnect

2 x Intel QuickPath Interconnect (QPI) links; 6.4 GT/s; 7.2 GT/s; 8.0 GT/s

Cache

2.5MB per core; core options: 4, 6, 8

Operating System
  • 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®
Memory

Up to 3TB (48 DIMM slots) 4GB/8GB/16GB/32GB/64GB DDR3 up to 1866MT/s

Storage

Maximum internal storage 16TB

Drive Bays

Up to sixteen 2.5″ hot-plug SAS, SATA, or SSD

Hard Drives

Hot-plug hard drive options:

  • 2.5″ PCIe SSD, SAS SSD, SATA SSD, SAS (15K, 10K), nearline SAS (7.2K), SATA (7.2K), SAS 512e (15K)
  • Self-Encrypting drives available
Slots

7 PCIe slots:

  • Two x16 half-length, full-height
  • One x8 half-length, full-height
  • Three x8 half-length, half-height
  • One x8 half-length, full-height for the RAID controller
Raid Controller

Internal:

  • PERC H310
  • PERC H710
  • PERC H710P

External HBAs (RAID):

  • PERC H810

External HBAs (non-RAID):

  • 6Gbps SAS HBA
Communications
  • Broadcom® 5720 quad-port 1GbE Base-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
  • Intel I350 quad-port 1GbE Base-T (no TOE or iSCSI offload)
  • Intel X540 dual-port 10GbE Base-T with 2 x 1GbE (FCoE capability enabled on the 10GbE ports)
  • Broadcom 57800S dual-port 10GbE Base-T with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports)
  • Broadcom 57800S dual-port 10GbE SFP+ with 2 x 1GbE (TOE and iSCSI offload available on 10GbE ports)
  • Broadcom 57840S quad-port 10GbE SFP+ Rack NDC (NPAR1.0, SRIOV, DCB, iSCSI and FCoE offloads and CEM)
Power
  • Titanium efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W power supply
  • Platinum efficiency, hot-plug redundant 750W or 1100W power supplies
  • Auto-ranging power supplies
Availability
  • High-efficiency, hot-plug, redundant power supplies; hot-plug drive bays
  • TPM; dual internal SD support
  • Hot-plug redundant fans
  • Optional bezel
  • Luggage-tag
  • ECC memory, interactive LCD screen;
  • Extended thermal support
  • ENERGY STAR® compliant, extended power range
  • Switch Agnostic Partitioning (SWAP)
Management

Remote management:

  • iDRAC7 Express (default) or iDRAC7 Enterprise (upgrade option), both with Lifecycle Controller
  • 8GB or 16GB vFlash media (upgrade options)
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