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Dell PowerEdge T550 CTO Tower Sever

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Dell

Type:

CTO Servers

Condition:

ECS Refurbished & Tested

Warranty:

ECS 1 Year Hardware Warranty

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Dell PowerEdge T550 CTO Tower Sever

Quick Specs

Form Factor:

Tower server | 5U (Rackable)

Processor | Max: 36 Cores

2x Gen 3 Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

Memory | Max: 2TB

16 DDR4 RDIMM 3200Mhz

Storage | Max: 360TB

8x 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 Options

Boot Optimized Server Storage (BOSS-S2)
IDSDM
Internal USB

RAID Controller:

S150 (SW RAID)
PERC H345, H355, H745, H755, H755N, HBA355i, HBA355e (non-RAID), H840

OCP/LOM

1 x OCP 3.0
2 x 1GbE LOM

Remote Management:

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

Other Versions:

Ideal for:

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

Cooling and Fans

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.

Memory

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
DIMM Type	DIMM Rank	Single Processor	Dual Processor	DIMM Rated Voltage and Supported Speed	Single Processor	Dual Processor
RDIMM	Single rank	8 GB	16 GB	DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200	3200	2933
	Single rank	16 GB	32 GB	DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200	3200	2933
	Dual rank	16 GB	32 GB	DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200	3200	2933
	Dual rank	32 GB	64 GB	DDR4 (1.2 V), 3200	3200	2933

PCI Expansion card installation guidelines

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

Networking / OCP

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

Storage Controllers

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

GPU Support

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.

Image of the Dell PowerEdge T550 GPU Riser

Power & Dimensions

Power Supply Units (PSU)

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

Dimensions

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)

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: Up to 8 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 120 TB Up to 16 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 240 TB Up to 24 x 2.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) max 360 TB Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD/SAS) max 120 TB Up to 8 x 3.5-inch SAS/SATA (HDD) + 8 x 2.5-inch NVMe (SSD) max 240 TB
Power supplies	600 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant 700 W Titanium Mixed Mode (200-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant 800 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant 1100 W -48Vdc hot swap redundant (CAUTION: only works with -48Vdc to -60Vdc power input) 1100 W Titanium Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant 1400 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant 1800 W Titanium Mixed Mode (200-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant 2400 W Platinum Mixed Mode (100-240Vac or 240Vdc) hot swap redundant
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	OpenManage Enterprise OpenManage Power Manager plugin OpenManage SupportAssist plugin OpenManage Update Manager plugin
Mobility	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
Security	Cryptographically 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
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 1 x Dedicated iDRAC (Micro-AB USB) port 1 x USB 2.0 1 x USB 3.0	Rear Ports 1 x USB 2.0 1 x iDRAC Direct (Micro-AB USB) port 1 x USB 3.0 1 x VGA 2 x Ethernet 1 x Serial (optional)
Ports	Internal Ports 1 x USB 3.0 (optional)
PCIe	Up to 6 x PCIe Gen4 slots
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

Features	PowerEdge T550		PowerEdge T640
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
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
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
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
Cooling options	Air cooling		Air cooling
Fans	Standard (STD) fans/High performance (HPR) Silver fans		Up to eight hot swap fans
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
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
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)
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
Ports	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)
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

Dell PowerEdge T550 CTO Tower Sever

-PLEASE CONTACT FOR CUSTOM CONFIGURATIONS. DISK SHELVES, COMPLETE CONFIGURATIONS & TURN KEY SYSTEMS AVAILABLE.

-SPARE PARTS AVAILABLE FOR EACH MODEL. PLEASE ASK FOR PRICING ON SPARE DISK, CONTROLLERS, POWER SUPPLIES, NICs, HBAs, SFPs, Cables, etc.

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Processors

3rd Generation Intel Xeon

UPSELL Modules and Adapters (Optional)

Bezel (Optional)

Memory

SSD (2.5") SAS Drives (Optional)

SSD (2.5") SATA Drives (Optional)

HDD (2.5") SAS Drives (Optional)

HDD (2.5") SATA Drives (Optional)

HDD (3.5") SAS Drives (Optional)

HDD (3.5") SATA Drives (Optional)

NVMe Drives (Optional)

PCIe Riser Full Height (Optional)

OCP 3.0 (Optional)

GPU (Optional)

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2): (Optional)

RAID Controllers (Optional)

Power Supplies

Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) (Optional)

Internal USB Card (Optional)

Optical drive (Optional)

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (Optional)

iDRAC9 (Optional)

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Dell PowerEdge T550 CTO Tower Sever

Quick Specs

Ideal for:

Current Configuration

Server Chassis

Processors

UPSELL Modules and Adapters (Optional)

Bezel (Optional)

Memory

SSD (2.5") SAS Drives (Optional)

SSD (2.5") SATA Drives (Optional)

HDD (2.5") SAS Drives (Optional)

HDD (2.5") SATA Drives (Optional)

HDD (3.5") SAS Drives (Optional)

HDD (3.5") SATA Drives (Optional)

NVMe Drives (Optional)

PCIe Riser Full Height (Optional)

OCP 3.0 (Optional)

GPU (Optional)

Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2): (Optional)

RAID Controllers (Optional)

Power Supplies

Internal Dual SD Module (IDSDM) (Optional)

Internal USB Card (Optional)

Optical drive (Optional)

Trusted Platform Module (TPM) (Optional)

iDRAC9 (Optional)

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