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PowerEdge T550 Tower Server

Starting at £3,064.80 £3,064.80

Balances expandability and performance

Improved performance and expandability. Designed for business-critical workloads, cloud infrastructure, database management, AI/ML, and inference.

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Processor

Up to two 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with up to 32 cores per processor

Operating System

Canonical Ubuntu Server LTS
Citrix Hypervisor
Microsoft Windows Server with Hyper-V
RedHat Enterprise Linux
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server
VMware ESXi

Chipset

Intel C620 series chipset

Accelerators

Up to two double wide 300W NVIDIA A40 or five single wide 70W NVIDIA T4 accelerators

Memory

DIMM Speed
Up to 3200 MT/s

Memory Type
RDIMM

Memory Module Slots
16 DDR4 DIMM slots

Maximum RAM
RDIMM 1 TB

Storage

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

Storage Controllers

Internal Controllers
PERC H345, PERC H355, PERC H755, PERC H755N, HBA355i

External Controllers
PERC H840, HBA355e

Software RAID
S150

Internal Boot
Boot Optimized Storage Subsystem (BOSS-S2): HWRAID 2 x M.2 SSDs 240 GB or 480 GB
Internal Dual SD Module or USB

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

Management

Embedded / At-the-Server
iDRAC9
iDRAC Direct
iDRAC RESTful API with Redfish
iDRAC Service Module
Quick Sync 2 wireless module

Consoles
OpenManage Enterprise
OpenManage Power Manager plugin
OpenManage SupportAssist plugin
OpenManage Update Manager plugin

Mobility
OpenManage Mobile

Tools
IPMI
RACADM CLI
System Update Utility
Update Catalogs

OpenManage Integrations
BMC Truesight
Microsoft System Center
RedHat 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

Power Supplies

600W Platinum 100–240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
700W Titanium 200–240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
800W Platinum 100–240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
1100W DC/-48–(-60) V
1100W Titanium 100–240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
1400W Platinum 100–240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
1800W Titanium 200–240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
2400W Platinum 100–240 VAC or 240 VDC, hot swap redundant
Hot swap power supplies with full redundancy option

Ports

Network Options
2 x 1GbE LOM and OCP x16 3.0 (optional)

Front Ports
1 x Dedicated iDRAC Direct micro-USB (optional)
1 x USB 2.0
1 x USB 3.0

Rear Ports
1 x USB 2.0
1 x iDRAC ethernet port
1 x USB 3.0
1 x Serial (optional)
1 x VGA

Internal Ports
1 x USB 3.0 (optional)

Slots

PCIe
5 x PCIe Gen4 slots + 1 x PCIe Gen3 slot
3 x16 Gen4 (x16 connector) full height, half length
1 x4 Gen3 (x8 connector) full height, half length
2 x16 Gen4 (x16 connector) full height, full length (optional)

Video Card
1 x VGA

Chassis

Up to 8 fans with full redundancy

Bezel

Optional security bezel

Form Factor

5U Tower server

Dimensions & Weight

Height
459.0 mm (18.07 inches)

Width
200.0 mm (7.87 inches)

Depth
680.5 mm (26.79 inches) with bezel
663.5 mm (26.12 inches) without bezel

Weight
Max 44.48 kg (98.06 lbs.)

Rack Support

System is optimized to fit into EIA-310 spec Racks. Dell does not offer specific rails for this platform.

Recommended Support

Choose Dell ProSupport Plus for critical systems or Dell ProSupport for premium hardware and software support for your PowerEdge solution. Consulting and deployment offerings are also available. Contact your Dell representative today for more information. Availability and terms of Dell Services vary by region.

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Drivers, Manuals & Support

Dell Support

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