Dell PowerEdge

Introduction

Starting with Generation 10 PowerEdge (PE) servers, Dell adopted a standardised naming convention. The names now generally consist of a letter followed by three numbers (ex: PowerEdge R710).

The letter indicates the type (form factor) of the server:

• R for rack-mount
• T for tower
• M for modular/blades
• C for cloud infrastructure

The first number indicates the number of sockets in the system: 1 to 3 for one socket, 4 to 7 for two sockets, 8 can be two or four sockets and nine for four sockets. This is followed by a number to indicate the generation of the server, and the last digit indicates whether this system uses Intel or AMD platform (0 represents Intel, 5 represents AMD).

For example: The PowerEdge R710 is a Rack-mountable, 11th Generation server with 2 sockets and an Intel CPU.

Before the 10th generation of PowerEdge servers, the naming convention used 4 digits (ex: PowerEdge 2950) where the digits represent:

• First digit – Height of the server in rack units
• Second digit – Generation of server (up to 9th generation)
• Third digit – Server type (5 for rack server, 0 for tower server)
• Fourth digit – Indicated whether blade or independent box (5 for blade, 0 for normal independent box)

For example: The PowerEdge 2950 is a 2U system from the 9th Generation of servers in Rack-mountable format in an independent box.

Popular Models

Currently 11th Generation servers are popular due price, availability and power.

R710, R510, R610.

All Models

Generation 11
Model	Chassis	Chipset	CPU (No. & Socket)	CPU (Type)	RAM (Max)	RAM (Type)	Drive bays	Spec Sheet	Comments
T20	Tower	Intel C226	1 FC LGA 1150	Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 product family and Intel Pentium® processors	32 GB	4 UDIMM slots, support up to 32GB 1600MT/s DDR3	6 × 3.5" SAS or SATA	T20 Specification Sheet
T110	Tower	Intel 3420	1 LGA 1156	Xeon 3400, Celeron G1101, Pentium G6950, Intel Core i3 530 or Core i3 540	16 GB	4, U-DIMMs DDR3 1066-1333	4 × 3.5" SAS or SATA	T110 Specification Sheet
T110 II	Tower	Intel C202	1 LGA 1155	Xeon E3-1200	32 GB	4, U-DIMMs DDR3 1066-1600	4 × 3.5" or 6 × 2.5" SAS or SATA	T110 II Specification Sheet
R210	1U Rack	Intel 3420	1 LGA 1156	Xeon 3400, Celeron, Pentium or Core i3 500	16 GB	4, U-DIMMs DDR3 1066-1333	2 × 2.5" or 2 × 3.5" SAS, SATA or SSD	R210 Specification Sheet
R210 II	1U Rack	Intel C202	1 LGA 1155	Xeon E3-1200 or Core i3-2100	32 GB	4, U-DIMMs DDR3 1066-1333	4 × 2.5" or 2 × 3.5" SAS, SATA or SSD	R210 II Specification Sheet
T310	Tower	Intel 3400	1 LGA 1156	Xeon 3400, Celeron G1101, Pentium G6950 or Core i3 500	32 GB	6, R-DIMMs or 4, U-DIMMs, DDR3 800-1333	4 × 3.5" SAS or SATA	T310 Specification Sheet
R310	1U Rack	Intel 3420	1 LGA 1156	Xeon 3400, Celeron G1101, Pentium G6950, Intel Core i3 530 or Core i3 540	32 GB	6, 1066–1333	4 × 3.5" or 4 × 2.5” SAS or SATA	R310 Specification Sheet
T410	Tower	Intel 5500	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	128 GB	8, DDR3 800-1333	6 × 3.5" and 2 × 5.25" SSD, SAS or SATA	T410 Specification Sheet
R410	1U Rack	Intel 5500	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	64 GB	8, DDR3 800-1333	4 × 3.5" or 4 × 2.5"	R410 Specification Sheet
R415	1U Rack	AMD SR5670 & SP5100		Opteron 4100 Series or 4200 Series]]	128 GB		4 × 2.5" or 4 × 3.5" SAS or SATA	R415 Specification Sheet
R510	2U Rack	Intel 5500	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	128 GB	8, DDR3 800-1333	4 × 3.5" or 8 × 2.5"/3.5" or 12 × 2.5"/3.5" and 2 × 2.5" internal	R510 Specification Sheet
R515	2U Rack	AMD SR5670 & SP5100	2 C32	Rev I: Opteron 4100-series ; Rev II: Opteron 4100 or Opteron 4200-series	256 GB	8, DDR3 1333-1600	12 × 2.5" or 8 × 3.5"	R515 Specification Sheet
T610 (Gen I, II)	Tower or 5U Rack	Intel 5520	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	192 GB	12, RDIMM or UDIMM DDR3 800-1333	Up to 8 × 3.5"/2.5" SSD, SAS or SATA	T610 Specification Sheet
R610 (Gen I, II)	1U Rack	Intel 5520	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	192 GB	12, DDR3 800-1333	6 × 2.5" SAS or SSD	R610 Specification Sheet	Gen I: No 130W CPUs
M610 (Gen I, II)	Blade	Intel 5520	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	192 GB	12, ECC DDR3	2 × 2.5" SAS/SSD	M610 Specification Sheet
T710 (Gen I, II)	Tower or 5U Rack	Intel 5520	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	192 GB	18, DDR3 800–1333	16 × 2.5" or 8 × 3.5"	T710 Specification Sheet
R710 (Gen I, II)	2U Rack	Intel 5520	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	288 GB	18, DDR3 800-1333	8 × 2.5" or 6 × 3.5"	R710 Specification Sheet	Gen I: No 130W CPUs
R715	2U Rack	AMD SR5650, SR5670, SP5100	2 G34	Opteron 6100 or 6200	256 GB	16, DDR3 800–1600	8 × 2.5" or 6 × 3.5"	R715 Specification Sheet
M710 (Gen I, II)	Blade	Intel 5520	2 LGA 1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	192 GB	18, DDR3	4 × 2.5" SAS or SSD	M710 Specification Sheet
R810	2U Rack	Intel 7500	4 LGA 1567	Xeon 6500 or 7500	1024 GB	32, DDR3 1066	6 × 2.5" SAS, SATA or SATA SSD	R810 Specification Sheet
R815	2U Rack	AMD SR5650, SR5670, SP5100	4 Socket G34	Opteron 6100 series	512 GB	32, DDR3 1333	6 × 2.5" SAS, SATA or SATA SSD	R815 Specification Sheet
R910	4U Rack	Intel 7500	4 LGA 1567	Xeon 7500	1 TB	64, DDR3 1066	16 × 2.5" SAS or SSD	R910 Specification Sheet
M910	Blade	Intel 7500	4 LGA 1567	Xeon 6500 or 7500	512 GB	32, ECC DDR3	2 × 2.5" SAS or SSD	M910 Specification Sheet
C1100	1U Rack	Intel 5500	2 LGA1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	192 GB	18, ECC DDR3 1066-1333	10 × 2.5" or 4 × 3.5"	C1100 Specification Sheet
C2100	2U Rack	Intel 5500	2 LGA1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	192 GB	18, ECC DDR3 1066-1333	12 × 3.5" and 2 × 2.5" internal SATA or SSD	C2100 Specification Sheet
C6100	2U Rack	Intel 5520	8 LGA1366	Xeon 5500 or 5600	768 GB	48, DDR3 1066-1333	24 × 2.5" or 12 × 3.5"	C6100 Specification Sheet

External Links

List of Dell Raid Controllers