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R530 PSU Requirements
Team,
I have searched all of Dell technical documentation and this forum, but I cannot find a PSU to CPU compatibility specification. I've seen plenty of posts that say their PowerEdge servers will not boot if the wattage load is too high, but is there some document or calculator that illustrates proper combinations that will not trigger this message?
My scenario: Dell R530 with one E5-2620(85watt), six 3.5" drives and no GPU running on dual 495W PSUs.
If I upgrade this Dell to: two E5-2980v4(120watt), eight 3.5" drives and one Quadro P2000 (no external power connector required) will the server still boot?
Thanks!
DELL-Charles R
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October 29th, 2021 13:00
Hello bmartin391,
You may like to check out our Enterprise Infrastructure Planning Tool
http://dell-eipt-landingpage.azurewebsites.net/
Click here to Launch EIPT Web : http://dell-ui-eipt.azurewebsites.net/#/
The R530 is not in the database but the R630 is.
I choose:
2 - E5-2680v4
8 - 1TB SATA HDDs
2 - 495W PSU
And that configuration was fine. You may want to configure with the memory you have, and add-in PCIe and any other hardware.
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October 29th, 2021 10:00
Hello bmartin391,
Unfortunately neither that processor or GPU are validated for R530.
Owner manual : https://dell.to/3mtuj3L
We don't show any GPU validated.
R530 show these processors are validated - Page 25: The PowerEdge R530 system supports up to two Intel Xeon E5-2600 v3 or E5-2600 v4 product family processors.
It doesn't necessarily mean it won't work but Dell does not have any guidance on this unsupported configuration.
We can see if any community member has tried it and how they did it.
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October 29th, 2021 11:00
Charles,
Apologies- I just noted a typo.
It should have been Xeon E5-2680v4 which should be valid for the R530 chassis.
Aside from the GPU, can you tell me PSU recommendation for the E5-2860v4(dual) and eight 3.5" SATA drives?
bmartin391
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October 30th, 2021 05:00
Thanks,
This planning tool is what I was looking for. It does seem that 120W processors are OK with the 495W PSU's. If I attempt to go higher it does result in an error.
Thanks again