Dell PowerEdge R820 Specifications

PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide The PowerEdge R820, a four-socket, 2U rack server designed for dense virtualization and scal

10 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 3 Chassis views and features The Dell PowerEdge R820 is a 2U, 4-socket rack server. For additional system views

11 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Figure 3 shows the features on the back panel of the R820 including USB connectors, Ethernet connectors, serial

12 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Chassis features Table 4 lists the features on the R820 chassis. For additional information, see the Dell PowerE

13 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Figure 5. LCD control panel Quick Resource Locator Dell PowerEdge 12th-generation servers include a Quick Res

14 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Security features The latest generation of PowerEdge servers has the features listed in Table 5 to help ensure t

15 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 4 Processor The Dell PowerEdge R820 features the Intel Xeon processor E5-4600 product family, which offers an id

16 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Table 6. Supported processors Model Speed TDP Cache Cores/ threads QPI Turbo E5-4650 2.7GHz 130W 20MB 8/16 8.0G

17 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 5 Memory More memory options are available than ever before with the Dell PowerEdge R820 — greater capacities, h

18 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide The R820 supports the DIMMs listed in Table 8. For the latest information on supported memory, visit Dell.com/Po

19 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Memory RAS features RAS features help keep the system online and operational without significant impact to perfo

ii PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide This document is for informational purposes only. Dell reserves the right to make cha

20 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 6 Storage The Dell PowerEdge R820 supports extensive internal and external storage options, internal and externa

21 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Express Flash drives Express Flash drives use PCIe and SSD technologies to provide performance, scalability and

22 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Controller Description Features RAID modes supported Form factor Usage model PERC H710P Internal Eight-port, int

23 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 7 Networking and PCIe The Dell PowerEdge R820 offers balanced, scalable I/O capabilities, including integrated

24 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Table 12 lists the available Select Network Adapter options and supported features for the R820. Table 12. Supp

25 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Table 13. Select Network Adapter selection for racks 10Gb Ethernet 10Gb Converged 1Gb Ethernet 1Gb Converg

26 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide PCIe expansion cards The R820 supports a variety of PCIe expansion cards. Table 14 lists the supported add-in NI

27 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Table 15 lists additional supported PCIe expansion cards for the R820. Table 15. Additional supported PCIe expa

28 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 8 Power, thermal and acoustics Lower overall system-level power draw is a result of breakthrough system design.

29 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Feature Description Active power management Intel Node Manager is an embedded technology that provides individua

iii PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Table of contents 1 System overview ...

30 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Figure 8 shows a 750W power supply unit extended from the R820 chassis. Figure 8. 750W power supply unit The P

31 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide  User-configurable settings: An R820 thermal control design target is to minimize the contribution of fan powe

32 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Table 18 details the acoustical performance for the R820. Table 18. Acoustical performance Configuration (23 ±

33 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 9 Rack rails and cable management The sliding and static rail systems for the Dell PowerEdge R820 provide tool-l

34 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide The static rails (shown in Figure 10) support a wider variety of racks than the sliding rails but do not support

35 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Cable management arm The optional CMA organizes and secures the cords and cables exiting the back of the server

36 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 10 Operating systems and virtualization The Dell PowerEdge R820 supports a wide range of industry-standard oper

37 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Support of the operating systems listed in Table 21 is limited to a virtual environment as a guest operating sys

38 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 11 Dell OpenManage systems management Whether your IT environment consists of a few servers or a few thousand

39 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide OpenManage systems management The Dell OpenManage systems management portfolio includes powerful hardware and so

iv PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Appendix C. System board block diagram ...

40 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Feature Function Benefit Electronic licensing Upgrades to iDRAC7 Express or iDRAC7 Enterprise by software licens

41 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Feature (function) iDRAC7 Enterprise iDRAC7 Express Power monitoring ∞ ∞ Comprehensive monitoring ∞

42 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Agent-free management Because Dell PowerEdge servers have embedded server lifecycle management, in many cases, t

43 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide towers, out-of-band discovery and monitoring through iDRAC with Lifecycle Controller, as well as performance and

44 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Figure 12. Systems management server lifecycle Table 25 lists the products that are available for one-to-one a

45 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Operation One-to-one One-to-many Monitor  iDRAC7 with LifeCycle Controller  OMSA  Dell OpenManage Essentia

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47 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Appendix A. Additional specifications Chassis dimensions Figure 13 details the dimensions of the Dell PowerEdge

48 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Environmental specifications Table 27 details the environmental specifications for the R820. For additional inf

49 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Relative humidity Operating See Fresh Air for relative humidity information Storage 5% to 95% at a maximum wet b

5 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 1 System overview Introduction Designed to excel at running a wide range of applications and virtualization envi

50 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Rack rail specifications Table 29 lists the spacing dimensions for the R820 sliding and static rails. Table 29.

51 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Appendix B. Standards compliance The Dell PowerEdge R820 conforms to the industry standards listed in Table 30.

52 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 7 Additional resources Table 31 provides a list of documents and websites that provide for more information on t

53 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Resource Description of contents Location ESSA to calculate the power consumption of your hardware, power infras

54 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Appendix C. System board block diagram Figure 14. R820 system board block diagram CPU2CPU1South BridgeSuperVU2R

6 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Key technologies Table 1 summarizes key technologies used in the Dell PowerEdge R820 rack server. Table 1. Key t

7 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide 2 System features Compared to the previous generation of Dell PowerEdge servers, the R820 has more drive bay opti

8 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Specifications Table 3 summarizes the specifications for each of the PowerEdge R820 features. For the latest info

9 PowerEdge R820 Technical Guide Feature PowerEdge R820 technical specification Dell OpenManage Systems Management (Agent-free or with OpenManage